On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:37:27PM -0800, Jim Michaels wrote: > The only reason I am making the point is because I try to suggest GIMP > to people who can't afford Photoshop or are looking for a free photo > editor. > Maybe it's not the best reason in the world.
Definitely but understandable. > I just wanted to give people a solution they could afford. Free = affordably by anyone. Ok. > I was hoping to be able to give them something high end, intuitive, and >hopefully easy to use. High end is enemy of intuitive or easy to use. Give Photoshop to any new user and see if it is so "easy to use". > Is there some way to make textures? stitch photos taken from various > points of view? two completely different jobs IMHO > well, I can always do that with microsoft ICE or other > programs made for panos, but not everybody knows about that - Under Linux use hugin ... > people will use what is built into the program they have (after all, > that's all that can be done, right...?). - and I know this is wrong > thinking, Well, if is wrong is wrong ... like trying to put a nail into a wall with only the hands > but when you don't implement features, the user doesn't know > any better - most of the time, but then there are the power users who > want it all and do just about everything with the program, and there are > plenty of them out there. There are plenty of people who use drugs too out there... > I don't think feature-itis is a bad thing. Yes is a bad thing. And it will always be a bad thing. Tell me why you never see any professional worker using a swiss army knife? See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy#Mike_Gancarz:_The_UNIX_Philosophy And think about this: it is the sole 40 years old OS working (well) out there. There should be a reason. > it's just -well, how do > you organize lots of features and plugins? when you have a large > collection of plugins from the registry installed, you get REALLY WIDE, > long menus. especially if you have photoshop filters for pspi.exe you > want to add to that collection as well. just use another program or install only the plugins you really-really use. > > There > is some significant functionality provided by photoshop filters. > again, take a look at http://alienskin.com/eyecandy/index.aspx > these > can make the difference between a toy-looking site and a > professional site with some skill. there are a lot of junk filters out > there that simply just ruin an image. I have had to wade through > them. But once in a while you find out about companies like http://Topaz.com > > "Please use darktable" > what > darktable? it doesn't exist in 2.6.11 nor in the plugin registry. > vaporware. or someone is just being dark. :-/ I don't even like the > name. Many do not like GIMP name either, think about it... > "Gimp is just GIMP." seems so mediocre. I was hoping to spur some > Excellence. maybe someone can come up with some radical new ideas for > photo imaging and put it into GIMP. I have already heard of one > excellent idea which became a plugin. Well, noone is stopping you. Just do it (TM)! ;-) -- Marco Ciampa +--------------------+ | Linux User #78271 | | FSFE fellow #364 | +--------------------+ _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
