Mac:Need to hire a programmer.Preliminary questions

Hi there,

I am a Mac user and a professional photographer and have developed software
that I would like to sell to other photographers. It is mostly written in
Applescript. Here are several questions I need to clear up before I am
hiring:

Can a complex Applescript be converted to a regular non-script based
application?

Can this program be made to work on Windows PCs as well with not too much
effort?

How much effort would it be to develop a simple database application? It
should be a program that keeps track of clients names and addresses and
allows to print out contracts.

How much effort would it be to write a simple converting utility that
converts raw images to jpeg images?

Right now my workflow uses Photoshop to convert raw image files to jpeg
files and I use Filemaker pro to keep track of my clients. Obviously, I
cannot bundle these two applications with my program and that's why I am
thinking about having them written. Can anyone give me an idea of how
expensive this is and if it is at all practical? Based on the answers I am
also looking to hire a developer.

Thank you

Kurt

Narlen wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am a Mac user and a professional photographer and have developed software
> that I would like to sell to other photographers. It is mostly written in
> Applescript. Here are several questions I need to clear up before I am
> hiring:
>
> Can a complex Applescript be converted to a regular non-script based
> application?
depends

> Can this program be made to work on Windows PCs as well with not too much
> effort?
depends

> How much effort would it be to develop a simple database application? It
> should be a program that keeps track of clients names and addresses and
> allows to print out contracts.
>
many already out there try google or version tracker

> How much effort would it be to write a simple converting utility that
> converts raw images to jpeg images?
there is an applescript (Mac OSX only I think) that can do that as long
as you do not care about compression. do not have a copy of it here (at
home)

> Right now my workflow uses Photoshop to convert raw image files to jpeg
> files and I use Filemaker pro to keep track of my clients. Obviously, I
> cannot bundle these two applications with my program and that's why I am
> thinking about having them written. Can anyone give me an idea of how
> expensive this is and if it is at all practical? Based on the answers I am
> also looking to hire a developer.
>
> Thank you
>
> Kurt
>

Kurt, are you still interested in hiring a programmer?


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