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?
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