What the author of the review doesn't explain is the niche Gimp fills.
- Why use such a complex piece of software for fixing red-eye or cropping? - Why one needs to use PS for certain prepress jobs. - Why one should use Film-Gimp (Cinepaint) for its 16-bit deep editing abilities.
Gimp is not appropriate for every job, just like Perl or C++ have niches, and a review should explain what the appropriate tasks are.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Wednesday March 18, 2009 @05:25PM (#27247901)
a review should explain what the appropriate tasks are
A review of a book about using it should? Maybe a review of the program itself should, maybe the book should, but I don't think the author of the review is obligated to tell you what the program should be used for.
Why use Gimp ? (Score:4, Interesting)
What the author of the review doesn't explain is the niche Gimp fills.
- Why use such a complex piece of software for fixing red-eye or cropping?
- Why one needs to use PS for certain prepress jobs.
- Why one should use Film-Gimp (Cinepaint) for its 16-bit deep editing abilities.
Gimp is not appropriate for every job, just like Perl or C++ have niches, and a review should explain what the appropriate tasks are.
Re:Why use Gimp ? (Score:1, Insightful)
a review should explain what the appropriate tasks are
A review of a book about using it should? Maybe a review of the program itself should, maybe the book should, but I don't think the author of the review is obligated to tell you what the program should be used for.