On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 18:43:01 -0700, Ah Pook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 9/8/2001 7:18:43 AM, etharp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >about a million people are going to tell you (and they are correct) that the
> >GIMP is every bit as good as photoshop, and they do not have the US gov. put
> >people in jail for talking about how poor their encryption is under the DMCA.
>
> And a million graphic designers would reply that Gimp doesn't have Pantone
colors, and probably never will.
> It's useless for a lot of people.
> ///
That would be The GIMP's main shortcoming. From my understanding, CYMK support
in PhotoShop is the result of licensing from printer manufacturers, something
which The GIMP can't do.
Besides that, it has _far_ more powerful scripting ("Script Fu") than PhotoShop
and is ahead in a few other areas.
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