--- Carol Spears <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 09:28:48AM +0000, Kent Tong > wrote: > > Thanks for all who have replied. Yes, the Chinese > problem is bogus. It works > > as long as the LANG env variable is set. > > > it is interesting that the one time i saw anyone use > this photoshop > layers effect stuff, i was able to get TheGIMP to > produce the same image > in less than twenty minutes. that was using a > little knowledge of > computer graphics (most of which i learned by > working with TheGIMP). > Carol, You are right that there are ways of working around solutions, but this is not the point. In reality, it seldom happens, if ever, that you come up with an idea, then sit down in front of your computer and realize it in one shot. Rather, artwork, even the simplest ones like web page buttons are the result of experimentation. And this is where the Adjustment layer and the layer effects come in. Using them you can experiment with various settings without changing the set up of your layer structure. In addition, you can edit your artwork, even months or years after finishing it, simply by altering the Adjustment layer or changing the layer effects parameters. For instance, if I decide at some point that don't want drop shadows anymore, I simply click on the layer effect representing the shadow and I turn it off, or add other effect if I want to. By the way Macromedia Fireworks has similar tools but their implementation is totally different; they call them Live Effects. These are extremely useful tools that's why graphic artists like them; they allow an efficient and economical way of creating artwork. I think the Gimp would benefit a great deal from similar features.
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