-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 21:43:40 +0800 Von: Leon Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Betreff: Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp - not-gimpshop
> On Monday 09 July 2007, Raphaël Quinet wrote: > > Now I hope that we can get back to discussing GIMP on > > this list... > > Ah, yes. > > One overlay I'd like to see appear is *not* a PS clone, it's > an overlay that makes GIMP instantly useful to newbies, so > runs things in modes and fashions they expect. So what would those be? I mean, I've used various graphics programs before, but GIMP was the only such program which I've used since I actually started with digital painting. And for the most part, it was all fairly logical and consistent - the only thing I had problems with in the beginning was how to draw circles and rectangles (but I am better now). Personally, I think the interface of GIMP works perfectly well. What's lacking is appropriate _documentation_ for what you can actually do with it - tutorials, to be specific. And here GIMP is sadly far behind Photoshop and other commercial applications. It's one thing to tell a newbie: "This is the text tool, and here is how it is used." That's important, technical stuff he needs to know, but when making decisions about what software to use such dry descriptions won't make him _enthusiastic_. Now, on the other hand, if he finds a tutorial that says: "Today we will show you how to make Giant Flaming Letters of Doom(TM) with GIMP!" - _then_ he will feel enthusiastic. Last summer I started collecting all those hundreds of links to art tutorials which would eventually become the Art Tutorials Wiki links list. Since I was using GIMP at the time - and I still am - I tried to get GIMP tutorials first and foremost, but found few of them. On the other hand, there were plenty of first-grade tutorials for Photoshop, Painter, and other commercial programs out there. Many of them would make you go out and buy these programs - if you didn't know that you could create the same effects with GIMP with little effort. So if we want to make GIMP more newbie-friendly, I think we should let the developers continue to develop the program by adding new functions instead of spending too much time emulating other programs. The rest of us who aren't as well versed in coding can try to create tutorials that will make others enthusiastic about GIMP. I already have started to do that - I've started on a tutorial which attempts to explain how to draw fantasy maps with GIMP and Inkscape: http://artwiki.wikidot.com/digital-cartography And I've gotten some enthusiastic feedback from various people interested in doing so. But that's just one possible topic - so pick your own and work on it! - Jürgen Hubert The Art Tutorials Wiki http://artwiki.wikidot.com/ _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
