Irfanview on MAC with WineBottler - David Vielmetter

Irfanview on MAC with WineBottler · [step 2] Fire up WineBottler and click “Install Predefined Prefixes” and select IrfanView. · [step 3] Choose a destination and ... IrfanviewonMACwithWineBottler TherearealotofWindowsAppsImissonmyMacBookPro.OneofthemisanawesomefreeSwissarmyknifeofimagemanipulationtoolscalledIrfanview.Itletsyoubatchrename/convert/modifyentiredirectoriesofimagesandit’snotbadasanimageviewereither.Well,here’showtogetitrunningonOSX: –UPDATED3-12-12– [Requirements] WineBottler1.2.3 [step1]DownloadandinstallWineBottler1.2.3(itcomeswithWine,you’llneedtoinstallboth). [step2]FireupWineBottlerandclick“InstallPredefinedPrefixes”andselectIrfanView.ThenclicktheInstallbutton. [step3]ChooseadestinationandnameforyourIrfanviewAppandclickSave.IselectedtheDesktop. Uponcompletion,you’llreceivethismessageandyoushouldseeanIconfortheIrfanviewApp. [step4]Launch&enjoyIrfanviewonMacOSX. Enjoy January11,2010 DavidVielmetter Popular,Tricks batchimageprocess,batchprocessimages,batchrename,irfanview,MAC,OSX,winebottler,x11 39responsesto“IrfanviewonMACwithWineBottler” NOTE:command+c/vdoesn’tworkforcopy/pasta…whatabummer. I’mtryingtowriteandselfpublishaWordGamesbookonaMacwithonlyWordavailabletome.IneedtoscangraphicsthatIcantypeoverforthechapterpagesandIwastoldthatirfanViewisthewaytogo.Ifollowedyourinstructions,butwhenIwenttofireupWinebottlermycomputersaidthat“Youcannotopenbecausethisisnotsupportedonthisarchitecture”.Isthereawaytobypassthisandgetanapplicationthatwillworkforme? Thanksforyourhelp Jodi HiJodi, I’msorry,butWineBottlerwillonlyworkonIntelMacs(themorerecentones).Ishouldhavementioneditinmyarticle,butifyouarenotrunningonanintelMacarchitecture,WineBottlerwillnotworkforyou.Ifyou’relookingforasimpleandfreegraphicsmanipulationtooltryafreeprogramcalled“seashore”.Ifyouneedtoscanimages(acquirethem)usingascanner,youmaywanttogivePicasafromGoogleatry(downloadhere:http://picasa.google.com).Picasaisapicturemanagementapplication,butitalsoletsyouacquireimagesfromacameraorscannerandperformsomebasicimagemanipulationsuchascropandbrightness/contrastadjustments. Hopethathelps, David Davd:IsthereanywaytoinstalltheIrfanviewplugins? HiTroy, Ihaven’ttriedthis,butintheoryyoucouldinstallthepluginsonawindowsboxandthencopythewholefolderovertoyourmacagainandre-createacustomprefixwiththeplugininstalled.I’llgiveitatryathomewhenIgetachanceandwillconfirmwhetherornotitworked. Cheers, David AnyluckwiththisDavid? @DavidVielmetter SorryTroy, Trieditwiththejpeg2000plugin,butitdoesn’twork.Thenewprefixcannotfindtheplugindll. David HiDavid,Ihavethesolutionsforyouwiththethumbsthing.Firstlyinstallirfanviewinwindows.Copythepluginfoldercontentstothedirectoryinmac.Ithenbuildaexetorunthethumbsprogram.createaprefixforthisfileanditshouldwork.SendmeyourmailaddressandIwillforwardthefiletoyou. Regards, Francois HiDavid, hereishowIgottheplug-instowork.Justpastethe.dllfilestothe“Plugins”folder.Thetrickistofindthatfolder.First,lookatHelp->InstalledPlugIns.Thereyouwillseewhereitislocatedinthesimulateddirectorytree.Onmycomputerthepathis“C:winebottlerPlugins”.SothisiswheretheWindowsprogramthinkstheplug-insare.ThenyouhavetofindoutwheretheyareonyourMac.JustopentheOpenmenuandmoveupinthedirectorytreeuntilyoureachthefolder“drive_c”.This,ofcourse,isequivalentto“C:”.Bymovingupfromtheretotherootyouwillbeabletoreconstructthewholepath.Onmycomputerithappenstobe: /Users/admin/Library/ApplicationSupport/Wine/prefixes/IrfanView/drive_c/winebottler/Plugins Pierre […]isanawesomeimageviewer++forwindows.I’vecoveredhowtorunIrfanviewontheMachere,butwhatIdidn’tcoverisnowyoucanuseIrfanviewtobulkrenamefiles.Here’s[…] hi-iusedirfanviewasmydefaultpicvieweronmypc,andneededtousethebatchadjustmentfeatureregularlyforworkpurposes.nowthati’veswitchedtoanewmacbook,ififollowthestepsabove,canimakeirfanviewmydefaultpictureviewer? ifitcan’tbethedefaultvieweri’dratherusesomethingelse. Fairenough.SettingirfanviewasthedefaultpictureviewerinOSXisdifficultbecauseitdoesn’tnativelyintegratetoOSXwithoutwinebottler.Thereareotherfreelyavailableimagerenamingtoolsbesidesirfanview(i.e.Picasa),however,thesetoolsdon’tallowyoutheflexibilitytocreateyourownnamingconvention.Picasaforexamplewillallowyoutorenameanumberofpicturestoanameyouchooseandjustappend-#where#isanincrementingnumberstartingat1.I’llpostanupdatetothispostcoveringhowtorenameimageswithPicasa.Hereyougo:https://davidvielmetter.com/tricks/osx-finder-missing-features/ HiDavid, IamaIrfanviewusersinceday1buthavefinallymadethesteptoaMac(BookPro)andsearchedalongtimeforthesolutionyoufinallyprovided.Ihavegonethroughallyourrecommendedstepsabove,initiallywithIrfanview4.30though.Untilltheenditalllookedgood(untillPrefixcreatedsuccesfully).TheIrfanviewicondidnotlookthewayitshouldbeandIcouldnotstarttheapplication.ThenIdownloadedIrfanview4.25whichdidthesame,theiconlookslikeanWindowsinstallicon(adesktoppcwithamonitorandaboxofsoftware)andwhenIclickit,itopensX11.IdiddownloadalaterversionofWinebottlerthough(1.1.44)asopposedto1.1.35.AnyideawhereIwentwrong?Keepupthegoodwork:) HiDavid, IamaIrfanviewusersinceday1buthavefinallymadethesteptoaMac(BookPro)andsearchedalongtimeforthesolutionyoufinallyprovided.Ihavegonethroughallyourrecommendedstepsabove,initiallywithIrfanview4.30though.Untilltheenditalllookedgood(untillPrefixcreatedsuccesfully).TheIrfanviewicondidnotlookthewayitshouldbeandIcouldnotstarttheapplication.ThenIdownloadedIrfanview4.25whichdidthesame,theiconlookslikeanWindowsinstallicon(adesktoppcwithamonitorandaboxofsoftware)andwhenIclickit,itopensX11.IdiddownloadalaterversionofWinebottlerthough(1.1.44)asopposedto1.1.35.AnyideawhereIwentwrong?Keepupthegoodwork:), Marc Marc, MakesureyoudownloadandinstallthezipversionofIrfanview.IhadthesameprobleminitiallyuntilIreadDavid’sarticlehere–hementions(butdoesnotemphasize)downlaodnandunzip! Itworkedformebyusingtheexefileintheunzippedversion. GoodluckandthanksDavid. Tim,thanksfortheclarification. NiceblogentryDavid🙂itwasveryhelpful.Iwantedto“MacApp”thelatestofversionIrfanViewincludingtheHelpetc….andeventuallyalltheIrfanViewPlugins🙂Yayme!! Okay,updatingyouroutline: Requirements:OSXLeopard/SnowLeopard+WineBottler1.1.44+Irfanview4.30Portable [step1]DownloadandinstallWineBottler&X11(includedwithWineBottler). [step2]DownloadIrfanview4.30Portablefromthiswebsite(thisinstallerwrapperiscooldudes) http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/irfanview_portable [step3]FireupWineBottlerandclick“CreateCustomPrefixes”. For“InstallFile”,selecttheIrfanViewPortable_4.30.paf(exe)filefromyourDownloadfolder. UN-Checkthe“CopyOny.Select…”checkbox&leaveeverythingelse(otherfields)alone. Actually,youcancheck“SelfContained”checkbox(itisupyou,Idid‘cosI’mmakinganApp). [step4]Click“Install”andspecifyanameandlocationforyourIrfanviewapplication(IchosemyApplicationsfolder) ThePortableAppsInstallerwillrun,leadingthenormalIrfanViewsetupprompts.ApatientpersoncanittoinstallinC:ProgramFilesIrfanViewPortable WineBottlerwillfinishbyaskingyoutochooseanexecutableforstartup. Choose……i_view32.exeORIrfanViewPortable DONE🙂 Ohyeah,theIrfanViewPlugins?YouneedtogettheIrfanViewPluginsfolderfromsomewhere… UseIrfanView,Batchconversion,BatchRename,NamePattern$FetcetctocopythePluginfiles. Sure,I’veskippedsomedetailsaboutgettingthePlugins,butyougottamakesomeeffortyourselfifyou“wanttohavenicethings…”Cheers,Goshy31/8/2011 HeythanksGoshy.You’reawesome. ThefastetsvieweronMacIfoundisXEE.Primaryonlyaviewerbutyoucancrop,flip,androtatejpgimageslooseless.TheviewerisveryfastandyoucanconfigurethehotkeyslikeIrfanView(loadnextorpriviousimageinfolderandsoon): http://wakaba.c3.cx/s/apps/xee ThefeelingisverynearIrfanView. HeythanksLebostein, I’llgiveitatry,butIalreadylikewhatIseesofar. HiDavid, IneverupgradedmyOSX4.11toLeopardorSnowonlybecauseofdocumentedproblemswithusingexternalmonitorsafterupgrading.Anddon’tknowiftheywereeverresolved.(I’dupgradeinasec.ifIknewforsure) Thatbeingsaid,wouldyouhaveanyinformationonhowtoinstallonTiger4.11?IsimplyloveInfranView(Ialwayscallitthat)andcan’tlivewithoutit.Itistheemostimportanttoolinmanagingmyimages.ItistheonlyprogramthatkeepsmetiedtothePC.Anyinfowouldbehelpful. Thanks! SorryLee, IneverusedanyotherOSXversionthanSnowLeopard.You’lljusthavetotryitandseewhathappens. WouldlovetoknowifthisworksonLion! Sorry,I’mabitlateontheLionbandwagon.I’mwaitingforallthekinkstobeworkedout. worksfineonlion! Ifolloweddestructions.Latestwinebottlerhasirfanviewalreadysetupasapreconfiguredalongwithaloadofotherwindowsstuff.Trieddoingmyowncustomoneandithangsonstartup(lionX).Thepreinstalledoneisfine.Cantcopyandpastethroughbetweenprograms,orevenbetweenirfanwindows.Igetaweirdstrip….Itisamajorpita.Havetosavefilesthenimport. AlsousingXee.GetconfusedwithXiiwindowthatirfanviewcomesonin.Itsnotgreatbuthasgreatpotential Hmm,thereareotherswho’vegottenittoworkinLionwithoutasmuchofastruggle.I’dtrysettingupanewprefix…i’vehadithappentomewhereprefixesusedformanywindowsappssomehowget“dirty”ormessedup.Tofixit,Ijustcreateabrandnewprefix…it’skindawasteful,butitworks. HiDavid, RadioSure2.2.1036(freeversion)worksfairlywellasaWinebottlerApp. Notes:Shucks.asxstreamswillnotwork,pickthe.plssourcestreamoraddstationaslastresort. Stationsstreaming.asxusuallyhavea2ndstream/source(notallradiostationsplay24/7) Youcan’tchangetheskin,butyouCANdirectrecordingstoyourUserfolder.Prettycool. Outline: Requirements:OSXLeopard/SnowLeopard+WineBottler1.1.44+RadioSure2.2.1036 [step1]DownloadandinstallWineBottler&X11(includedwithWineBottler). [step2]DownloadRadioSure2.2.1036-setup.exefromhttp://www.radiosure.com/ [step3]FireupWineBottlerandclick“CreateCustomPrefixes”. For“InstallFile”,selecttheRadioSure2.2.1036-setup.exefilefromyourDownloadfolder. UN-Checkthe“CopyOny.Select…”checkbox&leaveeverythingelse(otherfields)alone. Actually,youcancheck“SelfContained”checkbox(ifwantastandaloneAPP…). [step4]Click“Install”andspecifyanameandlocationforyourRadioSureApp(IchosemyApplicationsfolder) WhentheInstallerruns,readthesetupprompts,ticktheRadioSurePortableoption,andinstallinC:ProgramFilesRadioSure WineBottlerwillfinishbyaskingyoutochooseanexecutableforstartup. Choose……radiosure.exe (I’llemailthedeveloperssometime,sotheycandoapostingonRadiosure.comcomments) -Goshy (Yes,IknowthistheIrfanviewonMacwithWineBottlerresponses…) RadioSure2.2.1036(freeversion)worksfairlywellasaWinebottlerApp,soI’vecontinuedtouseittolistentosomeofthe17000streamingradiostationsthatitlists. Imentionedlastyearthat.asxstreamswillnotwork–sorryIhaven’tbeenablefixthisbutI’mstillthinkingaboutit…Somethingtodowith.asxfilescontaininglinkdatato.wmafilesandit’sactuallythe.wmastreamingformatthatcan’tplayinthevirtualOS. Radiosure‘asaMacApp’seemstoplayalltheothercommonstreamingformatslike.aac.pls.m3u MostofthetimeI’vefoundalternativestreamlistsonthewebandthenAddedastationinRadiosurewiththeurllink. Here’swebpageof.aacstreamsofUKradiostationsthatlistsaheapofBBCRadioones: http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/aac.asp •BBCRadio3[National,Classical/Opera/Arts] :http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r3_aaclca.pls •BBCRadio5live[National,News/Sport] :http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r5l_aaclca.pls OneoftheseI’mdaysI’lltakeanotherswingat‘bottling’anotherWindowsprogram🙂 -G Hi,Ifollowedallthedirectionsonmymac,andbought“stuff-itexpander”asmyunzipprogram,buteverytimeIdownloadIrfanview,itautomaticallycreatesawinebottleiconinthedownloadfolderandwhenIselectthat.exefilewithstuff-it-expanderitsaysfiletypenotrecognized…? I’lladdthatifIjusttrytofollowthedirectionswithoutunzipping,Igetthesameproblemothershad…anicononthedesktopthatlookslikeacomputer,notlikeIrfanview,anditdoesn’twork. HiKaren, Exefilesareexecutablefilesandcannotbeopenedbythemacnatively.Yourstuffitexpanderthinkstheexeisacompressedfileandallowsyoutoopenit,butthat’snotgoingtowork.You’llneedtousewinebottlertocreateanewprefixfirstandthenpointtotheirfanview.exefilefromwithinwinebottler(notjustdouble-clicktheexeandhopeyourcomputerhandlestheassociationproperly).Hopethathelps. David Hi, IhaveinstallIrfanviewasdirected(Ithink).Theprogramopensbutthepastefeaturedoesnotwork. IamattemptingtocopyanimagecopiedfromthewebintoIrfanview.Noluck. Thanks. ThankyousomuchDavid.SpentacouplehourstryingtogetIrfanviewtoworkonmyMacandyourdetailedsolutionworkedacharm!Cheers. HiDavid Thanksverymuchforthisinformation–greattobeabletogetIrfanviewrunningonmyMac “InstallPredefinedPrefixes”didn’tworkformeatfirst,forsomeunknownreasonIdownloadedanolderversion–nottheversionyoulinktoabove. Itcreatedthe“app”butthendoubleclickingonthe“app”getsstuckon“preparingIrfanview”. ButIwasabletorunIrfanviewbyopeningthepackagecontentsandthenopening‘i_view32.exe’withWine AfterIfoundthatthe“app”didn’trunIviewedpackagecontentsandreplacedthecontentsof‘ProgramFiles’(Irfanview.app/Contents/Resources/drive_c/ProgramFiles)withacopyofthecontentsofawindowsPCinstall–latestversionwithplugins. AfterthisIwasabletorun‘i_view32.exe’withWine–doubleclickingonthe“app”stilldidn’twork …soIdownloadedtheversionofWineBottleryoulinktoabove,followedtheinstructionsanditworked. Exceptnoplugins,soIcopiedoverthepluginsfromaPCinstall. Nowwhenidoubleclickonthe“app”itdoesn’tseetheplugins,butwhenIopenthepackageandruntheexefilewithWineitdoesseetheplugins. IguessIneedtoeditafile,notsurewhichthough. Thanksagain Whataboutwinebottler1.6?Tryingtodownloadirfanviewanditsnotgoingwell! Sorry,Ihaven’tplayedwiththissinceupgradingtoLion.I’llgiveitashotthisweek. […]IrfanviewonMACwithWineBottler|DavidVielmetter–Fairenough.SettingirfanviewasthedefaultpictureviewerinOSXisdifficultbecauseitdoesn’tnativelyintegratetoOSXwithoutwinebottler.[…] IsomehowmanagedtomakeIrfanviewworkonmyMacbookAir.ButIhavenotbeenabletomakethePluginswork. CouldyouPLEASEhelpbysuggestingastepbystepsimplemethodtomakeitwork.ShouldIdownloadthezippedversionofthePlugins,unzipthemintoafolderandthencopythemwhereonmyMacbookharddrive?