Apart from the fact that it's free, it's a very powerful image editor provided you can live with its 8 bit limitation and the somewhat unusual user interface.
Persistence will overcome any interface issues and once you get over that you'll find it's very competent, with support for layers, layer masks and most of the other features that a high-end image editor should have. The UF Raw plugin also does quite a good job with PEF files. I think its possible to automate some functions via scripts (similar to Photoshop actions?) but I haven't tried that. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/brianwalters Quoting Steve Desjardins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've heard of this program but never used it. What are it's > advantages? > > And yes, I did go to the website. It's promises much, as do those > I > vote for. > > >>> graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/25/2007 11:12 AM >>> > Not real clear in the release notes: > > http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.4.html > > Of course if you are primarily interested in web images 16 bit > (usually > 10 or 12 > bits per pixel + padding actually) does not make a lot of > difference. > The price > (free) is certainly right. > > > Scott Loveless wrote: > > Doug Franklin wrote: > >> For those of you using Linux, or interested in an alternative to > > >> Photoshop, version 2.4 of The Gimp was announced today. > >> > >> It finally added support for 16-bit color (48 bits per pixel) > and > color > >> management. Those were two of the main problems with using it > for > >> digital photography. > >> > > FWIW, the GIMP still does not support 16 bit color management. > You > can > > work with 16 and 32 bit bmp images, and there is rudimentary > color > > management. But you can't have both just yet. > > http://www.cinepaint.org/ might be a better option at this > point, > though > > it's really intended for video. > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and > follow the directions. > > !SIG:4720b4e185181419720876! > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally - A spam blocker that actually works. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/4 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
