We are a small computer graphics shop mainly dealing with printed material (but also web material). Guess that we where happy when we heard about Corels Linux commitment. Since we like the power of UNIX/Linux we try to stay focused on programs that are able to run under either Solaris or Linux. Up until now this has limited us to used
Corel Draw 3.5 (old and buggy)
Illustrator 5.5 (not that old but still limited to e.g Corel Draw 8)
Photoshop 3.0, (old but still strong)
FrameMaker 5.5.x (very good technical DTP program)
Gimp 1.0 (1.2) (very good for e.g Web)
Still we have to use Illustrator 8, Corel Draw/PhotoPaint 8, Photoshop 5, PageMaker 5 under either Win or Mac to enable modern and easy color management and compatibility with print shops. (Well most print shops are Adobe only at least where I live).
The questions that comes to mind is:
How powerful is Corels Linux commitment? We have heard about Corel Draw being ported to Linux, but what about the current status / release date? Is worth while to wait for Corel 9 on Linux or should we just go out and buy the Windows version. The same question also applies to PhotoPaint and Ventura. Further more how good will the color functions and font technologies be? Will the be as good as Corel Draw, etc. under Windows?
Since we are dedicated Gimp users, how good will Corels Gimp compatibility be (i.e to load and save Gimp native xcf files)? This is very essential since Gimp is the biggest and best GNU/OSS/Linux/UNIX program to manipulate and create bitmap graphics within.
Since most print shops are Adobe only Corel - Adobe compatibility is of big importance. In Corel Draw 8 the AI export function was more or less unusable. Most of the time you had to do a lot of work by hand. Are those functions better in later versions of Corel (yes I have read about the work done on Corel 9)?
Well you are right about that if you are a average desktop user. However if you e.g are working with graphic design. I'm not talking about 3D but plain 2D bitmap based image manipulation then you probably like speed. The same goes if you are dependent of large math calculations in e.g your scienctific work.
However I agree that the speed race of P this and AMD that is a pain. The diff speed diff isn't that big. What I would like to see is a really fast and cheep CPU......
Hmm. I don't think pdf is propriety file format. I thinnk the biggest thing is that it's avalible in both online and "print" format is the most important. I think in this case you don't want to download the 150MB ps of the GUM.
The Second edition of the Gimp User's Manual is also reslesed under a free license (OPL).
The biggest difference is that you can get it in both pdf and html format and all chapters are avalible. I consider that publishing it in a html only is not so free. Only publish a subset is also to be considered not so free.
Why? Well as a reader you want to be able to print the whole book and and have it next to you when you deal with your projet. Maybe you also want to bring it with you and read it in your bed etc.
Printing a book only published in html is a nightmare.(Just print the samba book and you will find out that it will not look that good)
To only be able to print a subset and not the index and toc is not good because you will not be able to find what you are looking for.
Bring your laptop to your bedroom is not a good solution. Just imagine waking up and find that you sleept on top of it (i.e it's broken) is not funny at all.
Still it a good thing that people and publishers let readers/users read the book for free. Me my self buy my books since paper format is always nicer. I also think you should buy your books (if you can afford it) since otherwise no one will write books.
The biggest thing is however to be able to choose, buy or download
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We are a small computer graphics shop mainly dealing with printed material (but also web material). Guess that we where happy when we heard about Corels Linux commitment. Since we like the power of UNIX/Linux we try to stay focused on programs that are able to run under either Solaris or Linux. Up until now this has limited us to used
Still we have to use Illustrator 8, Corel Draw/PhotoPaint 8, Photoshop 5, PageMaker 5 under either Win or Mac to enable modern and easy color management and compatibility with print shops. (Well most print shops are Adobe only at least where I live).
The questions that comes to mind is:
How powerful is Corels Linux commitment? We have heard about Corel Draw being ported to Linux, but what about the current status / release date? Is worth while to wait for Corel 9 on Linux or should we just go out and buy the Windows version. The same question also applies to PhotoPaint and Ventura. Further more how good will the color functions and font technologies be? Will the be as good as Corel Draw, etc. under Windows?
Since we are dedicated Gimp users, how good will Corels Gimp compatibility be (i.e to load and save Gimp native xcf files)? This is very essential since Gimp is the biggest and best GNU/OSS/Linux/UNIX program to manipulate and create bitmap graphics within.
Since most print shops are Adobe only Corel - Adobe compatibility is of big importance. In Corel Draw 8 the AI export function was more or less unusable. Most of the time you had to do a lot of work by hand. Are those functions better in later versions of Corel (yes I have read about the work done on Corel 9)?
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Well you are right about that if you are a average desktop user. However if you e.g are working with graphic design. I'm not talking about 3D but plain 2D bitmap based image manipulation then you probably like speed. The same goes if you are dependent of large math calculations in e.g your scienctific work.
However I agree that the speed race of P this and AMD that is a pain. The diff speed diff isn't that big. What I would like to see is a really fast and cheep CPU. .....
Hmm. I don't think pdf is propriety file format. I thinnk the biggest thing is that it's avalible in both online and "print" format is the most important. I think in this case you don't want to download the 150MB ps of the GUM.
The Second edition of the Gimp User's Manual is also reslesed under a free license (OPL).
The biggest difference is that you can get it in both pdf and html format and all chapters are avalible. I consider that publishing it in a html only is not so free. Only publish a subset is also to be considered not so free.
Why? Well as a reader you want to be able to print the whole book and and have it next to you when you deal with your projet. Maybe you also want to bring it with you and read it in your bed etc.
Still it a good thing that people and publishers let readers/users read the book for free. Me my self buy my books since paper format is always nicer. I also think you should buy your books (if you can afford it) since otherwise no one will write books.
The biggest thing is however to be able to choose, buy or download