How the heck do you get nice edges in GIFs with transparent backgrounds? I’ve been pondering this for sometime and I think I finally have the answer! It’s deceptively simple and I expect others have probably been doing this for some time. First some background Graphics Interchange Format or GIF (supposedly pronounced jif, but I’ve […]
Free Software
Batch editing images on Mac
When I was using ubuntu I used a handy dandy shell script that my husband wrote to resize whole folders of photos. Since I still store all my photos on that machine I’m sure I’ll use it again, but I don’t seem to have the required elements installed on my mac to use that script. […]
Fractal software for Mac
While doing a bit of cruising through deviantART I decided that I wanted to try out some fractal art. I don’t really know much about it, but I do know two more things than I did before. That is: 1. Xaos is a free (under GNU licence) fractal zoomer. At first I didn’t install it […]
Software For Starving Students
I’ve come across this package a couple of times. I haven’t paid much attention to it because I already use lots of the programs that are on there. Since I use those programs I thought it would be a good thing to promote this compilation to those who may not use the programs and who […]
Skim – it’s good!
I posted about some spiffy looking programs a while ago. At the time I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to install Skim, software for reading pdfs. Today, confronted with the prospect of reading many papers I decided to give it a go. It’s great, much handier than Preview. It has all the things preview has […]
Cashbox – personal finance management for Mac OS X
Due to a few recent events, including not getting paid for six weeks and having $700 worth of stuff stolen, I’ve decided to keep a closer watch on how I spend my money. I’m not promising to be totally stingy, but just being aware of things should help in some way. After much searching I […]