On Mar 7, 2006, at 9:54 PM, Dylan Hassinger wrote: > howdy folks, > > some graphics questions for y'all. I would love to abandon the world of > Adobe, and am interested in others' experiences doing graphics on OSS. > I'm > experimenting with GIMP, and reasonably impressed so far, although not > quite > sold. Some questions: > > - in your opinion, does GIMP have all the functionality of > Photoshop? Absolutely not. But the GIMP does have some unique features of its own, such as excellent scripting.
> - how do you feel it compares to Photoshop ease of use? Search google for "gimp UI" or "usability" to get a sense of what people think. Things are improving, but, especially for people moving from PS, the learning curve can be harsh. There are third-party attempts to make it more like PS (for better or worse): http://plasticbugs.com/?p=241 > - is GIMP up to snuff for print graphics? Native CMYK is "on the way" or "experimental" and certainly not integrated. http://www.blackfiveservices.co.uk/separate.shtml (This plugin performs post-work color separation.) So, again, the answer is "no". > - in your opiunion, does GIMP have the vector graphics funcionality > of > Illustrator? The GIMP can import and export SVG now but it is still primarily a bitmap image editor. http://docs.gimp.org/en/ch01s02s07.html > - and how does it compare to Illustrator's usability? Again, not even close for vector stuff. However, there are vector graphics alternatives for Linux. The current best one is "Inkscape": http://www.inkscape.org/ > sorry if this has been covered before, would love to hear about GIMP or > other OSS graphics tools. peace, Don't waste your time trying to use the GIMP in a print environment. It is fine for web graphics though. -M ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ AgentM [EMAIL PROTECTED] ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
