Looking for recommendations: simple GIMP

[David Groos]

I've finally gotten a 'free' moment to check out
digikam<http://www.digikam.org/>and there's a lot to like about it.  I
like it's looks--neither over
simplistic nor over-the-top and it has a fairly intutitve interface.  I
expecially like that one can put a semi-transparent background to a text
annotation.  Also, as you mention, it is open source AND it has a version
for Mac and Windows, so students can use it freely at home for assignments
no matter what opperating system they have.  I wasn't able to draw a
line/arrow between the text and specific location on the image, however.
I'll send in a feature request...

I'm going to experiment with this application over the summer and may adopt
it as one of my basic tools for next year.  Has anyone used it on thin
clients?

Thanks Algot.

I'll let people on this list know what I find out about this app over the
summer.

David


On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Algot Runeman <algot.runeman at verizon.net>wrote:

>
>
> David Groos wrote:
>
>>
>>    >>>>
>>    >>>> I want students to be able to annotate images, such as photos
>>    taken
>>    >>>> through a microscope, adding arrows and labels to parts of
>>    the image, for
>>    >>>> example.  It might also be nice if there were
>>    contrast/brightness/saturation
>>    >>>> controls.  Need the ability to export back to jpeg/png.  I
>>    don't want really
>>    >>>> any other capabilities.  I just used GIMP for the first time
>>    and I had to
>>    >>>> wade through 'layers' and tons of other concepts that I don't
>>    need but it
>>    >>>> does look awesome.  Does anyone have advice on software that
>>    would be good
>>    >>>> for this need?  This is a very key app in a science classroom
>>    and will form
>>    >>>> part of the basic set of apps for my program.
>>
>>  David,
>
> I've just started playing around with KDE on Windows.
> http://windows.kde.org
> In the 4.4 Distribution, I came across a program called showFoto which
> looks promising as a tool to do simple photo editing, including text
> annotation.
>
> It looks like it is related to DigiKam.
> http://www.digikam.org/drupal/node/326
> The DigiKam site indicates compatibility across Windows, Mac and Linux and
> is open source.
>
> --Algot
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