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GIMP 2.2 Released
wongn writes "Several weeks since the splash screen contest was first announced, the latest milestone release for GIMP has come about - GIMP 2.2.0 has just been officially released. Only the linux binaries and source have yet appeared. From the website: 'The GIMP developers are proud to announce the availability of version 2.2.0 of the GNU Image Manipulation Program. About nine months after version 2.0 hit the road, we have completed another development cycle and can bring a new stable GIMP to our users' desktops.'"
Details of the release: http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/WhatsNew2
See "Work In Progress" by Bill Luhtala here!
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It runs on Linux, and it doesn't cost $650.
Adobe really is an 800 lb gorilla. Even their educational prices for Photoshop are $300. By comparison, Macromedia Director Pro is $100 (educational), with the full suite for only 150. Even if you factor in the base price of Director, it's a helluva better deal. The only reason Adobe charges so damn much is because they know a certain number of people will buy it regardless.
Selling The GIMP
The splash screen that won the contest and some others that worth mentioning.
Just press Ctrl+L to type the filename and/or path...
Please no, not again!
Gimp developers seem obsessed with user interface stuff, scripting langugage stuff, etc. Not that I'm saying they are getting everything right the first time, but please, please do the important things first:
1.) My consumer digital camera delivers 12bit color channels. I hate being forced to throw away 4bit of image information before I even start editing a file in Gimp.
2.) Sometimes I want precise control over the colors in my prints. With Gimp this is impossible: It doesn't do color managment, so the colors I see on the monitor are never the same as those in the printout. That's especially annoying when printing portraits.
These are real, important, technical limitations of the Gimp. I really don't care for the name, and I'm capable of learning where to click. But when it comes to making use of all the information in an image and to correctly display it on the monitor I have much trouble making compromises.
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That open dialog really reminds me of something. Hmm. Oh well, keep innovating guys!
"Baka, baka, minna baka."
The GIMP is a very powerful tool that I love, but even I will admit that Photoshop was a lot easier to learn and has many more options. However, there is one benefit of The GIMP that I am surprised more people don't point out:
The GIMP: Free
Photoshop: $650
Yes you can get the cracked version all over the web but to truly compare the two you need to compare the legit versions. I for one will take TheGIMP and $650 in my pocket anyday.
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I hereby raise the bs card... First of all you're not a graphic desginer because logos are always made in vector format (illustrator) and second i go between gimp and photoshop on daily basis and there is NO WAY PS is hard to use. The menus are if anything more intuitive. The gimp menu hierarchy is rather ackward. Why they decided to go agains the photoshop / paint show pro layout is entirely beyond me.
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To compete with LegalTorrents.com?
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(And, yes, I do know about CinePaint, but it seems to be virtually dead.)
Well, I went to a lecture recently (end of last month) presented by Robin Rowe (CinePaint project leader) and it seems to be pretty well alive to me. It's used by a bunch of film production studios (list on the site) for 48 bit image processing. Just because you don't use it doesn't make it dead...
If you have your mouse over a menu item and you press a keyboard combination (e.g. ctrl+;), it will assign that combination to that menu item.
It's not quite what you want but you could use ctrl+1, +2, +3 for your three functions (Open, save and gamma coorection or whatever ) and as long as you can remember that then it should work.
Hope that this helps?
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It's pronounced "jiff".
I should point out that in modern versions of the GIMP this isn't turned on by default. You need to turn it on by Choosing the File>Preferences menu item of the tool-box. Then In the interfaces pane, check the item "Use Dynamic keyboard short-cuts"
Sorry for any confusion.
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Try using the dialogs? While it may not be exactly the same as these gtk2.6 dialogs, I've been using very similar dialogs in Gnome 2.6/2.8 every day for the better part of a year now, and I find them to be both easy and simple to use. I welcome their use for all GTK applications which will provide a consistant interface for nearly all the applications I use. Hopefully a future Firefox and OpenOffice will detect a running Gnome session and use these new dialogs also, giving users a completely consistant file and open save dialogs across all applications.
How is it better? You can easily define locations to store files which can be easily accessed by any application, allowing for quick and simple navigation without having to navigate the filesystem. And with a simple ctrl-L, you have a text input box that allows for file and folder autocompletion. It is better because it is far simpler for new users, and still very powerful for experienced users.
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SuSE binaries are uploading even as I type this. Enjoy.
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A fair number of those issues have been resolved with MacGIMP. You might give that a try. I know it puts the proper icon in the dock, and you install it via drag and drop etc., so it is a much more mac-like install.
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From "the guy" himself: http://www.xent.com/FoRK-archive/july97/0045.html
You're not wrong. They should use Photoshop Elements, which is only about $50.
Why use Photoshop?
Speed
CMYK support
Colour management
48bit colour
If you're working with images a lot, it's simply worth the money assuming your time is worth something.
I find the GIMP very handy and like it quite a bit, but IMO it's no Photoshop substitute.
Will universities ever teach classes in a program that's called 'the gimp?'
Yes. Computer Graphics and Animation (3rd year unit in a Computing degree). Production of 3d bump maps to be precise.
Well, for that kind of stuff you really should be using a vector-based editor like Inkscape.
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