Hi David, > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:35:36 -0700 > From: David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing > > IMHO photoshop is NOT a tool designed for the "average user".
I would like to, respectfully, disagree. Photoshop IS meant for an "average user". Just look at the whole plethora of point-and-click tools it offers - it's all to ease your work and make it faster. However, you loose the depth that an experienced Gimp user has when all you know is PS simply because Gimp gives you lots of options/parameters to play with. You can do the same stuff with Gimp but with some extra steps and in the process of working with Gimp you increase your understanding of Photoshop as well. I am just saying that you really get to understand layer modes, color theory, masking, channels if you really read the valuable Gimp tutorials. Mostly when I go through PS tutorials, all I see is the usage of filters - which is good in that it enables you to do your work faster. However, PS hides much under-the-hood stuff from the PS users and makes users habitual to using the facilities it offers. Using Gimp, however, you get to learn the concepts as they really are - instead of just using the nice PS filters - simply because you simply have to do many steps yourself to achieve your desired result. While I am not opposing the use of PS, I think the fact is just the opposite as far as your above statement is concerned. As for the number of extra steps in Gimp, you can always write a script to speed up your work - and, FYI, PS started to offer scripting facilities much _much_ later than Gimp. As far as "non-destructive editing" facilities are concerned, you're probably talking about Layer Effects and I think this was probably discussed on this list before and is on the development Roadmap. Just search the archives. -- Best regards, Asif _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
