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Novell Suggests Linux Program Replacements

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gimp-!=-photoshop dept.

An anonymous reader writes "As a result of over 14,000 votes since the beginning of January, Adobe Photoshop, Autocad, Dreamweaver, iTunes, and Macromedia Flash are currently the top 5 'most wanted' Windows/MacOS-only applications in Novell's online survey. From comments made by the survey participants, Novell has also listed suggested substitutes for each of the five. What do readers think of these suggestions?"

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  1. Er...this isn't Novell by jnik · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Novell did the original survey. Desktoplinux.com (a ZD thing, apparently) is suggesting the alternatives.

  2. Audio in SVG? by tepples · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If SVG ever becomes standard, we'll be able to do all the animation we want.

    But does a solution involving SVG allow for synchronized audio? For instance, if I wanted to use SVG instead of SWF to make an animated series such as Homestar Runner or Weebl and Bob, would that work?

  3. Re:My opinion: by nagora · · Score: 5, Interesting
    CYMK is the killer feature.

    Actually this is a bit of a myth in my experience. I send stuff to printers from Gimp fairly often and CMYK isn't an issue; they just convert it as part of their process.

    What IS a killer is spot-colour usage. I have no decent method of working with Pantone or other specialised spot colours, nor is there a good system for handling product shots where a particular colour HAS to be represented correctly, such as a Coke can.

    People forget that CMYK can represent less than half the contents of a Pantone swash; it is not the be-all and end-all of colour handling.

    TWW

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