Re: [Gimp-developer] New User's opinion

2009-04-11 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 5:10 AM, Mirai Warren wrote: The notion that a program can improve artistic skills is heavily and typically misleading.  An artist can put together excellent works with any tool he chooses to use.  For instance, Microsoft Paint is responsible for some of the best

Re: [Gimp-developer] New User's opinion

2009-04-11 Thread Rob Antonishen
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Mirai Warren wrote: The notion that a program can improve artistic skills is heavily and typically misleading. An artist can put together excellent works with any tool he chooses to use. For instance, Microsoft Paint is responsible for some of the best

Re: [Gimp-developer] New User's opinion

2009-04-11 Thread Mirai Warren
Ach. Sorry, but my meaning was simply that an artist can create art with any tool. mspaint was only an example. Looks like you have to make a tough choice to stop contradicting yourself :) I wasn't contradicting myself. By was responsible for I meant was used to create. It is still the artist

Re: [Gimp-developer] New User's opinion

2009-04-11 Thread David Gowers
On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 5:11 AM, Mirai Warren the.future.comes...@gmail.com wrote: Ach.  Sorry, but my meaning was simply that an artist can create art with any tool.  mspaint was only an example. Looks like you have to make a tough choice to stop contradicting yourself :) I wasn't

[Gimp-developer] GSoC Proposal: Call for comments

2009-04-11 Thread Jerson Michael Perpetua
GIMP GEGL Gurus, I hope that I am not too imposing. I would like to draw attention to two of my GSoC proposals: OpenGL GPU-based Buffer Operations in GEGL Improved Foreground Selection Tool (Detail Refinement Brush). If you find that any of them are lacking, please comment on possible