AcidImage or Splashphoto?

[mshaf]

What's best for nx? Which is fastest? Best Features?

[davy19]

I think acidimage is, I like it the best, but I think they are both pretty good try both

[mdicembre]

I would parrot the response of davy19. I tried both products for the trial period and found that I liked AcidImage better. However, the y are both god programs and it is probably a matter of taste.

[Galley_SimRacer]

I find AcidImage to be annoying, even though it may have a few more features. SplashPhoto's desktop app makes all the difference.

[pixelated]

I use both----splahphoto for its desktop app and acidimage (2.4) for its speed and zoom feature....splahphoto is super fast as well so it depends which one i open first :-)

[mshaf]

what's so useful about the desktop for splashfoto

[EvanMinnesota]

One of the things I am looking for in a program is the ability to pick a folder on a MS, start a slideshow full-screen and then be able to move backwards and forwards through the slideshow using the jogdial (my clie is on the way, so I can't test right now).

Do one or both allow for this?

I want to be able to get it set up and just hand it to people with the simple intruction of using the jog dial to navigate.

[williepalm]

AcidImage does just that.

[fnm]

I had tried both and my vote goes to AcidImage.

[Tek Phreak]

I've been using acid image, but this thread made me try out splashphoto. I must say acid image is still the better. The desktop software for splashphoto just allows you to convert a picture from your desktop to view on the clie (crop, resolution, brightness, contrast etc.)... which i really don't have a use for, if it was the opposite, i would have more of a use for, but i can still just use Photo Impact to do just that and a lot more.

As far as the actual palm program goes. Acid Image is faster. And the fact that Acid can display 30 thumbnails at a time compared to splash's 20 is a big advantage to me. And if you scroll down in splash (in 20 thumbnail mode) everytime you scroll down a line they all have to refresh, only another sec, but still very annoying. I'm stickin w/ Acid Image.

Enjoy.
-Tek

[existenz]

Originally posted by mshaf
what's so useful about the desktop for splashfoto

Desktop interface makes it idiot proof for uploading jpegs to your palm. It crops images down exacly to your screen size, rescale, and compresses the image file without affecting your original jpeg on your desktop.

I do a lot of graphic intensive work so it saves me time having to resize 6000x4000 res pics at 300dpi into ones that fit sensibly onto my clie. Splashphoto takes care of everything and uploads without leaving any files behind other that the original source.

You could just use photoshop and acid image. But splash is an all in one and I reckon quicker than opening photoshop. Its all drag n drop.

[Unregistered]

I think I like Splash Photo more. There's a Startup screen on AcidImage which I don't like..

I find both of them just as fast as each other.

[sebring]

Originally posted by Unregistered
I think I like Splash Photo more. There's a Startup screen on AcidImage which I don't like..

I find both of them just as fast as each other.

I also prefer SplashPhoto,but, to be fair, Acid Image does have a checkbox in preferences that enables you to lose the annoying startup screen.

PS: I must admit that a large part of my preference is related to the fact I already have a registered copy of SplashPhoto and get to keep the $20 I'd have to spend to get Acid Image. Besides, I do like the SplashPhoto desktop for converting some of my personal photos into jpgs for BackImages for ZLauncher.

[contempt]

I used to be a die-hard SplashPhoto user. However, after having approx. 200 images on my memory stick SplashPhoto took about 10 seconds to launch. Also, the sorting of photo categories hit its peak at 15.

After all that, I tried the demo of AcidImage and bought it in about 10 minutes. The new versions are just as fast as SplashPhoto; I would compare them identical. However, AcidImage let's me organize the categories based upon the folders on my Memory Stick, which I like. Plus I can place large images such as maps, and then zoom and pan around them, unlike SplashPhoto. Also, the program launching is super-fast: approx. 1 sec.

Hands down, AcidImage is the way to go if you have lot's of photos. Organizing the tons of photos in SplashPhoto is just too cumbersome.

[contempt]

Just to clarify, I meant to say that SplashPhoto only let's you have a maximum of 15 categories.

As for desktop application, creating a Photoshop action for resizing and optimizing is much better than the SplashPhoto settings. As a graphic designer, I'd like to have great control over the optimization settings and still have a great looking jpg for under 100k.

Also, another great benefit to AcidImage is poping in a memory stick from my Sony digital camera. All of the images, show up perfectly and organzied and I can view full-screen or zoom around since the NX has a larger lcd than the digital camera. It's a lot more friendly to swapping memory sticks whereas SplashPhoto would throw everything into the Unfiled category.

[SolarWind]

The defaul CLIE Viewer is still the fastest and best viewer i've used. I tried both acid and splash and they were either just as fast or slower and with less capabilites. didn't like em.

[Tek Phreak]

YUCK! The clie viewer is horrendously slow! Everytime you open the app it has to reload all the pictures again which is a huge nuisance. Acid and splash both have a memory, where they just add the most recent. I'm pretty sure the cnesus here will be now with clie viewer and up with a 3rd party viewer like splash or acid. Acid is still my fave!

Enjoy.
-Tek

[imadrin]

Do either accept images when beamed from an NX to a non-sony non5.0 palm?

ibidtheegoodday

[SolarWind]

yea.. that reloading of the thumbnails is a pain.... but that's my only complaint. besides, it's free.

[JohnnyD]

SolarWind: if you think that the Clie viewer is even remotely as fast as either Acid Image or Splash Photo, you must be on some kind of time-shifting drugs.

The Clie Viewer is completely pants compared to the Splash/Acid viewers.

And do we have to endure your God-squad bollocks with every post? This is a Clie forum not a pulpit.

[eepogirl]

I tried both and I prefer AcidImage also. I have a lot of pics and use PhotoShop LE for editing so I don't care for the desktop in SplashPhoto.

[n2ifp]

Originally posted by JohnnyD
SolarWind: if you think that the Clie viewer is even remotely as fast as either Acid Image or Splash Photo, you must be on some kind of time-shifting drugs.

The Clie Viewer is completely pants compared to the Splash/Acid viewers.



He might be right if all he has is one picture...

[JohnnyD]

Originally posted by n2ifp
He might be right if all he has is one picture... He might be - except he referred to " reloading thumbnails".

And that's a plural, good buddy.

[JoeSMOE]

I own both AcidImage and Spash Photo (SplashPhoto was part of a bundle). I prefer AcidImage, Zoom feature is needed on a 320 x 320 T665 (not a complaint as I love my tiny T665). One really annoying thing about Spash Photo was I was constantly losing the category info, I had 100 plus images on my MS all categorized and then on next open they would all be unfiled...I never really figured that one out...

[eichin]

I tried splashphoto and acidimage - and kept (and paid for!) acidimage. it's not just fast, it's responsive, the ui is very agile, and yet I can hand it to my mom to show off pictures. Like datebk5, acidimage is one of those apps that I wish they'd just start shipping with palmOS; clie viewer and classic datebk are just a waste of ROM.

Now if I could use acidimage from some mailer (cliemail would suffice) or from netfront, as the image selector, I'd be quite pleased...

[Galley_SimRacer]

Originally posted by existenz


Desktop interface makes it idiot proof for uploading jpegs to your palm. It crops images down exacly to your screen size, rescale, and compresses the image file without affecting your original jpeg on your desktop.

I do a lot of graphic intensive work so it saves me time having to resize 6000x4000 res pics at 300dpi into ones that fit sensibly onto my clie. Splashphoto takes care of everything and uploads without leaving any files behind other that the original source.

You could just use photoshop and acid image. But splash is an all in one and I reckon quicker than opening photoshop. Its all drag n drop.

I couldn't have said it better myself! :D

[JohnnyD]

It's not as fast as either Splash or Acid, but it's worth mentioning HandStory for sheer convenience - to convert and transfer an image to your Palm all you have to do is right click on an image anywhere on your desktop - in your web browser, image viewer whatever - set your preference (colour depth) and it's on your Palm!

[MarieC]

I join the chorus of contempt and many others. I have been a long-time user of SplashPHOTO mainly due to the fact that my previous PDA was a Palm m505 and the only way to get pictures into that machine was by using the desktop app. Meanwhile, I own a Clie NX and MS Import makes that obsolete.

I have tried AcidImage and fell in love with it's many features and its rapidity, so I bought it too. Now I use both depending on my needs of the moment, but it's mainly AcidImage. Much faster than SplashPhoto too.

[sebring]

Originally posted by JohnnyD
It's not as fast as either Splash or Acid, but it's worth mentioning HandStory for sheer convenience - to convert and transfer an image to your Palm all you have to do is right click on an image anywhere on your desktop - in your web browser, image viewer whatever - set your preference (colour depth) and it's on your Palm!

The problems I have with Handstory as an image viewer are: 1) File size and 2) Proprietary format that can't be viewed by any other app (without converting it). Handstory can't be beat, however, for grabbing an image off the web. Handstory also has other strengths, such as Avantgo replacement.

Handstory also has no slideshow capability.