I agree you should be able to do some simple photo enhancing tasks without needing to use a full-blown GIMP-ish app. I still think there's scope for a couple of apps. The first time I copy some new photos across from my camera I want to go through them, rotate them, correct sharpness and colour and suchlike. If I come across any other image file on my computer 95% of the time I just want to view it. For things that aren't photos (diagrams, screenshots, whatever) the photo-editing filters have no real use. For photos that people have sent me or that I have already corrected, I usually just want to look at them. There are lots of different image file formats around, the translation kit is good to abstract away the differences and ShowImage is a good universal "Well, they're all images after all" viewer. That sort of app will always be needed. I consider most of the requests of things to add to showimage to only be applicable to photos, and therefore a standalone app for simple photo manipulation would be good. I'm also thinking ahead a bit to RAW support and the other things that make photos unique - the ability to losslessly alter white balance and things. I quite like the idea behind Apple's Aperture (never used it, just seen the screenshots) - an app expressly designed for photo manipulation recognising the source as a photo rather than just a grid of pixels. Simon > From: Helmar Rudolph <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2006/04/20 Thu AM 09:05:06 GMT > To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [openbeos] Re: ShowImage "Mirror" Operations > > Waldemar Kornewald wrote: > > > I find it ridiculous that the average user has to fire up a monster > > imaging application like Photoshop, GIMP, or WonderBrush to get *simple* > > tasks like "extract", "resize", "sharpen", "change contrast", "remove > > red eyes" done. There is a huge gap between simple image viewers and > > image processors. > > Amen. Even better if ShowImage had a plugin interface that allowed > developers to add functionality and users to add those plugins as > they need them. Or am I leaning myself too far out of the window > here? ;) > > Helmar > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information