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Photoshop in Linux Thanks to Disney
miladus writes "eWeek
reports that Walt Disney's feature animation unit (along with 2 other
unnamed studios) are using Adobe's Photoshop in Linux. They use the Wine emulator
to run the software and the 3 studios 'not known as team players, all
three agreed that a project that would benefit the entire open-source
community while delivering a technology they needed--was worth their cooperation'."
Haha, yes!
I can feel the slashdotters' brains explode with conflict.
Slashdotter are stupid and biased.
Why does it takes an EVIL company to do the right thing????
....so how long before we start seeing Tux cameos in Disney toons?
"It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance." - Thomas Sowell
I think it would benefit the graphics designers if Photoshop for Linux was made Open Source. The Open Source developer community would be able to enhance the offerings of the Adobe Team by adding new Gaussian blur filters, better fill methodologies, and Ogg Vorbis export functionality.
The Linux platforms is an untapped market for Adobe and by making Photoshop Open Source, not only would the community forgive them for the ElcomSoft lawsuit but would also create a new revenue stream by offering support and consulting for Linux adopters.
Only when we free the works of Milne from the clutches of depraved millionaires will we be able to entertain our children.
Which is nice.
Wearing pants should always be optional.
But we still hate 'em right?
Everybody has a purpose in life, maybe mine is to lurk in slashdot.
This passes for news?! I've been running PhotoShop 7 under wine for the past year. I didn't have to do anything special (although I do have Crossover). Should we congratulate these geniuses for logging in to their linux systems too? Way to go guys! Keep up the good work!!
has anyone actually tried to run ps on linux?
I run ps on my linux box all the time...
$ ps
PID TTY TIME CMD
1347 pts/3 00:00:00 bash
2435 pts/3 00:00:00 ps
I find that wine helps me use a lot of Linux applications too. In fact, I have to be flat out drunk before I'll even start Emacs.
[Yikes - who threw that?!]
Disney Is Not an Open Source Advocate Unless Required.
Why can't you just be the evil company that you're supposed to be?!
ARGH!!!
// file: mice.h
#include "frickin_lasers.h"
I'm confused... I thought I was supposed to hate Disney. Have the slashgods turned they back on me, again!?
SCO is still bad right?
Err... "not exactly like Photoshop" and "counterintuitive" aren't synonymous, you know.
I suppose you emerged from your mother's womb knowing how to use Photoshop?
Troll.
I got Photoshop 5 to run for like 10 minutes once.....
What about when you tried it on Linux though?
Which means it's not a Linux application, it's a Windows application... So what?
so it might not suck
Added naive RGB CMYK conversion routines [Sven]
This will go nicely with their naive user interface.
Hell, I use Emacs for photoediting. It's a little hard modifying binary files by hand but you will eventually get the hang of it. I'm sure there is a preconfigured shortcut key for this but I havent found it yet.
Graphic designer "So I hear photoshop runs on linux now, wanna show me how to set it up?" Linux guy: "OK, first you'll need to apply this source patch to WINE, to get photoshopp working. Are your glibc libraries up to date? Which version of GCC is installed on your box? Oh, you wanted to print? that's where it will get complicated..." Graphic designer: "go away" *switches Mac on. Starts working*
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Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum.
Don't be surprised when Pixar releases a movie about it.
Out of the desire to use my mouse, I went and sunk a few bucks and bought the crossover application...
You could simply connect the mouse to your laptop, couldn't you?
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