Hi :) There are a lot of very simple drawing programs on Gnu&Linux; gpaint (a bit like "Paint" in Windows accessories), gnome-paint, apparently mtpaint is as bit less simple and good for photos but still very basic.
Draw is excellent, especially for what you were using it for. The arrows problem could have been solved in gimp by creating a 2nd layer and then put the arrow in there. Then keep an original in xcf format and save as png, or gif (or even jpg if you must) for sharing. However, Draw was probably the best choice to keep it simple! Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Girvin R. Herr <[email protected]> >To: Kracked_P_P---webmaster <[email protected]> >Cc: LibreO - Users Global <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, 8 June 2013, 19:36 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] GIMP - was: CNET is claiming the best free >MSO alternative is not LO > > > > >Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: >> On 06/07/2013 03:50 PM, Girvin R. Herr wrote: >>> >>> >>> Kracked_P_P---webmaster wrote: >>> <snip> >>>> >>>> I need to relearn the interface for Paint Shop Pro X5, when I used >>>> version 5 since the XP days. But since I can not get v5 to install >>>> on Win7 Home Premium that my laptop has, I had to upgrade it and >>>> relearn the new interface. Same with PSP 5 or X5 vs. GIMP. The >>>> time it takes to relearn how to do the things that comes very easily >>>> to me with the old interface, well it is very frustrating to say the >>>> least and has taken 2 to 5 times longer to do the things I want/need >>>> to do. >>> Ahh! The Gimp. Great program and I do have some use for it. >>> However, learning it has a _steep_ learning curve for me and, >>> frankly, sitting at the screen and reading the online manual is not >>> what I would prefer using my limited time for. There are several >>> "learning" books out there, but which one is the best one I need to >>> learn The Gimp? That is my problem with it. Once or twice I fiddled >>> with it and got it to do somewhat what I wanted, but it wasn't very >>> intuitive and I feel it could do so much more for me. If I could >>> just get a good book on it and sit down and play with it... >>> Girvin Herr >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>> >> >> Yes GIMP has a steep learning curve. As for learning curves, ever try >> to use Photoshop? >No. >> Now that has a steep learning curve if you have not dealt with such a >> package before. PSP5 was so easy to use and learn, plus it had >> everything I wanted or needed for my work. >> >> Also GIMP does not have all of the "filters" that I had with Paint >> Shop Pro 5 [or the new X5]. >> >> If there was an easier and/or better graphics program that I could use >> with Ubuntu 12.05, then I would give it a try. >> >> Sometimes the books I have seen in the stores, or online, seem to be >> written by and for the graphic artist, and not those of us who need it >> for the more simple things, like repairing old photos or dealing with >> simple pixel-based graphics. >Right on! That's all I need it for. A while back I tried to add arrow >lines to a photo as an experiment to document where components were on a >project. I couldn't get The Gimp to do it, though I was sure it could. >In The Gimp, I could add the lines, but since it was not a vector (two >end points), I could not move those lines if I needed to squeeze in >another line beside it, unless I erased each and every pixel. I ended >up using LO Draw, which is a vector drawing program, not a bitmap >drawing program like The Gimp! It did a fine job and I was even able to >add an underlying, slightly wider white line to enhance the readability >of the black line over dark photo imagery. How many Gimp books must I >buy and dispose of before I get one that is basic enough for me (i.e. >"Gimp for Dummies?") >> for all [most] vector-based graphics, I use Inkscape. I have not >> really sat down and learned Draw for these things, yet. I am so use >> to Corel Draw 11, Inkscape is similar enough to use, is I am using >> Ubuntu. I have Corel Draw 11 on a Win7 laptop. >I am very familiar with LO Draw. I use it a lot to draw diagrams in >technical manuals. Draw does have some quirks, but it is fairly easy to >use and productive. I am still learning things about it, such as >freezing areas by putting them on a separate layer and making it >unchangeable (unselectable?). That is required to allow inner objects >to be selected without selecting a larger outer object. I generally use >it as an embedded object in a Writer document, which has even more >quirks. For some reason, the embedded Draw is a subset of the >stand-alone Draw. For instance, zoom is not supported in the embedded >version, so it gets difficult sometimes to work on a small object or >grid. I have also found some quirks about scaling and adjusting >locations in the embedded version. It can get really squirrelly >sometimes. For example, if I try to enlarge the drawing in the embedded >Draw by dragging the tags, nothing will happen. Then all of a sudden, >the drawing will greatly enlarge, clipping the edges, and I cannot get >it back to full extents again. As I said, squirrelly. I discovered the >adjustments in the object frame properties to be helpful there. >> >> I just wish I really had the time to sit down and "play" with the >> packages, GIMP, Draw, and others, with a good book of instructions to >> help walk me through the processes. >Ahh! There's the rub. I have the same problem. I usually start >reading up on something to address a need, get distracted by something >of higher priority, and then never get back to the book. Sometimes the >original need goes away and it isn't so bad. Other times, I just don't >get back to the problem. For example, I started reading up on Java a >few months ago in order to learn enough about it to fix some non-fatal >bugs in a database Report Generator (RG) I am using instead of the LO >Base Oracle Report Builder (ORB), which I find too buggy to use. I got >into chapter 2, got torn away from it by other priorities, and now that >book is still on my coffee table gathering dust. I have no idea when I >will ever get back to it. Probably when I next use the RG and get >irritated with the bugs. > >Girvin Herr > >-- >To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
