Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: android Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.graphics Subject: Re: Simple/basic free screen ruler and graphic editor for Mac OS X? Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:55:22 +0200 (GMT+02:00) Organization: news.individual.net Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: <200820151849033381%YourName@YourISP.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net /VcXS+4SYQSzExyNvnaJrQ2IIeCmg01kdlT3xx1SPTxKc7rAJ8 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Z915a/cHjsgGlFH5vzECFLhLqTs= X-Newsreader: PiaoHong.Usenet.Client.Free:1.65 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:31215 comp.sys.mac.graphics:42 Michael Vilain Wrote in message: > In article , > Ant wrote: > >> >>>> What is a good simple/basic screen ruler (to measure pixels on screen) >> >>>> and graphic editor for Mac OS X v10.10.5 (Yosemite)? This is for a >> >>>> Windows user who uses old Jasc's Paint Shop Pro, Paint.NET, etc. I tried >> >>>> a few like Pascal's old Free Ruler, but didn't like them. I am hoping >> >>>> you guys use better softwares that I haven't discovered yet. Also, is it >> >>>> me or is there no free screen ruler on Apple's App Store? >> >>> >> >>> A pixel measuring screen ruler probably isn't much use in these days of >> >>> multi-resolution displays and 4K displays. A 1cm long line would have a >> >>> different number of pixels on various screens. >> >>> >> >>> I don't know of any free paint applications, but this page might be >> >>> worth checking, although some of the apps my not work on newer Mac OS X >> >>> versions: http://alternativeto.net/software/paintnet/?platform=mac >> >>> >> >>> Pixelmator and GraphicConverter are the two graphic apps that most >> >>> people use (although GraphicConverter isn't great as an editor - it can >> >>> be frustratingly cumbersome). >> >> >> >> Thanks. I'll retry Gimp (used it in Linux, but geez it is difficult and >> >> complex when I tried it years ago -- maybe it got easier now? >> > >> > Nope. Still a convoluted mess. >> >> :( >> >> >> > Use a Mac graphics editor with ruler support (most of them have it). >> > Problem solved. >> >> But I still want a screen ruler to measure stuff on the desktop. > > These were around back in OS 9 days but I haven't seen one for OS X in > quite along time. > > I suspect you're SOL. > > -- > DeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee... > [I filter all Goggle Groups posts, so any reply may be automatically ignored] > FWIW: I just tried Free Ruler on SL and it seems to work fine. There's a beta for Lion... -- teleportation kills ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/