Final straw was trying to set transparent background. I was presented with techno-gobbledegook. I could do this sort of thing with PS 4 with no training. I need this for website graphics. M$ got rich by assuming users are idiots and building apps and install routines that idiots could follow (harking back to John Gibbons - I feel that the free / Opensource industry should cease development for 12 mths and concentrate on user-friendliness - that includes documentation, most of which states the facts but helps little.). When it comes to graphics I'm in that "idiot"category. Interesting that PS, though a professional tool, felt intuitive to me. my .05 c Rod
On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 20:31 +1100, Dean Hamstead wrote: > i would have to agree, i find gimp to be vastly superior. im sure > there are some features photoshop has over gimp but like all > applications 90% of users only use 10% of features. > > generally i have found adobe products to just work 'differently' > most applications seem to follow a certain logic, but adobe doesnt. > > this could be why people spend so much money learning to > use them > > although i do like illustrator, the Free clones are coming along > ok - but still not at the level gimp is. > > anyone with heaps of vector math knowledge care to > write a free alternative to illustrator ;) > > Dean > > Heracles wrote: > > > Rod Butcher wrote: > > > >> Hi Patrick, can you spare a minute to give me a brief overview of what's > >> required to achieve this ? I can't stand Gimp, and would love to be able > >> to run Photoshop (I have V 4). > >> > >> > > Amazing, I have used Photoshop V4.5, 6 and 7 but find the latest > > version of the GIMP much better and definitely easier to use. Oh > > well, each to his own I guess. > > > > Stay well and happy > > Heracles > > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by a penguin, a gnu and a camel -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
