On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 02:41:05AM -0800, miriam clinton (iriXx) wrote: > Carol Spears wrote: > > >On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 11:17:20AM -0800, miriam clinton (iriXx) wrote: > > > > > >>just to clarify - i'm here contributing from the point of view of a > >>professional graphic designer, considering the mainstream > >>Adobe/Macromedia market who would have never used GIMP, and how we can > >>'convert them over' <gets off evangelistic soapbox/>. This market are of > >>the 'pick it up and use it' intuitive designers - they will reject at > >>sight anything that requires coding, or obscure menus. > >> > >> > >> > >have them hire someone who knows gimp for the same income. have them, > >at the end of the year, tally up how much each employee actually costed > >and compare it to their ability to produce actual results and know where > >all of the pieces came from. > > > >i think we will fail in selling this to people who need their employers > >to provide very much cushiony stuff for them and then they dont really > >know that much once this is all said and done. > > > >we should talk to their employers instead. > > > >who employes you? > > > >carol > > > > > > I'm freelance, have worked for a variety of companies in temporary > contracts or purely freelance (I value my independence, and owning my > own company). > > I would say it would take me at least double or triple time to produce a > website in GIMP comparable to the industry-standard websites I produce > using a combination of Fireworks/Photoshop/Dreamweaver. >
you took classes on how to use this software? or self-educated? carol _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
