image manipulation tool question

[ben darby]

Eric S. Johansson wrote:
> recently picked up a cheapo digital camera.  My wife wants to use it for 
> creating pictures she can put up on the web as well as general snapshots 
> of things in our world.  Now she wants to be able to manipulate 
> (re-scale, decimate resolution, crop) images and upload them to sites 
> like Flickr.
> 
> The problem is, she is a *Magic user* when it comes to technology. 
> Being the sadistic husband that I am, I've set her up with Linux.  so 
> far, she does okay with a few spells that I've given her.  but to tell 
> you the truth, I don't know what image processing application is simple 
> enough for her to use.  She's tried gimp and run away screaming.  Any 
> suggestions of what picture applications would be friendly for a magic 
> user?  Additionally, are there any tools one could use to perform a 
> batch conversion on a set of images.  For example converting all the 
> images from the default resolution to a webpage friendly resolution.

try f-spot, available from universe in dapper and installed by default 
in edgy, and will do all of the above easily.

-- 
ben