Peli I believe you can open PSD files in Gimp..
On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Peli <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the new widget design guidelines: > > http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/widget_design.html > > Being an "open source" platform, I wonder why the graphics creation > depends on the commercial application "Photoshop". > > I personally don't have access to Photoshop, and only use Gimp and > Inkscape for graphics creation, so I wonder if similar design > guideline settings could be provided for those open source graphics > applications. > > I know the Android development team may have other priorities right > now, so it would also be nice if some independent designer would share > information how to achieve the exactly same effect in other open > source graphics applications. > > In the long run, it may be nice to provide widget frames also in other > formats, like Gimp XCF format or Inkscape SVG format, instead of only > the proprietary Photoshop PSD format under which the frames on that > link above are currently stored. > > After all, we code for Android in Eclipse, and not in say Visual > Studio, so why not provide support for open applications also for > graphics development? > > Peli > www.openintents.org > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
