[ubuntu-uk] Google Funds Work for Photoshop on Linux

[Kris Douglas]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 4:59 AM, Sean Miller <sean at seanmiller.net> wrote:
>
> On 2/22/08, Paul Tansom <paul at aptanet.com> wrote:
> >
> > ** Jai Harrison <jai at jaiharrison.com> [2008-02-20 23:08]:
> >
> > > I disagree. The GIMP has a difficult user interface. Photoshop was
> > > extremely easy to learn to use where as I've never managed to get
> > > anywhere with GIMP. The way it is now whenever I need a photo edited
> > > or an image created/modified I ask a Windows/Photoshop user to do the
> > > task for me - that's definitely not the intended result.
> > ** end quote [Jai Harrison]
> >
> > Personally I've always been quite happy with GIMP. When I first started
> > using it there was a small culture shock from not having a menu bar
> > across the top, but it took a matter of minutes to get used to that. I'm
> > no power user though.
>
>
> I think Jai is being extremely harsh... there are positives and negatives
> about the way that GIMP presents itself, but on aggregate (for me at least)
> it makes very little difference... if anything, I'd say that having used it
> for several years now I probably prefer the GIMP presentation to that of,
> say, Photoshop as it empowers me to put each window/image/toolbox etc. where
> I want it rather than where the software says I must.
>
>
> > The combination of price tag and an unwillingness to use pirated
> > software mean I've never even seen Photoshop, and it doesn't even figure
> > in my top 100 apps I'd like to see ported to Linux :) I've no idea how
> > representative Elements is of the Photoshop UI (likely not at all), but
> > I'm not a big fan of that from using it on my parents PC.
>
>
> There is a customised version of GIMP called "Gimpshop" which, I am told,
> brings the product much closer to the Photoshop look/feel... the website
> implies that in terms of the multiple windows vs. single windows debate that
> is resolved for only Windows users (deweirdify or something), so it might be
> worth Jai considering running Gimpshop under wine, perhaps?
>
>
>
> > Perhaps I'm just atypical when it comes to software. So many people
> > consider Dreamweaver the ultimate web development package, but from what
> > little I've seen of it I'd actively avoid it, and I've not been
> > enthusiastic about what little experience I've had of Contribute.
>
>
> I was trying to help somebody design a website on Wednesday, who was using
> Dreamweaver, and I must admit it brought back nightmares and reinforced my
> view that the best "WYSIWYG" for web development is a plain tried and tested
> text editor (vi, emacs or whatever) used in combinatin with a couple of open
> browsers... ;-)
>
> Sean
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Talking about said image software above, its like a distro, everyone
likes a different flavour... I like them both for doing different
things, depends What, When, Where really...

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