Is the source code for the Adobe exporters available? Would that help facilitate somebody who wanted to port it to the Gimp?
On Jun 13, 9:58 pm, Joshua Marinacci <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback everyone. > > I'm trying to figure out how we should support the JavaFX Production > Suite on Linux and Solaris. As you are no doubt aware, very few > designers use Inkscape and the Gimp. Since we have scarce resources > and a ton of tasks ahead of us for the Adobe suite on Mac and Windows > we simply don't have the manpower to build plugins for Gimp and > Inkscape. That said, we really want to support the Linux and Solaris > communities, so we are considering our next steps. If we documented > the FXZ file format and provided an engineer to answer some questions > do you think there are developers in the community willing to build > plugins for Gimp and Inkscape? > > Thanks, > Josh > > On Jun 12, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Ryan Waterer wrote: > > > I use Gimp a couple of times a month at work. > > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Dick Wall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Josh > > > I do use it whenever I need to do some graphics editing - on Linux it > > really is the only option since Adobe still doesn't do Linux (outside > > of flash anyway). I think perhaps the more compelling story here > > though is that integration with Gimp and Inkscape would provide a > > toolchain that is completely free (beer and speech) which would be > > compelling for some people, as well as inviting all those linux > > developers to the party. > > > Cheers > > > Dick > > > On Jun 12, 5:22 am, Jonathan Fuerth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Josh, > > > > I do use the Gimp, and I have no intention of paying for Photoshop. > > > However: > > > > * I am terrible at drawing > > > * I only attempt my own visual art for fun after-hours projects > > > * our professional graphics guy at work uses the Adobe CS tools > > > * I'd find JavaFX output from Inkscape (or an SVG convertor that > > works > > > on Mac and Linux) more useful than an output plugin for the Gimp > > > > Hope that helps. Thanks for taking the time to do this market > > > research! > > > > -Jonathan Fuerth > > > > On Jun 10, 11:31 pm, Joshua Marinacci <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Do any of you actually use the Gimp? I don't need everyone's > > usability > > > > or features assessment. I just want to know if anyone actually > > uses it > > > > to do things on a regular basis? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
