For very simple stuff, don't ignore Draw in Open Office which integrates nicely with Oo Writer. It has hiddden depths and does for those who find Gimp too complicated.
On 2/3/07, norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-02-02 at 21:53 +0000, Benjamin Webb wrote: > > > > > Are there any OS graphics programmes? one of my students was asking. > > > > There is a Gimp users group - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I get the impression that, in most respects, Gimp is equivalent to > > Photoshop. I use Gimp for procesing digital photographs. > > It depends (as with all things) what you do with it. For processing > digital photographs as you do Photoshop would be overkill and so Gimp > is perfectly adequate. For more complex design (e.g. web/print > design) Gimp is a nightmare. > > The Gimp's vector graphics are extremely limited (versus some good mix > in Photoshop) especially when it comes to shapes. For example, try > drawing a shaded curved-edged box in the Gimp - as far as I can tell > it is impossible (although I may be missing some tricks). In Photoshop > there is a tool. > > Photoshop text transformation etc. is much more powerful, including > writing text along a path (vector stuff again) multiple font's, > colours, etc. in a text block. To create multi-coloured text in the > Gimp you literally have to do a letter at a time. > > I would love to see a Photoshop equivalent on Linux but unfortunately > the Gimp isn't it - and doesn't look to be heading in that direction > over the past 5 years I've been using it. Maybe Adobe will port? > ......and cut the price by 99%! I am sure you are correct. It is to some extent, I presume, you get what you pay for. Norman -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
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