Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-16 Thread Daniel Smith
well, you're the one who mentioned money. being somewhat older now i would also very much note the need for a good circle of friends and community, and a committed life's partner etc for when you can't take care of yourself (or perhaps make any money). believe it or not it's a real possibility. I c

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-16 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:53:42PM +0100, MasterRahl wrote: >> #1: in over all view how does gimp stack up to Photoshop and all of its >> features, are they compairable? to each other. > > I've tried to answer this from a photography point of

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-16 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Daniel Smith wrote: > Alexandre, > well, design has never really been considered a high paid occupation > now, has it? By whom? :) Besides, a lot depends on lifestyle. Living frugally on $60K vs. living lavishly on $120K turns out to be pretty much the same thing o

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-16 Thread Daniel Smith
Alexandre, well, design has never really been considered a high paid occupation now, has it? I'm even on this list only because i have a partial interest in graphics coming from the ten years i considered myself a "potential designer". Boy was that a mistaken period. Followed by my equally painful

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-16 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Ofnuts wrote: > On 12/15/2012 01:39 AM, Daniel Smith wrote: >> >> it also has After Effects, Premiere Pro, etc. Lots of good stuff. For >> 30 a month? >> > You mean, 360 a year? For plenty of stuff I may never use? As in "I make $60K as a designer and I ain't payin

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-16 Thread Alexandre Prokoudine
On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 3:44 AM, Steve Kinney wrote: > In re mathemagical upscaling, I have been using a plugin called > "upsize" that seems to give consistently better results than cubic > interpolation. I don't know who made it or what math it uses; I > think I got it from the plugin registry s

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-15 Thread Daniel Smith
well you actually download the software. i haven't tried to run it without a connection. and yeah the 360 a year is probably only the first year. but some people like adobe and typekit fonts a lot. and not having to pay for them takes it down to 310 right there. there are a lot of other alternative

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-15 Thread Daniel Smith
Oh, and one more thing, I am in no way denigrating gimp by suggesting an alternative. In fact, if I had enough money, and i probably will someday soon, I would use gimp in a way that would turn it into a powerhouse of usefulness that i believe is being completely ignored by this community, but like

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-15 Thread Steve Kinney
On 12/15/2012 08:46 PM, Ofnuts wrote: > On 12/15/2012 01:39 AM, Daniel Smith wrote: >> it also has After Effects, Premiere Pro, etc. Lots of good stuff. For >> 30 a month? >> > You mean, 360 a year? For plenty of stuff I may never use? I could be wrong but... For stuff that fails if your network c

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-15 Thread Ofnuts
On 12/15/2012 01:39 AM, Daniel Smith wrote: it also has After Effects, Premiere Pro, etc. Lots of good stuff. For 30 a month? You mean, 360 a year? For plenty of stuff I may never use? ___ gimp-user-list mailing list gimp-user-list@gnome.org https://m

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-14 Thread Daniel Smith
See this page for "multi-threaded gimp" https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list/2012-October/thread.html (they attended to the topic of cores during saving, etc.) I already tried to post once in response to this topic, but i'll try again. i will always have gimp on my machine, but i worked

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-14 Thread Chris Mohler
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Steve Kinney wrote: > In re adjustment layers, I may be missing something fundamental but > I seem to be doing the same thing, more or less, in the GIMP: Nah. In PS I can insert a "levels" layer. Everything under the layer is affected by the levels operation. Bu

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-14 Thread Steve Kinney
On 12/14/2012 12:04 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:53:42PM +0100, MasterRahl wrote: >> #1: in over all view how does gimp stack up to Photoshop and all of its >> features, are they compairable? to each other. > > I've tried to answer this from a photography point of view he

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-14 Thread Kevin Cozens
On 12-12-12 04:53 PM, MasterRahl wrote: I have photoshop, and i have gimp installed, and I dont know much about gimp and how it is compaired to Photoshop I want to stop using photoshot and only use gimp, exclusivly. i have a few questions in general It would be better if you first answer a qu

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-14 Thread Matthew Miller
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 10:53:42PM +0100, MasterRahl wrote: > #1: in over all view how does gimp stack up to Photoshop and all of its > features, are they compairable? to each other. I've tried to answer this from a photography point of view here http://photo.stackexchange.com/a/7691/1943 as fa

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-14 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi all, On Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:25:36 +0100 MasterRahl wrote: > >I don't know, I guess the limit is higher then your computer could > >offer ;) > >you're welcome! > > I plan on getting a 64 or 128 core amd or intel server, with as much ram as > posibble aprox 1TB(1024GB) or 2 TB if i happen to f

[Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-12 Thread MasterRahl
>I don't know, I guess the limit is higher then your computer could >offer ;) >you're welcome! I plan on getting a 64 or 128 core amd or intel server, with as much ram as posibble aprox 1TB(1024GB) or 2 TB if i happen to find one. I I've had computers that support 64GB ram and loading any comput

Re: [Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-12 Thread Steve Kinney
On 12/12/2012 08:39 PM, devvv wrote: >> #2: are gimp's tool's brushes filters and ect.. are they as good as >> photoshop. do they give the same quality output that PS does? > > the brushes are great, there are hundreds of them available in the web to > enhance GIMP. they give you the same quality

[Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-12 Thread devvv
>I have photoshop, and i have gimp installed, and I dont know much >about gimp and how it is compaired to Photoshop > >I want to stop using photoshot and only use gimp, exclusivly. > >i have a few questions in general > >im still figuring out gimp and how to use it like photoshop. so i can >get bac

[Gimp-user] Questions about gimp compairing gimp to PS

2012-12-12 Thread MasterRahl
I have photoshop, and i have gimp installed, and I dont know much about gimp and how it is compaired to Photoshop I want to stop using photoshot and only use gimp, exclusivly. i have a few questions in general im still figuring out gimp and how to use it like photoshop. so i can get back to doin