Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta nmsba...@member.fsf.org writes:
[...]
As for my choice, I am using GIMP!
[...]
Wow, that's really best Portugal!!!
Sincerely,
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Corleone.
-- Amerigo Bonasera, Chapter 1,
Hello!
Sorry for taking so long to thank your replies, but I had to solve an
urgent and unpleasant problem :-|
As for my choice, I am using GIMP! Several arguments in favor of GIMP
were/are compelling.
One final observation. I'm not a professional photographer. I'm an
amateur photographer
On 20/01/10 23:39, Cédric Gémy wrote:
I don't remember how this discussion has turned to a GUI discussion just
as if the hugest difference wetween the two was this point.
Anyway, Gimp is great, and photoshop has many default too. It also tries
to implement new GUI possibilities, but they
doug wrote:
Most people thinks having two different menubars in one application is
insane. The small amount of people that thinks it is a good idea will
have to maintain code for that themselves, sorry.
In a few months' time anybody wanting to look up XXX or YYY in the
archives is going to
I don't remember how this discussion has turned to a GUI discussion just
as if the hugest difference wetween the two was this point.
Anyway, Gimp is great, and photoshop has many default too. It also tries
to implement new GUI possibilities, but they sometimes shouldn't, i
guess :)
Most people
There are a few things that GIMP needs to be competitive with PS.
Just a few? :)
Why is it necessary for GIMP to be competitive with PS? GIMP is an
alternative to PS developed for free use by anyone who wishes to use it.
As I understand it, it isn't users that GIMP wants, it is developers
On 1/13/10, Programmer In Training wrote:
On 1/12/10, Norman Silverstone wrote:
The great thing about GIMP is that it is free so you can try it, at no
cost to yourself, and see if it will do what you want it to do.
But so is Photoshop. 30 days trial :)
Photoshop is free to try, for 30
There are a few things that GIMP needs to be competitive with PS.
1) A decent batch processor and I'm not talking about learning a whole
programming language to do so.
2) 16 bit color.
3) Better zonal control so one can adjust light and dark areas of
a digital photo more easily so as to enhance
On 1/17/10, Ken Warner wrote:
There are a few things that GIMP needs to be competitive with PS.
Just a few? :)
Alexandre
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There are a few things that GIMP needs to be competitive with PS.
Just a few? :)
Why is it necessary for GIMP to be competitive with PS? GIMP is an
alternative to PS developed for free use by anyone who wishes to use it.
As I understand it, it isn't users that GIMP wants, it is developers
On 1/17/10, Norman Silverstone wrote:
There are a few things that GIMP needs to be competitive with PS.
Just a few? :)
Why is it necessary for GIMP to be competitive with PS?
You probably meant to say competitive against PS, didn't you? :)
There is no reason why developers of free software
* Alexandre Prokoudine alexandre.prokoud...@gmail.com [01-17-10 11:20]:
On 1/17/10, Norman Silverstone wrote:
As I understand it, it isn't users that GIMP wants, it is developers
prepared to give freely of their time and expertise. If you need the
advantages that PS has over GIMP then, by
On Sunday 17 January 2010 09:03:32 Norman Silverstone wrote:
There are a few things that GIMP needs to be competitive with PS.
Just a few? :)
Why is it necessary for GIMP to be competitive with PS?
I agree with the above 100%. Why? I like GIMP, for me is useful and I support
open
Hey people, I didn't start this thread. Don't grind my ass...
All I did was mention the obvious features that GIMP doesn't have
compared to PS. And I meant competitive *WITH* not *AGAINST*
PS. It doesn't have to replace PS -- if GIMP is to eventually
have the same utility of PS then it needs
I'm sure many professional photographers swear by these. Its up to you
to decide if the quality of the results warrant the price. The only way
to know - for you - is to compare both the commercial apps and the open
source alternatives for what you're trying to accomplish.
I would like to
Norman Silverstone píše v Út 12. 01. 2010 v 20:50 +:
The great thing about GIMP is that it is free so you can try it, at no
cost to yourself, and see if it will do what you want it to do.
But so is Photoshop. 30 days trial :)
The difficulty is that whilst GIMP will run on
About the 8 , 16 bit issue maybe all what you need may be just first correct
your image with something as RawTherapee (now Gpl ),and in case of need of
further editing , send the result to gimp (You may set in Rawtherapee Gimp as
associate image editor)
Let say that if you need to works with
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 04:51:02PM +, Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote:
Hello!
[...]
* Photoshop: Must be used for 'serious' work.
Yeah...it's just like to say that you have to use Windows for serious work...
;-)
* GIMP: May be used for 'serious' work if that means showing a photo
on
On 1/14/10, Marco Ciampa wrote:
** Just 8 bit/channel;
yes, just like photoshop some years ago...wait a moment...this means that
serious photo work started just some 5-10 years ago
PS: jpeg photos are 8 bit only
This is totally unrelated. Open (almost) any photo in GIMP, edit it
with
Hello!
I don't understand anything about digital image manipulation but I've
got to learn as, last year, I finally bought a digital camera, after
making photos with film for many years, mainly BW which I developed
and printed myself. To learn digital image manipulation I need a
program such as
IMHO, and to cut the long story short:
- use the GIMP
- learn how to use it by means of the help included, the many excellent
tutorials existing, Akkana Peck's book and MeetTheGimp.org video-shows.
There are still other resources available.
- CMYK: you won't be needing that any time soon, and some
Am Dienstag, 12. Januar 2010 17:51:02 schrieb Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta:
** Is has no color management (I don't know what this is);
Unless you use a very outdated version of Gimp, this is not true.
** Just 8 bit/channel;
** No CMYK.
This is still true, but should be fixed within the
On Tue, 2010-01-12 at 16:51 +, Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta wrote:
* Photoshop: Must be used for 'serious' work.
Depends on who's being serious. Truth is, it depends on the type of
work and one man's serious is another man's who cares.
Note that I've done covers for magazines with GIMP
The great thing about GIMP is that it is free so you can try it, at no
cost to yourself, and see if it will do what you want it to do. Never
mind what others will tell you about whether it should be 16 bit or 8
bit and is colour management essential or not. I suggest the thing to do
is that you
On 1/12/10, Norman Silverstone wrote:
The great thing about GIMP is that it is free so you can try it, at no
cost to yourself, and see if it will do what you want it to do.
But so is Photoshop. 30 days trial :)
Alexandre
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The great thing about GIMP is that it is free so you can try it, at no
cost to yourself, and see if it will do what you want it to do.
But so is Photoshop. 30 days trial :)
The difficulty is that whilst GIMP will run on virtually any operating
system Photoshop will not.
Norman
On 1/12/2010 2:38 PM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
On 1/12/10, Norman Silverstone wrote:
The great thing about GIMP is that it is free so you can try it, at no
cost to yourself, and see if it will do what you want it to do.
But so is Photoshop. 30 days trial :)
Alexandre
Photoshop is free
On 1/13/10, Programmer In Training wrote:
On 1/12/10, Norman Silverstone wrote:
The great thing about GIMP is that it is free so you can try it, at no
cost to yourself, and see if it will do what you want it to do.
But so is Photoshop. 30 days trial :)
Photoshop is free to try, for 30
Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta a écrit :
Hello!
I don't understand anything about digital image manipulation but I've
got to learn as, last year, I finally bought a digital camera, after
making photos with film for many years, mainly BW which I developed
and printed myself. To learn digital
On 1/13/10, Programmer In Training wrote:
On 1/12/10, Norman Silverstone wrote:
The great thing about GIMP is that it is free so you can try it, at no
cost to yourself, and see if it will do what you want it to do.
But so is Photoshop. 30 days trial :)
Photoshop is free to try, for 30
Torsten says:
Also, no serious photographer will just abandon analog photography and go
totally digital. Any fine grained film will yield much better resolutions
than
what the most expensive digital cameras are capable of.
This is simply not true. I am a serious non-professional photographer who
Hi,
On Sun, 2007-09-30 at 18:48 -0400, carol irvin wrote:
I have one technical question about this list. Do I also need to send
this reply to the list or does replying to anyone send it
automatically to the list?
There's no magic going on. Your answer goes to the recipients that your
mail
On Sunday 30 September 2007 20:06:09 Sven Neumann wrote:
We are listening to our users. That's why we have this mailing-
list and actually read about the problems and needs of our
users.
Round of applause, that sentiment. (-:
Now I need to organise my own life better so I can make space
to
Sven,
I have an idea for something which might be fun to do as a group and
educational as well. Each person (who wanted to participate) would take an
art step phase further using GIMP until we had a completed art work. For
example, let's say you'd start it using a brush. Then maybe I'd go into
* gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] [09-29-07 02:00]:
On Friday 28 September 2007 14:12:30 David Southwell wrote:
On Friday 28 September 2007 10:45:14 Sven Neumann wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 04:04 -0700, gimp_user wrote:
While the absence of a recognised skill transition route
On Saturday 29 September 2007 07:46:37 Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] [09-29-07 02:00]:
On Friday 28 September 2007 14:12:30 David Southwell wrote:
On Friday 28 September 2007 10:45:14 Sven Neumann wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 04:04 -0700, gimp_user
On Saturday 29 September 2007 07:46:37 Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] [09-29-07 02:00]:
On Friday 28 September 2007 14:12:30 David Southwell wrote:
On Friday 28 September 2007 10:45:14 Sven Neumann wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 04:04 -0700, gimp_user
On Friday 28 September 2007 04:04:03 gimp_user wrote:
On Thursday 27 September 2007 08:00:45 George Farris wrote:
--- gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...[GIMP] does not have an interface that makes for an easy user
transition from the industry PS standard it is not a tool that is
* gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] [09-28-07 07:20]:
[...]
It means providing tools for non-destructive editing to enable more
than one individual and organisation to contribute to the creation,
manipulation, selection, cataloguing, distribution and promotion of
images.
Though you object to
-- Forwarded message --
From: carol irvin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sep 28, 2007 11:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP vs Photoshop UI
To: gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This makes total sense to me. If you work for ad agencies, for example,
everyone will want to be using
the same
On Friday 28 September 2007 06:20:05 gimp_user wrote:
On Friday 28 September 2007 04:04:03 gimp_user wrote:
On Thursday 27 September 2007 08:00:45 George Farris wrote:
--- gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...[GIMP] does not have an interface that makes for an easy user
transition
On Thursday 27 September 2007 08:00:45 George Farris wrote:
--- gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...[GIMP] does not have an interface that makes for an easy user
transition from the industry PS standard it is not a tool that is
ready for adoption by high quality image makers.
FUD your
Hi,
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 04:04 -0700, gimp_user wrote:
While the absence of a recognised skill transition route (i.e. no skin
similar
to PS) is a serious obstacle affecting the ability of multiple individuals
to collaborate in a supply chain comprising multiple organisations it is far
On Friday 28 September 2007 10:45:14 Sven Neumann wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 04:04 -0700, gimp_user wrote:
While the absence of a recognised skill transition route (i.e. no skin
similar to PS) is a serious obstacle affecting the ability of multiple
individuals to collaborate in a
On Friday 28 September 2007, Sven Neumann wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 04:04 -0700, gimp_user wrote:
While the absence of a recognised skill transition route (i.e.
no skin similar to PS) is a serious obstacle affecting the
ability of multiple individuals to collaborate in a supply
On Saturday 29 September 2007 01:51:59 carol irvin wrote:
I am switching myself to open source programs whenever I
can to save money. It is no more complex than that.
Hi Carol!
Um, I convert people to OpenOffice who basically don't give a
hoot about the $$$. They adopt it because:
* They
On Friday 28 September 2007 14:12:30 David Southwell wrote:
On Friday 28 September 2007 10:45:14 Sven Neumann wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, 2007-09-28 at 04:04 -0700, gimp_user wrote:
While the absence of a recognised skill transition route (i.e. no skin
similar to PS) is a serious obstacle
--- gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...[GIMP] does not have an interface that makes for an easy user
transition from the industry PS standard it is not a tool that is
ready for adoption by high quality image makers.
FUD your conclusion is only valid for yourself and not others so your
On Friday 28 September 2007 01:00:45 George Farris wrote:
If you can provide hard data that backs this up with numbers
Unfortunately, this is the Real World(tm), rejection can be
as simple as it looks too different.
However, I would be interested in hard numbers too.
Cheers; Leon
--- gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...[GIMP] does not have an interface that makes for an easy user
transition from the industry PS standard it is not a tool that is
ready for adoption by high quality image makers.
I would disagree with this. I use both PS and GIMP and thanks to PH I
had
On Wednesday 26 September 2007, Greg wrote:
--- gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...[GIMP] does not have an interface that makes for an easy user
transition from the industry PS standard it is not a tool that is
ready for adoption by high quality image makers.
I would disagree with
Greg wrote:
--- gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...[GIMP] does not have an interface that makes for an easy user
transition from the industry PS standard it is not a tool that is
ready for adoption by high quality image makers.
I would disagree with this. I use both PS and GIMP
On 9/27/07, Greg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- gimp_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...[GIMP] does not have an interface that makes for an easy user
transition from the industry PS standard it is not a tool that is
ready for adoption by high quality image makers.
I would disagree with this.
On 12/22/06, Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As earlier threads have already pointed out, most non-American English
speakers don't know this use of the word; and in a comprehensive
dictionary like the Oxford English dictionary, it's noted as a
specifically North American usage.
FWIW most speakers
dont worry.
be happy.
just press the delete button.
Robert Smits wrote:
On Thursday 21 December 2006 17:39, lists wrote:
Brendan wrote:
On Monday 18 December 2006 19:52, lists wrote:
Carter castor wrote:
This goes right to the heart of my biggest complaint about GIMP
though: its name. I
Trapper wrote:
Most English speakers
generally relate gimp to the slang variant, most of us are familiar with
it and most of us consider it to be something negative.
Can I just change that to most American English speakers? I learnt the
meaning
of the slang word gimp while reading a
Trapper wrote:
snip
1. Gimp means to walk with a limp in English and is slang. ... Most
English speakers
generally relate gimp to the slang variant, most of us are familiar with
it and most of us consider it to be something negative.
snip
It would be very nice if people looked
jim wrote:
Eric P wrote:
I'm lazy, and I don't feel like reading this entire thread (it seems to show
up on a regular basis on the list).
Were any new, constructive insights brought up? Anyone care to summarize
this thread on this exhausting topic?
Summary to date: Noobs keep
On Thursday 21 December 2006 23:51, Robert Smits wrote:
Oh wait, Geoffrey says Get over it. Everybody with an opinion or
actual relevent facts, forget it. Geoffrey said so.
If you'll check the bloody archives, you'll see this same subject has
been discussed ad nauseam more then once.
On Friday 22 December 2006 02:44, jim wrote:
Eric P wrote:
I'm lazy, and I don't feel like reading this entire thread (it seems to
show up on a regular basis on the list).
Were any new, constructive insights brought up? Anyone care to summarize
this thread on this exhausting topic?
On Thursday 21 December 2006 21:06, Tom Williams wrote:
Brendan wrote:
On Monday 18 December 2006 19:52, lists wrote:
Carter castor wrote:
This goes right to the heart of my biggest complaint about GIMP
though: its name. I don't understand why the developers would put so
much time and
/rotflmao :-) lol/
Brendan wrote:
On Thursday 21 December 2006 21:06, Tom Williams wrote:
Brendan wrote:
On Monday 18 December 2006 19:52, lists wrote:
Carter castor wrote:
This goes right to the heart of my biggest complaint about GIMP
though: its name. I don't
On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 12:25:35AM -0600, Eric P wrote:
I'm lazy, and I don't feel like reading this entire thread (it seems to show
up on a regular basis on the list).
Were any new, constructive insights brought up? Anyone care to summarize
this thread on this exhausting topic?
Other
Brendan wrote:
On Friday 22 December 2006 02:44, jim wrote:
Eric P wrote:
I'm lazy, and I don't feel like reading this entire thread (it seems to
show up on a regular basis on the list).
Were any new, constructive insights brought up? Anyone care to summarize
this thread on this exhausting
I should also mention that this sort of thing comes up on the freebsd
lists periodically. If you'd only change the mascot and drop the whole
daemon thing, my church/tiny business would decide to use your
operating system. Maybe something cute like a penguin or a kitty waving
it's paw?
(the
Looking into different English-Russian dictionaries (the most
comprehensive ones) I can see the meaning of the word gimp, being
discussed here, as the 3-rd or 6-th in the order of usage frequency.
Others are (synonyms)
1. galloon, braid
2. spirit, vim
3. may be limp, may be neckerchief
4.
Luca de Alfaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
- support for color profiles (.icc profiles - how are you going to
profile a printer otherwise?)
One thing I never understood is:
Why do applications have to deal with color profiles?
Color profiles are hardware device specific and at least in the
On Monday 18 December 2006 19:52, lists wrote:
Carter castor wrote:
This goes right to the heart of my biggest complaint about GIMP
though: its name. I don't understand why the developers would put so
much time and hard work into creating a program as professional as
GIMP and then name
Speaking about Gimpression, it could be taken as a copy of the MS
Expression at the time being. I think it is a great name, but people
tend to exaggerate when it comes to stealing.
What? No. Gimpression would NOT be confused with that. I think it's a great
name.
Brendan wrote:
On Monday 18 December 2006 19:52, lists wrote:
Carter castor wrote:
This goes right to the heart of my biggest complaint about GIMP
though: its name. I don't understand why the developers would put so
much time and hard work into creating a program as professional as
GIMP and
Brendan wrote:
On Monday 18 December 2006 19:52, lists wrote:
Carter castor wrote:
This goes right to the heart of my biggest complaint about GIMP
though: its name. I don't understand why the developers would put so
much time and hard work into creating a program as professional as
* Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] [12-21-06 21:10]:
For example, Sarasota County Area Transit is a name of a transit
agency and its acronym is rather interesting. :)
Ella would agree, rest her sole.
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On Thursday 21 December 2006 17:39, lists wrote:
Brendan wrote:
On Monday 18 December 2006 19:52, lists wrote:
Carter castor wrote:
This goes right to the heart of my biggest complaint about GIMP
though: its name. I don't understand why the developers would put so
much time and hard
I'm lazy, and I don't feel like reading this entire thread (it seems to show up
on a regular basis on the list).
Were any new, constructive insights brought up? Anyone care to summarize this
thread on this exhausting topic?
EP
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For a class, I don't know, but for serious photo work, Photoshop is
incredibly more advanced.
Some exampes:
Color:
- support for more than 8 bits/color/pixel (my scanners have 16)
- support for color profiles (.icc profiles - how are you going to
profile a printer otherwise?)
- support for color
I, for one, don't believe that open source projects should necessarily
avoid slang words. Gimp is a relatively obscure slang word. Let me
define this: most English speakers speak English as a second language,
and i bet 99% of them are not familiar with the unofficial uses of the
word Gimp. From
On 12/19/06, Toby Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anthony Ettinger wrote:
Anyway, instead of flaming, how about some suggestions:
Gimpressive
Gimpression
Out of all the many suggested (re)names, these two are the only two I've
ever seen and liked. Maybe because many GNU and GNOME
I tried both, but since I'm using GIMP all the time i foundthe
photoshop interface mostly chaotic. But I'm sure it must be the same
for people who pass from PS to GIMP. Most people are complaining about
the amount of windows the GIMP opens, but then virtual desktops handle
this problem with
On 12/17/06, Tom Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David Gowers wrote:
On 12/18/06, *Leon Brooks* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anthony Ettinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
You may have a point given 2 software boxes on a shelf,
Olivier Lecarme wrote:
Here is my own modest grain of salt in the discussion:
I have been teaching Gimp to first-year university students for more
than six years, to one or two hundreds students every year. I have
never encountered any specific criticism among them about Gimp's GUI.
More, I
On 12/18/06, Anthony Ettinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bring out The Gimp
How many people do you really think have seen that movie? For example,
English is my native language, and I've never heard this movie reference
until it was brought up repeatedly on this mailing list -- this is the
On 12/18/06, David Gowers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 12/18/06, Anthony Ettinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bring out The Gimp
How many people do you really think have seen that movie? For example,
English is my native language, and I've never heard this movie reference
until it was
On 12/18/06, Frank McCormick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Anthony Ettinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How do you sell that to a corporation? How do you market that? The
people in business suits are going to
* Frank McCormick [EMAIL PROTECTED] [12-18-06 21:22]:
drives me crazy.
well, you said he used windoz!
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FWIW, I'm truly sorry for posting *anything* related to this thread,
and especially for the nasty tone. I should know better.
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Ok, that was too much. I wanted to send you a mail last time already,
but I assumed that you did this accidentally. Obviously you didn't. So
please, when posting to this list, try not to use HTML mail. And if you
absolutely can't turn HTML mail off in your mail client, then at least
don't fiddle
Here is my own modest grain of salt in the discussion:
I have been teaching Gimp to first-year university students for more
than six years, to one or two hundreds students every year. I have
never encountered any specific criticism among them about Gimp's GUI.
More, I cannot understand what seems
On Sun, 2006-12-17 at 14:23 +0100, Olivier Lecarme wrote:
Here is my own modest grain of salt in the discussion:
snip
Somebody in this list said that teachers have the duty to teach what is
an industry standard. My own strong opinion is that one of my duties as
a university teacher is to
On 12/17/06, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 2006-12-17 at 14:23 +0100, Olivier Lecarme wrote:
Here is my own modest grain of salt in the discussion:
snip
Somebody in this list said that teachers have the duty to teach what is
an industry standard. My own strong opinion is
Anthony Ettinger wrote:
On 12/17/06, norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 2006-12-17 at 14:23 +0100, Olivier Lecarme wrote:
Here is my own modest grain of salt in the discussion:
snip
Somebody in this list said that teachers have the duty to teach what is
an industry standard. My own
This goes right to the heart of my biggest complaint about GIMP
though: its name. I don't understand why the developers would put so
much time and hard work into creating a program as professional as
GIMP and then name it after a slang word for a disabled person. How
do you sell that to a
Carter castor wrote:
This goes right to the heart of my biggest complaint about GIMP
though: its name. I don't understand why the developers would put so
much time and hard work into creating a program as professional as
GIMP and then name it after a slang word for a disabled person. How
do
That 4% needs to be weighed against the proportion of people who use
image manipulation programs. A much higher percentage of United
States residents edit digital photographs than Nigerian citizens, for
example.
Personally, I would name it after a famous painting or painter so that
people would
On 12/17/06, Carter castor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This goes right to the heart of my biggest complaint about GIMP
though: its name. I don't understand why the developers would put so
much time and hard work into creating a program as professional as
GIMP and then name it after a slang word
John Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Carter castor wrote:
This goes right to the heart of my biggest complaint about GIMP
though: its name. I don't understand why the developers would
put so much time and hard work into creating a program as
professional as GIMP and then name it after a slang
Anthony Ettinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You may have a point given 2 software boxes on a shelf,
Photoshop is more descriptive than Gimp - But that
isn't how people acquire Gimp.
Today.
What about in 3 years' time?
Cheers; Leon
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On 12/17/06, Leon Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anthony Ettinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You may have a point given 2 software boxes on a shelf,
Photoshop is more descriptive than Gimp - But that
isn't how people acquire Gimp.
Today.
What about in 3 years' time?
I still don't see it
On 12/18/06, Leon Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anthony Ettinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You may have a point given 2 software boxes on a shelf,
Photoshop is more descriptive than Gimp - But that
isn't how people acquire Gimp.
Today.
What about in 3 years' time?
I like the proposed
David Gowers wrote:
On 12/18/06, *Leon Brooks* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anthony Ettinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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You may have a point given 2 software boxes on a shelf,
Photoshop is more descriptive than Gimp - But that
ON another list someone was complaining about the expense nad bother of
upgrading to the latest Photoshop, including licenses etc. I suggested Gimp
as a no cost/no fuss alternative for students. I received a long reply, much
of which I am not technically competent to answer. I have never used
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