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    sorgesu
    last edited by 3 Dec 2008, 12:30

    Hi Gai, this is for a template that can be used uniiversally without the possiblity of an error. It is to demonstrate, in the middle of some texture tweaking exercise that SketchUp has this wonderful internal link. Only once I demo how it is working will I then show them where to set up the link.
    So I can't assume that they have Gimp. I don't. I have Photoshop. What if my MAC user has PHotoshop?

    We won't be doing anything fancy in the paint program anyway. It is mostly a demonstration of possibilities. See?

    Susan Sorger
    Former Seller Hand Rendered Entourage
    Former Canadian Authorized Training Centre, SketchUp

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      Gaieus
      last edited by 3 Dec 2008, 12:40

      No, I meant Gimp just a an example it can be PS or Corel PhotoPaint or anything.

      But wait a minute; Preferences (unlike Model info settings or Styles) won't inherit in Templates (or again, am I missing something here?).

      Gai...

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        sorgesu
        last edited by 3 Dec 2008, 13:33

        no, you are right Gai. I mispoke> I needed that information to provide to people in the class manual and in the class, in case they do not have gimp or something of that sort on the laptop they bring.
        In the classes I teach the computer labs all have Windows and those definitely will not have anything extra loaded so I will need to use paint. Die hard MAC users bring a laptop to work on. I can't tell you how often they bring someone else's machine or one that isn't really powerful enough becuase they don't usually use it for SketchUp. So I need to have that generic instruction.

        So remus woult the path to iphoto be /Applicatons/iphoto.app ????

        Susan Sorger
        Former Seller Hand Rendered Entourage
        Former Canadian Authorized Training Centre, SketchUp

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          larinUP1
          last edited by 3 Dec 2008, 17:05

          Not sure iphoto will meet your needs. There is a Shareware program, GraphicConverter, that will work. However, I found it to have a steep learning curve. The program can be downloaded from Apple's website or lemkesoftDOT.com.

          For info on Gimp> wwwDOT.gimp.org/downloads/

          Remove DOT from l

          Have you asked students using a Mac what graphics program they use?

          Larry

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            sorgesu
            last edited by 3 Dec 2008, 17:25

            Sorry,again, the question is not what they use. The question is what comes native with MAC. We won't really be doing anything much. Painting over something and that's it. It is just a demo. 2 seconds no more. So I just need the path. I'll ask some MAC friends somewhere.

            Susan Sorger
            Former Seller Hand Rendered Entourage
            Former Canadian Authorized Training Centre, SketchUp

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              Double Espresso
              last edited by 4 Dec 2008, 00:52

              @sorgesu said:

              Sorry,again, the question is not what they use. The question is what comes native with MAC. We won't really be doing anything much. Painting over something and that's it. It is just a demo. 2 seconds no more. So I just need the path. I'll ask some MAC friends somewhere.

              Are you talking about exporting a 2D into something like PhotoShop? Mac's don't come with a built in Image Editor and I can't imagine iPhoto being of any benefit. Graphic Converter is not a freebie.
              DE

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                sorgesu
                last edited by 4 Dec 2008, 01:33

                There is now a direct function from within SketchUp that allows you to select an applied texture on a face and that snippet gets transferred to the assigned image editor. ( its a right click for the textures context menu and it is a sub menu item under that. When you finish with it in your image editor it gets returned to the same spot in SketchUp and you can actually merge it with the rest of the texture.

                So MAC people don't get the equivalent of "paint" you say? Really?

                Susan Sorger
                Former Seller Hand Rendered Entourage
                Former Canadian Authorized Training Centre, SketchUp

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                  Kazai
                  last edited by 4 Dec 2008, 14:33

                  Hi,

                  Not sure about Iphoto will do the task. If you want to see if there's any Mac freewares that can do image editings, you can try looking up the Pure Mac web site ( http://www.pure-mac.com/ ) and go to Graphics under Multimedia. Mac version's GIMP is listed there. Also, you can try the free version of ArtRage at http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html.

                  Hope this will help.

                  vince

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                    pbacot
                    last edited by 4 Dec 2008, 16:30

                    Poor Susan, no one quite understands. To confirm.

                    Nope, iPhoto is not an image editor of the sort one would use.

                    Nope, Apple does not ship a default pixel editing tool with the OS.

                    (From what I hear, Paint is not that useful either? I know you just need it for an example.)

                    MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                      sorgesu
                      last edited by 4 Dec 2008, 16:35

                      Thank you. That is a direct answer. Everyone, you were all so very kind to answer and I really do apperciate it that you all tried so hard to help me. But yes, you weren't quite understanding.
                      No paint doesn't do anything much and we'll problably do no more than some silly scribble on the image.
                      I suppose even iphoto would do even if it does nothing just to show that we can exit and re-enter.

                      If you could just confirm the path????? Thanks much.

                      Susan Sorger
                      Former Seller Hand Rendered Entourage
                      Former Canadian Authorized Training Centre, SketchUp

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                        pbacot
                        last edited by 4 Dec 2008, 16:42

                        /Applications/iPhoto

                        MacOSX MojaveSketchUp Pro v19 Twilight v2 Thea v3 PowerCADD

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                          otb designworks
                          last edited by 5 Dec 2008, 07:53

                          Susan, the path to iphoto is:

                          Macintosh HD/Applications/iphoto

                          As was mentioned before, though, iphoto is basically useless and you may be doing your students a disservice in steering them that direction. Perhaps better to suggest GraphicConverter, Photoshop, Gimp, etc.

                          The path to those would be identical to the one I have above, though with some (photoshop, for sure) has an additional folder you need to bore through to get to the actual program.

                          Macintosh HD/Applications/Adobe Photoshop CS3/Adobe Photoshop CS3 for example

                          Cheers, Chuck

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                            Chris Fullmer
                            last edited by 5 Dec 2008, 08:49

                            This really is a remarkably painful thread Susan..... Good luck,

                            Chris

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                              Edson
                              last edited by 5 Dec 2008, 10:40

                              iphoto is more of a picture organizer. macs do not ship with any app for photo editing.

                              edson mahfuz, architect| porto alegre • brasil
                              http://www.mahfuz.arq.br

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                                sorgesu
                                last edited by 5 Dec 2008, 12:25

                                Funny, you guys are so good at reading and understanding very complicated instructions on using software applications.

                                If I could ask just one more thing, and please if you don't mind, no more kind suggestions of any other program to use, Iphoto will do for the demonstration: wouldn't the correct path end with iphoto.app as in the visual example from sketchUP way above with gimp which is gimp.app?

                                Thanks much. Thanks Chris.

                                Susan Sorger
                                Former Seller Hand Rendered Entourage
                                Former Canadian Authorized Training Centre, SketchUp

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                                  otb designworks
                                  last edited by 5 Dec 2008, 13:57

                                  yes.

                                  /applications/iphoto.app

                                  Cheers, Chuck

                                  OTB Designworks is on Youtube

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                                    sorgesu
                                    last edited by 5 Dec 2008, 14:10

                                    Thank you!!

                                    Susan Sorger
                                    Former Seller Hand Rendered Entourage
                                    Former Canadian Authorized Training Centre, SketchUp

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                                      Peter Gunn
                                      last edited by 18 Jan 2009, 03:18

                                      Susan:

                                      Preview is built-in to the Mac OS and has basic editing abilities. Check it out and see if it does what you need. I discovered this when I was needing to resize and touch up some images.

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                                        nick
                                        last edited by 18 Jan 2009, 06:39

                                        @sorgesu said:

                                        Thank you!!

                                        If I can just add my two bob's worth hopefully answering your question about mac image editors - if you set your Sketchup preferences (Applications - applications for editing image files - /Applications/iPhoto.app), as mentioned; and then set your iPhoto preferences (General - edit photo - full screen) you end up in the iPhoto editor.
                                        This is an image editor for photos more than anything else (and not a bad one) but at least it will show the functioning of the in-Sketchup edit texture image process.

                                        Cheers

                                        Nick

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