Cory Papenfuss wrote: >> For anyone doing photography and using Windows or Mac OS operating >> systems, there are too many upsides to Photoshop/Lightroom/other >> better developed photo editing tools to be worth wasting time with >> The Gimp. >> > ... unless you're a cheap bastard. For many, it's a viable > inexpensive alternative so long as you can live with its shortcomings. I > just get annoyed when people piss and moan about how difficult it is to > use compared to Photoshop, whatever. It *isn't* a replacement for > Photoshop. Since it didn't cost you anything and you didn't help code it > up, you've got no right to piss and moan about how to use it IMO. You get > what you pay for. Also, the "difficulty to use" is often simply a > "difference of how to use it." In Winders and MacOS, things tend to > look/act similar. Using Linux/Unix, one gets used to a different > look/feel to how things work. > > -Cory >
I got use to the Gimp before using PSE, when I did use PSE for a short time, I thought it was awfully strange/non-intuitive. I agree that what you cut your teeth on means a lot. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
