4/19 Is there anyway to open up a jpeg in Powerpoint, modify it with
the built-in drawing tools, and then save it as a jpeg again (with
modifications)? I'm wondering because I need a program on OS X to
do simple drawing with (using tools similar to what powerpoint
offers: lines, boxes, etc.). I have photoshop, but it doesn't
have drawing tools. If powerpoint doesn't allow this, does anyone
have recommendations for a free/cheap drawing program for OS X?
Thanks.
\_ i think most recent macs come with omnigraffle. would that be
sufficient?
\_ I do have omnigraffle, but I can't even open jpegs.
does your omnigraffle open jpegs? -op
\_ File->Place Image...
Works w/ jpegs and pngs in OmniGraffle 3.2.1
(at least w/ the licensed version)
\_ jpeg is lossy. Don't save a drawing as a jpeg.
save the drawing as PNG. it will look a while lot better.
\_ well the images are already in jpeg, so I'd prefer
to keep them that way. -op
\_ IIRC, each time you save em, they get more lossy.
who/what program created them in the first place?
\_ Photoshop doesn't have drawing tools? Eh? Exactly what are
are you trying to do?
\_ photoshop is a paint program, so it doesn't have drawing
tools like a line tool, circle tool, etc. -op
\_ I just want to add several lines and circles to an image
to point out certain parts. Pretty simple stuff. Photoshop
makes simple stuff like that difficult to accomplish.
\_ Why don't you just import the JPEG into your PP presentation
and draw on top of it using the PP drawing tools? |