[ubuntu-art] Video Animations

[Thorsten Wilms]

On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 14:10 +1000, Alexander King wrote:

>  i would have to say the tools are quite off putting .Most students   
>  are taught to use the adobe master collection so switching to  
>  inkscape, its hard to find the same tools they use in illustrator.

I do understand that learning to use a specific tool is an investment
and that there can easily be a lack of time and motivation to learn
another one for the same tasks.

That said, if a piece of Free Software mimics a commercial application,
people say: those people have no ideas of their own and why should
anyone bother with a copy, if you can have the original?

If a piece of Free Software does not mimic a commercial application, we
get reactions like yours.

Personally, I started in vector graphics with Freehand, used CorelDraw
when I had no other option at home, experimented with Illustrator and
now I use Inkscape (also: QuarkXPress/Indesign/Scribus,
Photoshop/Gimp ...). I think it's sad when people can't look through the
tool to see the concepts. Even more sad when some folks mix up tool and
area of work (Photoshop vs digital image manipulation).


>  blender has a good idea where you can change the input to match maya 
>  so if your new to blender you still now the basics.

That's a trap, actually. You learn to use something that is neither
Maya, nor Blender. Instead of at least a serious attempt at consistency,
you get to live in a bubble.


> all im asking is something like workplaces where your panels are
> arranged in layouts which you can load and save them and have one
> simpler to illustrator.
> or even like education about the programs 

http://en.flossmanuals.net/Inkscape
http://inkscape.org/doc/index.php


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