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.
For a linux editor of a somewhat more picasa-style everyday touch-up nature, check out digikam. It has a lot of fantastic utilities for basic editing; I particularly like it's "convert to B&W while providing previews of different colored lens filters". It really has the slick interface that gimp doesn't. But then gimp can do fancy layers and stuff, which digikam can't. If I could figure out how to use digikam to clone out dust etc. I would probably never use gimp.
fwiw, you can *use* picasa on linux. google offers a standalone package for the installation. i use GNOME so i went with picasa instead of digikam a while back, since it offers all I need for basic retouching and effects.
As long as we're plugging linux graphics programs, KolourPaint is a godsend for those wanting an MS Paint equivalent - something for creating pictures or doing some light photo editing. It's got the MS Paint features, BUT with:
- Unlimited undos (not the - Zoom (both in and out, and to any level - not just 1x/2x/4x/8x)
- Alpha channels (unfortunately only 1, but that's often enough)
- Saveable palettes
- Proper PNG support (plus a slew of other formats)
- H
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:5, Interesting)
Re:Why use Gimp ? (Score:4, Informative)
fwiw, you can *use* picasa on linux. google offers a standalone package for the installation. i use GNOME so i went with picasa instead of digikam a while back, since it offers all I need for basic retouching and effects.
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As long as we're plugging linux graphics programs, KolourPaint is a godsend for those wanting an MS Paint equivalent - something for creating pictures or doing some light photo editing. It's got the MS Paint features, BUT with:
- Unlimited undos (not the - Zoom (both in and out, and to any level - not just 1x/2x/4x/8x)
- Alpha channels (unfortunately only 1, but that's often enough)
- Saveable palettes
- Proper PNG support (plus a slew of other formats)
- H
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