I'm using this now, but I'd like it better if it had these features:

• some way to open a folder from the command line ("open -a Xee ." doesn't work).
• some way to advance to the next image one-handed on a laptop keyboard, possibly with , and . (obvious joke goes here).

But all Xee has to do is modify the EXIF data... And can't I make it so it'd save the orientation automatically, without me having to change the direction, then his cmd+shft+s, then replace the file?

I remember it used to work when Xee was 1.0

Changing the EXIF data is exactly the wrong way to do it. This is only supported by some programs, so when you for instance upload your picture to the net, it will probably be the wrong way around if you rely on the EXIF data. Xee rotates the image data itself losslessly.

I might re-enable the automatic saving that 1.0 used as an option, but it's been disabled for now because most people don't expect a "rotate" feature to immediately change the data on disk.

Apparently there is some kind of bug where cmd+s doesn't work. I've never seen this happen myself, so I'll need more information about this before I can do anything about it.

how would you re-enable the automatic saving??

And also, how would you rotate the picture so that it saves correctly?

Those are not the questions you want to be asking.

o.o
what do you mean??

>>742

I mean that even if I answered those questions, it would not help you at all.

>>742
It's not a technical issue, it's a policy issue. Too many bad decisions or too many decisions wimped out of by adding a preference over the years, and you end up with user-hostile crap like current versions of acdsee.

Also, I have a very unhelpful bug report in Leopard: sometimes the statusbar appears partly black. Happened after trying to go fullscreen then back to windowed, then browsing through pictures of various sizes. I have yet to find precise steps to reproduce the bug. Maybe it's related to the full screen issue in 10.5?

And while I'm at it I'll add a request, not sure if you're gonna consider it since you already have some issues with rotation behavior in general, but I think a "Remember rotation" option that would behave like "Remember zoom level" would be useful: I'm using a LCD that can be rotated by 90º, it would be very useful for example for reading comics. (Of course you can also change the rotation of the display in the system preferences, but it's not as easy as something you could affect a shortcut to directly in Xee, and on some older Macs the UI is no longer accelerated when rotated).

Hi,

Just wondering if there is a timetable for the next release of this splendid program?

Thanks George

No. It is being developed, but I have other things I need to take care of too. It all depends on when I have spare time.

any updates?

>>747
See >>746

And please don't bother a man who does free software in his spare time about when he's going to update.

This software is amazing, it's one of the few that reads EXIF data, but doesn't allow to see and edit the JPEG comment field (JPEG standard allows you to add a comment).

Good work!

Fantastic software. I've been looking for a good viewer like this for a long time. Fast, clean interface, keyboard navigation, auto resizing of window when zooming - awesome!

Three items I'd love to see addressed:

1) full screen doesn't work in Leopard. I'm sure this is high on the fix list.

2) Add basic editing features like lossless rotate and crop.

3) Add a thumbnail view option with a slide control to adjust icon size.

>>750

Uh, lossless rotate and crop are there already.

And the Finder does a thumbnail view already, I still see no reason to duplicate that functionality.

10.5.1 and no bugfix from Leopard's side for full screen view...waiting for Xee's side...

I have been using Xee for quite a while and find it very useful.

I wonder whether in the next version you could have a configure the status bar.

I would like to put selected EXIF options on. ie f/stop, ISO, Shutter Speed, lens

Hi, On Leopard 10.5.1 Build 9818 I can't get Xee to display an image. I get this response by double-clicking a previously associated filetype like jpg; or using Open With from the context menu; or using Open from the Xee menu. The response is a slight screen flicker and s slight spike in CPU. I get the same response when I click on Xee Preferences.

Any messages on the console?

I like the slideshow + auto-rotate features. Is there a way to make it save the images it auto-rotates? It does a pretty good job of picking what to auto-rotate and I would like it to just go ahead and save them.

How can I deactivate Xee as my jpeg default but keep it accessible? I am using Mac 10.4.11

Great work, finally something like irfanview for the Mac!
It is tiny and makes a fast workflow possible! Thanx for the effort!

Did you consider the suggestion of post 690? The fixed
proportional selection would be nice to crop for those online
services that print out photos on 3:4 sized paper. Also having a
predefined square proportional selection would be helpful sometimes.

Irfanview for example shows the selection information
in the title bar: current cursor position, width, height and ratio

cheers,

andy

Hi, I have a PPC iBook with Tiger, and I've been a very happy Xee user for some time now. But recently something strange happens, and I can't understand why and how to fix it: although I have set the default sort order in Xee preferences to be "By Filename", as it always was, each time I open Xee it starts into "By Size" sort order, which is very confusing.

I also tried setting the preferences again, or even setting it to "Same as in Finder", but it still starts in "By Size" mode, and I have to change it by hand each time.

Xee is version 2.0.

Any clues?
Thanks.

I would really like to see a 'Run Slideshow' button on the toolbar.

Great tool!

Thanks

>>760
Just making a few wild guesses since I'm not at my mac right now nor have I ever had that problem.

1. The preferences file could be corrupted,
2. The preferences file could have the wrong permissions.

Try making a backup of whichever file it is, and then delete the original, and try changing the setting again.

>>763
Thanks, but no way, even with clean new prefs the problem happened the same.

But I just seem to have found the real problem: Xee always uses the "Same as in Finder" sort order, even when you set it to "By Filename" in its prefs.
I noticed that the problem only happened in one folder, and so I realized that this folder was set to "By Size" sort order in Finder, although I forgot it because I usually view it in columns mode which is not affected by the selected sort order.

So, my personal problem is now fixed, but it looks to me as if Xee has a bug here. Does anyone confirm?

It's a known bug, fixed in the development version.

I have the same problem! Thanks for the lot of Replays and Helps ;)

Hello Xee users,

Here is a version with fixed fullscreen for MacOS 10.5

Just go there http://aorlinsk2.free.fr/xee/

>>768

Is that using samiamwork's fix, or your own?

this is my own fix. I didn't know that another fix was made.

Thanks Naouel - it works a treat for. Hope your fix finds its way into the release soon.

>>770

Do you have a diff for it?

http://aorlinsk2.free.fr/xee/diff.patch

Thanks Naouel!

There still are some problems with this fix. If you don't go full screen Xee works as usual. Once in fullscreen, sometimes a picture won't show (or will show half-loaded); if you exit fullscreen the problem persists. If you launch Xee with the picture that didn't show before and go fullscreen, then this one will be displayed but some other won't.
This happens with folders where some pictures have been saved by Photoshop or some other app (screenshots as well). Folders with only straight out of the camera or downloaded from the web pictures seem to be working perfectly.

Hey, I love Xee, but on Leopard I've noticed a pretty serious color discrepancy between Xee and other OS X image viewers (like Quick Look and Preview).

The colors in Xee seem a lot more washed out. Is this a known bug? I'm using 10.5.1 on a 15" SR MBP.

Yes.

Okay, I just wanted to let you know. Did this exist in Tiger? I've been on Leopard since the end of October and I can't remember.

Okay, I just wanted to let you know. Did this exist in Tiger? I've been on Leopard since the end of October and I can't remember.

Issue with a lot of files in a folder.

Folks, I tried using Xee 2.0 (on Leopard) to manage a folder that had about 1,500 images. As soon as I started Xee, it would crawl to a stop and the CPU would spike to 100% and stay at that level for few minutes. When I would delete/move files, same thing would happen... it would beachball and CPU would hit 100%.

Anyone know what's causing that?

I'm using Xee 2.0 and I'm shooting with a Canon 30D in Raw. Xee is really nice, but it seems to render RAW files not great. I shoot on a setting that lets me save to both RAW and JPG and the jpg files look a lot nicer (which I expected), but what is confusing to me is that Preview renders the RAW files and they look nicer than the way Xee does it. I've tried everything to make Xee render the files "correctly".

Okay, that's not a huge deal. Who knows, maybe Xee is showing the RAW files correctly. However, when I edit RAW files using Lightroom and save those files into JPGs, Xee renders THE JPG files differently than Preview. The image that I see as the final print in Lightroom, that's what Preview shows. But then I throw the same image to Xee, and Xee renders it with a lot of macroblocking, etc. It's really weird.

Anyone have any idea what's going on here?

>>779

Known bug, fixed in development version.

>>780

Lack of colour management. Will be fixed sooner or later.

Hi guys !
I used Xee for quite some time and it's great.
Open my Nikon RAW files without trouble.
Recently I bought a Canon G9.
Xee keep telling me it could'nt display file ???
Yes, Canon CR2 raw image is selected in the formats list.

Any tips ???
Thank's

Hi guys !
I used Xee for quite some time and it's great.
Open my Nikon RAW files without trouble.
Recently I bought a Canon G9.
Xee keep telling me it could'nt display file ???
Yes, Canon CR2 raw image is selected in the formats list.

Any tips ???
Thank's

Hi guys !
I used Xee for quite some time and it's great.
Open my Nikon RAW files without trouble.
Recently I bought a Canon G9.
Xee keep telling me it could'nt display file ???
Yes, Canon CR2 raw image is selected in the formats list.

Any tips ???
Thank's

Eighteen months ago, someone said…

> I would like to request an Open Recent menu item.

I sometimes miss this feature as well. Please get it working if you can!

Also, Xee's version info does not show up when you do a Get Info on it in the Finder.

Now that I've whined, here's some praise. I know it's been around for a while, but I just gotta say that I really like the feature that displays images in the same order they're sorted as in the Finder. That's so incredibly handy. Being able to rotate images and save them losslessly is great too.

I tried to build it myself, but ran into this error:

/Developer/usr/bin/../libexec/gcc/i686-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/ld: can't locate framework for: -framework XADMaster

Where can I get this framework?

>>786

The Unarchiver.

fullscreen is not working, i get white blank screen insted on leopard

Same problem as above, blank white screen in fullscreen mode in Leopard.

I just installed the universal binary version of Xee. Gotta tell ya, because of what I perceived to be a loooong time to load I was quite apprehensive opening it. The newer version is much quicker. Thanks.

As a recent refugee from another OS, it (Xee) reminds me of one of my favorite apps, Irfanview. Great work!

One teeny gripe though: might it be possible to add a "check for update" option in one of the file menu choices? Not that it matters now, as I'd gone to the website and discovered a newer version anyway, but a thought nonetheless...

Any timeframe for the full screen view fix?

Xee is a very fast viewer, but is there a way to rate photos?

What is "destination 1, 2, 3..."?

Thanks, Bill

Are you planning to localize it into new languages?

If so, I can help.

Amazing piece of software; fast, pretty images, no hassle - Thanks (o:

Great App,

Is there a way for dual image mode, so the left pane is one image and the right another.

I was after this feature for reading CBR/Z as the 'book' interface is a more natural read.

Cheers
Mick

I've been using xee for quite a while now and really love it. However, I just got a Nikon D300, but Xee won't open the RAW (.NEF) files produced. Is an update in the works to fix this -- or have I done something to have caused the problem?

dds

>>799

Xee just uses the built-in OS X loading for RAW formats. If your version of OS X supports the files, Xee should support them. If it doesn't, that's a bug.

hey!!!
any chances tor fullscreen mode in Leopard.
everyon's beggin YOU
Xee is the best and we cant use it!!!
PLEASE

hey!!!
any chances tor fullscreen mode in Leopard.
everyon's beggin YOU
Xee is the best and we cant use it!!!
PLEASE

Hello Xee users,

Here is a version with fixed fullscreen for MacOS 10.5

Just go there http://aorlinsk2.free.fr/xee/

Finally! thanx a lot!

>>803

Patches! Patches!

Big THX to 803! :) It works now (Fullscreen) on my new iMac MacOS 10.5.1 without Problems.

803: Thanks for the Leopard fullscreen fix

All right, finally 10.5.2 is out, and Apple did fix the NSOpenGLView bug!

So to anyone who's had problems with full screen not working: Update to 10.5.2, and it's fixed!

Apple actually fixed a bug instead of making developers use a workaround?

Amazing.

>>809
They tend to do that now and then. You might be thinking of the other company.

>>810
see http://wakaba.c3.cx/sup/kareha.pl/1132091963/167

>>811
Sucks. I put in a bug report for Safari and it was fixed in the next version.

To be fair, they did pay enough attention to close one of my reports as a duplicate, though!

The report about this bug is still listed as "open", though.

Hi there.
when we will see any update for Xee? have some problems with leopard for example we i go for look the images in full screen.

Thanks

Hi there.
when we will see any update for Xee? have some problems with leopard for example we i go for look the images in full screen.

Thanks

>>814-815, read >>808

Will there be an update to address the color issue? I love the features of Xee, but the colors in Preview are so much better.

Probably, but don't hold your breath. It's not an easy thing to get right, and I don't have much time at the moment.

>>739
Hi,
I have exactly the same problem: I rotate my picture and then press Cmd+S or if I go to File -> Save Losslessly then I get an error message: Image saving failed Couldn't save image.

any ideas?

>>819

Are the file permissions set so that you are allowed to overwrite that file?

>>820
I think so. That are just normal photos from my mobile.
And the funny thing is now:

• I rotate the picture
• I press Cmd+S or File -> Save Losslessly
• I get the error message
• If I click on left or right to view the next pictures and then come back to the "rotated" picture, it is shown as it was before - not rotated.
• BUT: if I close the application and reopen it (or open this file with another programm) everything is fine. The picture is rotated!

I'm just wondering now, why I get this error message and why it only get in effect, if I restart the program...

>>821

Are the files on a local drive, or on some networked drive?

on a local drive

on a local drive

Hi, I was wondering if there was any way to have the sort order be "Date Created" instead of "Date Modified". Or else use the photo date from the EXIF data.

I made the mistake of using Canon's photo browsing utility, which for some reason changed all of the date modified dates to today. That means that Xee (which I really like) is no longer useful for browsing through by date.

Thanks in advance.

>>825

EXIF date sorting would actually be really nice to have, but it would also be hard to implement fast enough. But I might look into it.

The ability to unlock password-protected RAR files is a critically need feature! I look forward to seeing it added. Thanks for your work on this!

Xee is a great image browsing software, thanks a lot.
But if the setting could be save will be much better.
Such as the size of the window could be memorized when reopen the software, the zoom ratio could be save when reopen.

Great program bit I miss the autosave after a rotate. Is it possible that you make this a preference (autosave on/off after rotating) ?

I used to use ACDSee to browse and view images on my PC. I've missed having something that feels like that application on my mac. Until now that is. Xee works for me just like the way I used to use ACDSee. Thank you very much for this app.

Hi, plus one for the auto-save option. I would love this feature, too!
best
Jan

Fantastic! I had about 400 photos taken with two different cameras that I had to split up into two folders: one for each camera. Oh no, this is going to take a lot of time identifying which photo have been taken with which camera and then copying it into the right folder... but then Xee appeared! Using its Copy function and its Image Info function this took me about ten minutes! Thank you for a great app.

Xee is awesome.
I've been using a mix of some homemade python scripts
and xee copy/move functionality to sort my photo library
w/o the slowdown of iphoto. However, I noticed if
I try to browse a directory full of symlinked images,
xee follows the links and ends up browsing the directory
the actual files exist in. Is there a way to keep xee
from following the links or do I need to roll my
own version to disable this feature?

thanks again for the incredibly fast app.