On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 4:59 AM, Sean Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/22/08, Paul Tansom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ** Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-20 23:08]: > > > > > I disagree. The GIMP has a difficult user interface. Photoshop was > > > extremely easy to learn to use where as I've never managed to get > > > anywhere with GIMP. The way it is now whenever I need a photo edited > > > or an image created/modified I ask a Windows/Photoshop user to do the > > > task for me - that's definitely not the intended result. > > ** end quote [Jai Harrison] > > > > Personally I've always been quite happy with GIMP. When I first started > > using it there was a small culture shock from not having a menu bar > > across the top, but it took a matter of minutes to get used to that. I'm > > no power user though. > > > I think Jai is being extremely harsh... there are positives and negatives > about the way that GIMP presents itself, but on aggregate (for me at least) > it makes very little difference... if anything, I'd say that having used it > for several years now I probably prefer the GIMP presentation to that of, > say, Photoshop as it empowers me to put each window/image/toolbox etc. where > I want it rather than where the software says I must. > > > > The combination of price tag and an unwillingness to use pirated > > software mean I've never even seen Photoshop, and it doesn't even figure > > in my top 100 apps I'd like to see ported to Linux :) I've no idea how > > representative Elements is of the Photoshop UI (likely not at all), but > > I'm not a big fan of that from using it on my parents PC. > > > There is a customised version of GIMP called "Gimpshop" which, I am told, > brings the product much closer to the Photoshop look/feel... the website > implies that in terms of the multiple windows vs. single windows debate that > is resolved for only Windows users (deweirdify or something), so it might be > worth Jai considering running Gimpshop under wine, perhaps? > > > > > Perhaps I'm just atypical when it comes to software. So many people > > consider Dreamweaver the ultimate web development package, but from what > > little I've seen of it I'd actively avoid it, and I've not been > > enthusiastic about what little experience I've had of Contribute. > > > I was trying to help somebody design a website on Wednesday, who was using > Dreamweaver, and I must admit it brought back nightmares and reinforced my > view that the best "WYSIWYG" for web development is a plain tried and tested > text editor (vi, emacs or whatever) used in combinatin with a couple of open > browsers... ;-) > > Sean > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > >
Talking about said image software above, its like a distro, everyone likes a different flavour... I like them both for doing different things, depends What, When, Where really... -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
