Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP vs Photoshop UI

2007-09-26 Thread David Gowers
On 9/27/07, Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- gimp_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...[GIMP] does not have an interface that makes for an easy user > > transition from the industry PS standard it is not a tool that is > > ready for adoption by high quality image makers. > > I would disagree

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP vs Photoshop UI

2007-09-26 Thread jim feldman
Greg wrote: > --- gimp_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> ...[GIMP] does not have an interface that makes for an easy user >> transition from the industry PS standard it is not a tool that is >> ready for adoption by high quality image makers. >> > > I would disagree with this. I use bot

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-09-26 Thread David Gowers
On 9/27/07, Brendan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 26 September 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Certainly the GIMP developers could have kludged the code to > > incorporate 16-bit or higher bit-depths; and it would not have taken > > nearly as long to do so. But the solution would be

Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP vs Photoshop UI

2007-09-26 Thread Brendan
On Wednesday 26 September 2007, Greg wrote: > --- gimp_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...[GIMP] does not have an interface that makes for an easy user > > transition from the industry PS standard it is not a tool that is > > ready for adoption by high quality image makers. > > I would disagree

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-09-26 Thread Brendan
On Wednesday 26 September 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Certainly the GIMP developers could have kludged the code to > incorporate 16-bit or higher bit-depths; and it would not have taken > nearly as long to do so. But the solution would be only temporary -- > the ultimate necessity to have a se

Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Opening pictures taken with an Olympus E-510 fails every time

2007-09-26 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2007/9/26, Leon Brooks GIMP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wednesday 26 September 2007 02:34:13 Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > > Do I still have the old version? > [...] > > Do I have both versions so I need to make GIMP use the new > > one rather than the old one? > > Maybe. Try "ldd $(which gimp)" & see

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-09-26 Thread Leon Brooks GIMP
On Thursday 27 September 2007 03:49:25 Sven Neumann wrote: > Do you even know what you are talking about? I don't think so. Oh. Someone seems to have put Sven into Happy Mode. (-: I must say that as a programming novitiate, sorta, I do find the open to- & fro-ing on lists like GIMP's very informa

Re: [Gimp-user] scaling

2007-09-26 Thread David Gowers
On 9/25/07, Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Wikipedia article certainly was over my head. > > From what I read on the Gimp bug page lanczos scaling is not yet > perfect. (But then what is?) > > I have to upscale images from 16M to 48M and it seems the client takes > them apart and looks at

[Gimp-user] GIMP vs Photoshop UI

2007-09-26 Thread Greg
--- gimp_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...[GIMP] does not have an interface that makes for an easy user > transition from the industry PS standard it is not a tool that is > ready for adoption by high quality image makers. I would disagree with this. I use both PS and GIMP and thanks to PH I

[Gimp-user] Photoshop Versions

2007-09-26 Thread Greg
--- Leon Brooks GIMP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, yes, & PS requires Windows Isn't there still a Mac version? Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-09-26 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 05:07 -0700, gimp_user wrote: > It only received scorn because the GIMP development team ignored the basic > requirement of development - using MVC in the early days - so the code > structure does facilitate view customization (or skin development). IMHO > Gimp has

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-09-26 Thread saulgoode
Quoting gimp_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ... An MVC architecture and user view customisation tools > would be much more attractive route because it would lay the groundwork for > emulating other tool sets including any future tools competitve to PS. The > challenge for gimp is how

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-09-26 Thread gimp_user
On Wednesday 26 September 2007 02:22:14 Leon Brooks GIMP wrote: > On Wednesday 26 September 2007 19:13:48 David at ATF4 wrote: > > They all need to facilitate collaboration using a common > > software interface, so that all users in the supply chain > > can be mutually supportive and produce compat

Re: [Gimp-user] Bit-depth Processing

2007-09-26 Thread gimp_user
On Tuesday 25 September 2007 23:27:06 Leon Brooks GIMP wrote: > On Wednesday 26 September 2007 10:17:50 jim feldman wrote: > > Even with it's bit depth shortcoming, I'd still take GIMP's > > mature tool set over anything OTHER than PS CS2/3 (at a > > mere $649US) > > Approximating the $USD-$AUD con

Re: [Gimp-user] Fwd: Opening pictures taken with an Olympus E-510 fails every time

2007-09-26 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 18:34 +0200, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > The problem is that it seems like I still have the old version. The > images still can't be loaded, for the same reason as before. So right > now I don't know what went wrong. Do I still have the old version? Do > I have the new ver