-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mike wrote: > The main things that I find bad about gimp (just my opinion, maybe im > mad/doing it wrong) > > 1) The many-windows gui design - less said about that the better, esp > when you have a large image that takes up the whole screen, you have to > window switch just to change a tool!
# urpmi gimp1_3 > 2) I dont know if it is me... but cutting and pasting into/out of layers > is a real chore. I seem to get stuck with a floating selection which > doesnt do what i expect. Layers sometimes do not select, sometimes the > selected layer changes. Basically I find any kind of non-resize image > operations to be like fighting a gimp If I want a new layer of the pasted content, I just rename the floating later ;-). > 3) In photoshop, if you need the zoom tool, you just press 'Z' I mostly I use +/- (but in gimp1.3 this has changed slightly (you need to use shift+'=', in gimp1.2 you could just use the '=' key). The zoom tool is one that doesn't seem to have a shortcut. gimp1.3 shows the shortcut as you mouse-over the button. > crop is > another one key shortcut. SHIFT-C in Gimp > In gimp the same operation involves several > clicks to cycle through each window (click main window, click zoom, > click brush options, click 'allow to resize window', then you can use > the tool) > 4) Typing, editing text - dont even get me started on that! Try: # urpmi gimp1_3 > Having said all that, I use the gimp for all my image manipulation > requirements (which is mostly basic digicam stuff)... but only because > there isnt much choice out there My only complaint is that it throws away exif data (AFAIK). Hopefully this has been fixed in 1.3? Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/lqPprJK6UGDSBKcRAoKOAJ9d4PrLaPVNH7Z8pT98O8C1XNuPcwCgrrCt XrrxErAQPTnmNqo+faZmuKo= =d1tz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
