Adam Pearson wrote:
RDMcBride wrote:
Jason Belec wrote:
Well I work in the high-end film/animation industry and we use Gimp
and FilmGimp quite a bit.
I use OpenOffice (NeoOffice/J) variant under OS X most of the time,
but also under Linux (Gentoo).
I was a Photoshop user from the beginning, the beginning. I have
worked for many years in concert with Adobe, but about a decade ago
I just couldn't see a reason to continue. After PDF tech started
rolling I walked away with the realization that something better
will always be available. All the really great stuff that makes
Photoshop is present in Gimp and in truth nothing of the nonsense
that is indeed unnecessary. Photoshop 4.0 was the last version you
ever needed to have.
Another tremendously amazing tool for graphics is Zbrush. Not
OpenSource, but amazing tool.
That's just my view, but the cost of some software has far
outstripped it's usefulness.
Jason Belec
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Thanks Jason for the information. It sounds like GIMP is worth a try
........
but I can't open it after downloading it. I feel like so many
of the first time users of OOo.
I have received a 19,714kb file (which, by the way, seems too small?)
for the file: <2.2.8.tar.gz>
but it is an unknown file to my XP system. Also, the information on
the GIMP homepage is for you folks who speak computer. I don't
understand a bit of it.
Does anyone know what I might do here to install this file?
Richard McB
Richard
For XP, look for an .exe file at http://www.gimp.org/windows/
Regards
Adam
Oops, got that a bit wrong - I think if you go to
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html and download the GTK thingy
then the Gimp program you should be OK . The GTK thing threw me the
first time and I still have no idea what it is or does! but it looks
like we XP-ers need it.
No, I don't know why it is not made more clear.
Adam
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