Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-10 Thread Carol Spears
On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 03:08:08AM +, Kent Tong wrote: Carol Spears carol at gimp.org writes: -- Compare to PhotoShop, managing the layers is not that easy. You can define layers to groups in Photoshop. You can even target an action to a group. No group idea in GIMP.

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-06 Thread Jakub Steiner
On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 09:38 -0700, Carol Spears wrote: On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 09:28:48AM +, Kent Tong wrote: Thanks for all who have replied. Yes, the Chinese problem is bogus. It works as long as the LANG env variable is set. it is interesting that the one time i saw anyone use this

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-06 Thread Jakub Steiner
On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 21:59 -0700, Tom Williams wrote: j Mak wrote: Using them you can experiment with various settings without changing the set up of your layer structure. In addition, you can edit your artwork, even months or years after finishing it, simply by altering the Adjustment

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-05 Thread Gezim Hoxha
On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 21:59 -0700, Tom Williams wrote: If I add a drop shadow to something in Gimp, the drop shadow is in a layer an I show or hide. How is that different from the Adjustment layer you describe? I'm sure it is but I don't know how it differs. :) The drop shadow, I

RE: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-05 Thread Kalle Ounapuu
: Thursday, May 05, 2005 4:43 AM To: gimp user Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 21:59 -0700, Tom Williams wrote: If I add a drop shadow to something in Gimp, the drop shadow is in a layer an I show or hide. How

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-05 Thread Tom Williams
Gezim Hoxha wrote: The drop shadow, I think, was just an example. What if, instead, I wanted to make a bevel depth of a button deeper? The layers wouldn't help me out, would they? In photoshop however, all I'd have to do is drag a slider! Gotcha. :) Peace... Tom

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-05 Thread Rikard Johnels
On Thursday 05 May 2005 06.16, j Mak wrote: --- Carol Spears [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 09:28:48AM +, Kent Tong wrote: Thanks for all who have replied. Yes, the Chinese problem is bogus. It works as long as the LANG env variable is set. it is

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-05 Thread Joe Ngo
Thats one of the problems here: Gimp which is fairly young is compared to an OLDtimer as Photoshop who's been around for ages! Of course graphic artists use photoshop. Its was the only thing available a few years back with any kind of usefullness. Its the same situation as with GNU/Linux

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-05 Thread j Mak
In a nutshell, adjustment layers or layer effects are not real layers but something like virtual layers. When you modify an art object using, say an adjustment layer the original artwork remain intact at all time. The adjustments layer doesn't alter the artwork, only simulates the changes. Better,

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-05 Thread Carol Spears
On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 11:26:22PM +0800, Joe Ngo wrote: Comparing TheGIMP with Photoshop is natural, we are looking at the best of open-source vs the best of closed-source (some might suggest PSP or otherwise). People do this all the time. How is this bad? This gives the developers more

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-04 Thread Carol Spears
On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 09:28:48AM +, Kent Tong wrote: Thanks for all who have replied. Yes, the Chinese problem is bogus. It works as long as the LANG env variable is set. it is interesting that the one time i saw anyone use this photoshop layers effect stuff, i was able to get TheGIMP to

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-04 Thread j Mak
--- Carol Spears [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 09:28:48AM +, Kent Tong wrote: Thanks for all who have replied. Yes, the Chinese problem is bogus. It works as long as the LANG env variable is set. it is interesting that the one time i saw anyone use this

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Disadvantage of GIMP when compared to Photoshop

2005-05-04 Thread Tom Williams
j Mak wrote: Using them you can experiment with various settings without changing the set up of your layer structure. In addition, you can edit your artwork, even months or years after finishing it, simply by altering the Adjustment layer or changing the layer effects parameters. For instance, if