Thanks for the extensive reply and tips. I may try again in a week or two when I've 'recovered' from the initial setback and frustration, and who knows I may find that I've been totally wrong in my impression of usefulness. Regards, Tony
>I feel that perhaps you may be a bit misguided in your interpretation >of >GIMP. > >There are plenty of us who use it daily for high end photographic >retouching and editing. Like most things worth using, it may take a >little >time to become accustomed to the methods and interface. Being >initially >confusing to you doesn't necessarily make it any less of a program in >terms >of capability or performance. > >GIMP is aimed at raster image manipulation. It is more than capable >for >the just about any photo editing you may want to do (with few >exceptions). >I personally am willing to guess that it will do anything you >personally >need to do in Ps. > >GIMP will not read RAW files directly, but neither will Ps, just FYI. >Ps >uses Adobe Camera RAW to first 'develop' the image, then passes it to >Ps >for editing. In the same way, GIMP can use a RAW processor to first >develop the image, then open it (of course, you have a nice choice of >RAW >processors to choose from in the F/OSS world). > >btw, if you are not actually developing your RAW files in ACR first, >you're >already losing a huge chunk of control right out of the gate. >Seriously. > >For instance, my own workflow has me opening/editing RAW files in >RawTherapee, which I then pass directly (and easily) into my GIMP >sessions. > >If it helps, I personally write tutorials specifically targeted at >GIMP for >photographic retouching/editing. Perhaps walking through a couple of >tutorials may help you wrap your head around the concepts that are >different than what you might be used to? > >http://blog.patdavid.net/p/getting-around-in-gimp.html > >Also, I might suggest looking into a different location for >downloading >your version of GIMP. Partha has builds that include many useful >photographic plugins/scripts that may help your workflow out as well: > >http://www.partha.com/ -- physoc (via www.gimpusers.com/forums) _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: gimp-user-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list
