CompuPic Pro vs ThumbsPlus
j63...@nemonet.com
If yes.... what do you prefer and why?
pegleg
months ago, it seems that there are loads of programs to use.
Each one has certain pluses and minuses, depending on what you
want to do. The two you mention are considered among the best,
and both get rave reviews.
I recently bought T+, went for the costware version, without
trying it out. For what I do, it is great! Within a couple of
days, I was using it to: batch rename, batch resize, batch rotate
(but I was inadvertently resizing as well; there's a way to
prevent it), and creating thumbnails/web pages! It makes it all
very easy. I was also interested in the ability to catalog all my
CDs, eventually.
Now for quick viewing, and slideshows to preview my shots, I
think Camedia, from Olympus, is better--easy to set the times
each slide is up.
T+ also has a great bunch of newsgroups, and you will get
responses within 1-2 days, if that long, when you have problems:
both from other users, and from the company.
You can try both as shareware, but the costware versions are, of
course, better.
Search altavista or other engines for these programs: "Thumbs
plus reviews" to find web reviews of them.
Pegleg
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un_con...@yahoo.com
j63...@nemonet.com wrote:
> Anyone have experience with both?
>
> If yes.... what do you prefer and why?
>
I have found that Compupic is more user freindly than Thumbs.
The features are nicely displayed and you get a good feel for the
program just by scrollong throught the drop down menus.
Here are just some of the Feature in Compupic:
View Over 45 Formats
Thumbnail Browsing Zoom & Pan
E-Mail Files
Free Greeting Cards
Free Photo Uploading
Create Picture Indexes
Crop & Auto-Crop
Color Adjust
Image Enhancement
Rotate & Flip
Red Eye Reduction
Text & Thought Bubbles
Fuzzy Vignettes
GIF Transparency
Tiled Background View
Convert File Types
Animated GIF Support
Play Sounds
View Videos
Copy, Move, Rename
Multiple View Modes
Offline Volumes
Keyword Files
Search
Slide Shows
Maxi-Shows
Printing
Screen Saver
Wallpaper
Network Support
Scan & Capture
Password Protection
Drag & Drop
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Before you buy.
Dawn
that we use CompuPic pro at my business and agree. But try to keep it
looking like you are a user and not some company shrill.
:-)
Dawn
<un_con...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8fcjnp$mv$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
Arnie McCullers
>
> Nice plug but you sound like an advertisment. Your only saving grace is
> that we use CompuPic pro at my business and agree. But try to keep it
> looking like you are a user and not some company shrill.
>
> :-)
> Dawn
Goodness, aren't you the same DawnStarr that vigorously defended the
tag team CompuPic spamming of graphicsman and zuben a few months ago?
(Btw, it's shill, not shrill, and yes he is.) Apparently, CompuPic
regularly spams this newsgroup under a variety of names and E-mail
addresses. Although you have a right to like their product, I have
a right to deplore their deceptive advertising practices.
Arnie
> <un_con...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:8fcjnp$mv$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
> > In article <0nltgs8ghtab1dbuj...@4ax.com>,
<snip CompuPic spam>
Marc Holmquist
There you are mistaken. Photodex Corporation does not spam newsgroups or
e-mail addresses for that matter. Yes, we do monitor these groups and offer
advice, but we do not spam. We hate spam as much as the next guy, and it
doesn't even taste good on melba toast!
Best Regards,
Marc Holmquist
Photodex Corporation
mh...@photodex.com
"Arnie McCullers" <L.A.Mc...@LaRC.NASA.gov> wrote in message
news:391AB55D...@LaRC.NASA.gov...
Arnie McCullers
>
> Arnie,
>
> There you are mistaken. Photodex Corporation does not spam newsgroups or
> e-mail addresses for that matter. Yes, we do monitor these groups and offer
> advice, but we do not spam. We hate spam as much as the next guy, and it
> doesn't even taste good on melba toast!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Marc Holmquist
> Photodex Corporation
> mh...@photodex.com
If I was mistaken, I sincerely apologize, but I felt that the evidence
was fairly strong. Perhaps an overzealous marketing type is not aware
of the corporate position on this.
Arnie
David W. Swager
"Marc Holmquist" <mh...@photodex.com> wrote in message
news:pfzS4.16513$701.2...@news4.giganews.com...
> Arnie,
>
>...We hate spam as much as the next guy, and it
> doesn't even taste good on melba toast!
>
Hey, hey, hey! My father in-law from Hawaii, where Spam is a religious
symbol, would spit in your eye for that. Personally, Yuk!
M Donovan
I didn't defend anyone. I defended a product that I use and like. I could
care less about, excuse me, shill. I come from the old school of using a
product when they have treated you right and the product stands on its own.
And if you followed this newsgroup you would see that I am a regular
contributor on many subjects.
And from what I have read in ALL the graphic News Groups, there is far less
company plugs from CompuPic and ThumbsPlus then several others.
And in all honesty, I have seen NO deceptive advertising practices from
them. So tell me where YOU are coming from. I see the NASA in your email
routing. My husband is a retired Navy Captain.
If you would like to check my company out, do so.
Point Break South Inc
PO Box 4281
Pensacola FLA
850 457 2752
We work with digital imaging all day long.
Dawn
M Donovan
Someone sent me a cook book years ago. 100 recipes for SPAM.
(g)
Dawn
hickster <hick...@kuentos.guam.net> wrote in message
news:ho5mhsgl4gfl8shu7...@4ax.com...
> Oh yeah? We have the highest spam consumption per-capita here on Guam!
> You'd be suprised how good it can taste prepared properly. You've
> never had fried rice until you've had Shirley's Spicy Spam Fried Rice.
> Untill you tried it, you just couldn't understand.
> hickster
M Donovan
I am on my Husbands computer so you should recognize the TPS reference in
this posting email address -Test Pilots School
dizzyweasel
dizzyweasel
"M Donovan" <Donov...@cs.com> wrote in message
news:8ffn3h$jbi$1...@sshuraaa-i-1.production.compuserve.com...
> Arnie,
>
> I didn't defend anyone. I defended a product that I use and like. I could
> care less about, excuse me, shill. I come from the old school of using a
> product when they have treated you right and the product stands on its
own.
>
> And if you followed this newsgroup you would see that I am a regular
> contributor on many subjects.
>
> And from what I have read in ALL the graphic News Groups, there is far
less
> company plugs from CompuPic and ThumbsPlus then several others.
>
> And in all honesty, I have seen NO deceptive advertising practices from
> them. So tell me where YOU are coming from. I see the NASA in your email
> routing. My husband is a retired Navy Captain.
>
> If you would like to check my company out, do so.
>
> Point Break South Inc
> PO Box 4281
> Pensacola FLA
> 850 457 2752
>
> We work with digital imaging all day long.
>
> Dawn
>
hickster
Arnie McCullers
>
> hey arnie, you look a little like a shrill to me! :))
I resemble that remark!
Arnie :)
Arnie McCullers
>
> Arnie,
>
> I didn't defend anyone. I defended a product that I use and like. I could
> care less about, excuse me, shill. I come from the old school of using a
> product when they have treated you right and the product stands on its own.
>
> And if you followed this newsgroup you would see that I am a regular
> contributor on many subjects.
>
> And from what I have read in ALL the graphic News Groups, there is far less
> company plugs from CompuPic and ThumbsPlus then several others.
>
> And in all honesty, I have seen NO deceptive advertising practices from
>
> Dawn
On Jan 7, "zuben" posted 7 responses which sounded like CompuPic ads.
This was his entire posting history at that time. The following day
"graphicsman" posted follow-ups congratulating zuben for advertising
CompuPic. Someone (Sheldon?) traced them back and stated that they
came from the same person. Since then, there have been several
(many?) posts similar to the one you jumped: sounds like a CompuPic
ad and posted from an anonymous E-mail address by someone with no
other posting history (at least under that name).
So where am I coming from? I'm just a suspicious old fart who
believes in speaking out about perceived abuses of usenet. The posts
I cited may all be coincidences, but if it walks like a duck and
quacks like a duck . . . . .
Arnie
Marc Holmquist
I now understand where you are coming from. I think Zuben really likes us,
which I am not complaining about. I guess it's like they say, even bad
publicity is still publicity.
Again, I would like to stress that Photodex, makers of CompuPic does not
"mail-bomb" (for you SpamT lovers) newsgroups. We do however monitor these
groups and offer advice where we feel it would help the graphics enthusiast,
and also offer our product as a solution to those who we think would benefit
from it.
I'm sorry that you felt that we were the ones bombing the newsgroups. I go
to newsgroups for advice, not advertisments, as should everyone.
Have a great weekend.
Best Regards,
Marc Holmquist
Photodex Corporation
"Arnie McCullers" <L.A.Mc...@LaRC.NASA.gov> wrote in message
news:391C101F...@LaRC.NASA.gov...
Dawn
>>I'm just a suspicious old fart who
believes in speaking out about perceived abuses of usenet. <<
More like a paranoid. I have given you my business address AND phone #.
Would you like a copy of my Corporation Charter? And seeing you are on a
*.gov address... do a search on Donovan, Capt, USN. What else would you
like?
I could give a flying ***** who zuben is. I will state again that when I
find a product that works for me, the company supports it and goes out of
their way to help out when I need it, I will be loyal.
BTW - you might want to check with your MIS people as using your computer at
work for personal reasons is a no no with *.gov addresses. So who is laying
it on the line here? I am! I have come forward. All you are doing is
making innuendoes.
>>Someone (Sheldon?) traced them back and stated that they
> came from the same person<<
Oh yea.. I remember that. They came from the same server. AOL. Hmmmmm How
many users on AOL?? And if they were the same person? I see no more abuse
than what you are putting on me.
Dawn
MSSE
(That's a Masters of Science in System Engineering.)
PS I refuse to take this any further as you have shown nothing more than the
ability to be a paranoid old fart (g)
Arnie McCullers
>
> Arnie,
>
> >>I'm just a suspicious old fart who
> believes in speaking out about perceived abuses of usenet. <<
>
> More like a paranoid. I have given you my business address AND phone #.
> Would you like a copy of my Corporation Charter? And seeing you are on a
> *.gov address... do a search on Donovan, Capt, USN. What else would you
> like?
<snip>
What is your problem? I never accused you or your company of spam.
I just thought it was funny that after defending suspected CompuPic
spammers you were now jumping on them (very gently, of course).
Calm down. See Marc Holmquist's very reasonable response. He
convinced me that Photodex had nothing to do with it - without
histrionics. He read my post, understood what I was saying, and
countered.
Arnie
P.S.: Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean that nobody is
out to get you.
Arnie McCullers
>
> Arnie,
>
> I now understand where you are coming from. I think Zuben really likes us,
> which I am not complaining about. I guess it's like they say, even bad
> publicity is still publicity.
>
> Again, I would like to stress that Photodex, makers of CompuPic does not
> "mail-bomb" (for you SpamT lovers) newsgroups. We do however monitor these
> groups and offer advice where we feel it would help the graphics enthusiast,
> and also offer our product as a solution to those who we think would benefit
> from it.
>
> I'm sorry that you felt that we were the ones bombing the newsgroups. I go
> to newsgroups for advice, not advertisments, as should everyone.
>
> Have a great weekend.
>
> Best Regards,
> Marc Holmquist
> Photodex Corporation
OK. I believe you. I apologize. Where is my check for all the
bad publicity I've given you. :)
Arnie
Jeremy Birn
Valid concerns re the sources of the mail. But I will say (from having
downloaded eval. copies of both programs) that compupic seems to be
faster (esp. much faster at making thumbs from jpeg files), and is the
one I'm leaning towards getting. They both have lots of features that I
won't use, in addition to the ones I need, but basics like speed &
efficiency matter alot to me, especially for pictures from slower
sources like CD-ROM.
(BTW, Arnie, I have a very established posting history and web presence,
and am not an imaginary figure like some spam testimonials may be.)
- jeremy
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