I really don't think you guys should waste time writing plugins for Gimp and Inkscape, as you mentioned these are not the tools most designers are using. I would rather have a version of the plugins that work in Photoshop CS2 since my work computer doesn't have the latest and greatest!
More important is to finish the JavaFX Design tool, and maybe coming up with some scaled down JFX Matisse of some type for Netbeans. It is kind of odd, that is it easier to visually compose a quick GUI in Swing/Matisse than in JFX at the moment. Documenting the FXZ file format is a great idea, Gimp is easily extensible (not sure about Inkscape) so this is a perfect fit for a community/open source project. Augusto On Jun 13, 9:58 pm, Joshua Marinacci <jos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback everyone. > > I'm trying to figure out how we should support the JavaFX Production > Suite on Linux and Solaris. As you are no doubt aware, very few > designers use Inkscape and the Gimp. Since we have scarce resources > and a ton of tasks ahead of us for the Adobe suite on Mac and Windows > we simply don't have the manpower to build plugins for Gimp and > Inkscape. That said, we really want to support the Linux and Solaris > communities, so we are considering our next steps. If we documented > the FXZ file format and provided an engineer to answer some questions > do you think there are developers in the community willing to build > plugins for Gimp and Inkscape? > > Thanks, > Josh > > On Jun 12, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Ryan Waterer wrote: > > > I use Gimp a couple of times a month at work. > > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Dick Wall <dickw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Josh > > > I do use it whenever I need to do some graphics editing - on Linux it > > really is the only option since Adobe still doesn't do Linux (outside > > of flash anyway). I think perhaps the more compelling story here > > though is that integration with Gimp and Inkscape would provide a > > toolchain that is completely free (beer and speech) which would be > > compelling for some people, as well as inviting all those linux > > developers to the party. > > > Cheers > > > Dick > > > On Jun 12, 5:22 am, Jonathan Fuerth <jfue...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Josh, > > > > I do use the Gimp, and I have no intention of paying for Photoshop. > > > However: > > > > * I am terrible at drawing > > > * I only attempt my own visual art for fun after-hours projects > > > * our professional graphics guy at work uses the Adobe CS tools > > > * I'd find JavaFX output from Inkscape (or an SVG convertor that > > works > > > on Mac and Linux) more useful than an output plugin for the Gimp > > > > Hope that helps. Thanks for taking the time to do this market > > > research! > > > > -Jonathan Fuerth > > > > On Jun 10, 11:31 pm, Joshua Marinacci <jos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Do any of you actually use the Gimp? I don't need everyone's > > usability > > > > or features assessment. I just want to know if anyone actually > > uses it > > > > to do things on a regular basis? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
