Thank you, Chuck.
I quite agree with your rating of blah blah.
In fastStone, I selected the images I wanted, up to 4, hit the compare
button, and voila, there they were. I could delete them from that pane,
saving many clicks and much time. While comparing I could right click,
move the image around at 100% to inspect one area, say eyes. I could
independently move each image, and then lock it so the part of each
image I had chosen stayed in the center of the pane, and then I could
move all 4 images around at once again. This is not so easy to explain
in text, as I write it, sorry about that.
Suffice it to say it was a 3-4 click process as opposed to the
ummm...messy list of directions listed below from Adobe. Yes, let's
definitely make it much harder and less user friendly than it needs to
be. Goodness.
Oh, and you are right, the latest version of FastStone that I had on the
PC did not have the ability to rotate images while in comparison mode.
Thank you for taking the time to check it out and post about it. I
appreciate it.
Candace
On 1/23/12 4:27 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Here's the description from Adobe help on how to compare images. The
> number of steps required gets this method a rating of blah, blah:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> You can compare two or more images in Bridge before you proceed to work
> with them in Photoshop or for any other reason. First thing to do is to
> exchange Preview and Content panels positions by clicking and dragging.
>
> Next thing is to enlarge preview area to be able to see more images at
> once. Navigate mouse to edge of left side panel till cursor turns into
> double-sided arrow and double-click on two short little lines in middle
> to hide that panel.
>
> To enlarge Content panel and have more images displayed, navigate mouse
> button to edge of Metadata panel till cursor turns into double-sided
> arrow, then click and drag.
>
> Then click on first image you want to compare, hold down Ctrl key and
> click on second image. Now you have two images, side by side or one
> below another.
>
> You can keep adding or excluding images from comparison by holding down
> Ctrl and clicking on the image. To enlarge preview area, navigate mouse
> to edge of right side panel till cursor turns into double-sided arrow
> and double click on two little lines in the middle (or hit Tab) to hide
> and that panel.
>
> To show hidden panels again, navigate mouse to left or right side of
> screen and double click on two short straight lines.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Here's how you do it in BreezeBrowser circa 2007:
> ---------------------------------------------
> Select up to 4 images. Press Ctrl-Z. That's it
>
> A new full screen window opens. If two or three images are selected
> they may be displayed tiled either horizontally or vertically. To
> change the tiling from one orientation to another just press the tab
> key. If four images were selected they will be displayed tiled both
> horizontally and vertically.
>
> Turning the mouse scroll wheel will zoom all of the images
> simultaneously. Scroll bars allow re-positioning each image within its
> own window when the window is smaller than the zoomed image. Individual
> images may be tagged or rated using the standard application controls.
>
> The FastStone implementation is better in some aspects although
> BreezeBrowser might be different by now. My version is several years old.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Select up to 4 images. Press "p". That's it.
>
> FastStone allows repositioning by dragging with the mouse. It can do
> all images simultaneously within their windows or just one image at a
> time if the CTRL key is depressed. It also allows zooming, histogram
> display and some other functions. But it does not appear to have the
> ability to change between a horizontal or vertical orientation at the
> click of the a key... IMHO, an important omission but still not bad.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
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