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Do I want The Gimp???
This may have been addressed, so if someone can simply point me to
previous discussion that would be fine. I was recently referred to "The Gimp" as "photoshop on steroids'. All I know from reviewing the sites: http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/ http://www.gimp.org/ is that its free. Anyone have any experience they could share? TIA -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Do I want The Gimp???
Indeed, it's free. No one can tell you whether you want it or not. Just download it and see how you like it. |
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Do I want The Gimp???
Indeed, it's free. No one can tell you whether you want it or not. Just download it and see how you like it. |
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Do I want The Gimp???
royroy wrote in news:grtpg0harlgkdqi3i70dr7v2bcl4c4592c@
4ax.com: was recently referred to "The Gimp" as "photoshop on steroids'. Depending on the user's needs, it could as well be called "photoshop with a brain damage due to a prolonged use of steroids", but it may well be a very suitable image editor for many photographers. Anyone have any experience they could share? You might get more expriences in comp.graphics.apps.gimp -- Matti Vuori, http://sivut.koti.soon.fi/mvuori/index-e.htm |
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Do I want The Gimp???
royroy wrote in news:grtpg0harlgkdqi3i70dr7v2bcl4c4592c@
4ax.com: was recently referred to "The Gimp" as "photoshop on steroids'. Depending on the user's needs, it could as well be called "photoshop with a brain damage due to a prolonged use of steroids", but it may well be a very suitable image editor for many photographers. Anyone have any experience they could share? You might get more expriences in comp.graphics.apps.gimp -- Matti Vuori, http://sivut.koti.soon.fi/mvuori/index-e.htm |
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Do I want The Gimp???
On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 10:05:52 -0400, royroy wrote:
This may have been addressed, so if someone can simply point me to previous discussion that would be fine. I was recently referred to "The Gimp" as "photoshop on steroids'. All I know from reviewing the sites: http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/ http://www.gimp.org/ is that its free. Anyone have any experience they could share? TIA If you are going to try it on Windows you will need to download GTK+2 for Windows v2.4.3 and the current version Gimp v2.0.3 at the below url. Gimp won't work without the GTK run time environment program installed.. http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/stable.html I have used it on my Linux machine and find it about the same as PhotoShop once you get used to it.. Colyn Goodson email hidden http://www.colyngoodson.com |
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Do I want The Gimp???
royroy writes:
This may have been addressed, so if someone can simply point me to previous discussion that would be fine. I was recently referred to "The Gimp" as "photoshop on steroids'. All I know from reviewing the sites: http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/ http://www.gimp.org/ is that its free. Anyone have any experience they could share? I've just played with it briefly -- I'm already invested in Photoshop and in Picture Window Pro, so I'm not taking the trouble to climb the learning curve of a third program. Last I checked it lacks color management, which means it's useless for any serious work -- screen won't patch printer output, and won't match calibrated monitors elsewhere. -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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Do I want The Gimp???
royroy writes:
This may have been addressed, so if someone can simply point me to previous discussion that would be fine. I was recently referred to "The Gimp" as "photoshop on steroids'. All I know from reviewing the sites: http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/ http://www.gimp.org/ is that its free. Anyone have any experience they could share? I've just played with it briefly -- I'm already invested in Photoshop and in Picture Window Pro, so I'm not taking the trouble to climb the learning curve of a third program. Last I checked it lacks color management, which means it's useless for any serious work -- screen won't patch printer output, and won't match calibrated monitors elsewhere. -- David Dyer-Bennet, , http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ RKBA: http://noguns-nomoney.com/ http://www.dd-b.net/carry/ Pics: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/ http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/ Dragaera/Steven Brust: http://dragaera.info/ |
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Do I want The Gimp???
The Gimp is more like what would happen to Photoshop if it took steroids
for too long and went impotent. You might not need Photoshop and if you are using Linux I guess the gimp would be what you can get, but Corel Photo Paint can actually do most of what Photoshop does (colour management is still strictly a Photoshop feature - but if you work alone you probably don't need it) and is plenty good enough for the amateur user. If you do a lot of restoration of old colour photographs however, you NEED the colour management and the ability to do a lot with 16 bit per channel files -- and that is either Photoshop or Reindeer Graphics. I know nothing about the second one except it supposedly will work with Corel Photo Paint. If you need high bit workability I would still say go with Photoshop and avoid plug-ins. -- http://www.chapelhillnoir.com home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto The Improved Links Pages are at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html A sample chapter from my novel "Haight-Ashbury" is at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html "royroy" wrote in message ... This may have been addressed, so if someone can simply point me to previous discussion that would be fine. I was recently referred to "The Gimp" as "photoshop on steroids'. All I know from reviewing the sites: http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/ http://www.gimp.org/ is that its free. Anyone have any experience they could share? TIA -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Do I want The Gimp???
The Gimp is more like what would happen to Photoshop if it took steroids
for too long and went impotent. You might not need Photoshop and if you are using Linux I guess the gimp would be what you can get, but Corel Photo Paint can actually do most of what Photoshop does (colour management is still strictly a Photoshop feature - but if you work alone you probably don't need it) and is plenty good enough for the amateur user. If you do a lot of restoration of old colour photographs however, you NEED the colour management and the ability to do a lot with 16 bit per channel files -- and that is either Photoshop or Reindeer Graphics. I know nothing about the second one except it supposedly will work with Corel Photo Paint. If you need high bit workability I would still say go with Photoshop and avoid plug-ins. -- http://www.chapelhillnoir.com home of The Camera-ist's Manifesto The Improved Links Pages are at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/links/mlinks00.html A sample chapter from my novel "Haight-Ashbury" is at http://www.chapelhillnoir.com/writ/hait/hatitl.html "royroy" wrote in message ... This may have been addressed, so if someone can simply point me to previous discussion that would be fine. I was recently referred to "The Gimp" as "photoshop on steroids'. All I know from reviewing the sites: http://www2.arnes.si/~sopjsimo/gimp/ http://www.gimp.org/ is that its free. Anyone have any experience they could share? TIA -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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