Planet GIMP

[laura_seabrook]

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gimp fascinate'

[rashelleym]

I actually thought GIMP is open source, but I suppose it depends on the particular flavor of license that's attached, and what the author(s) desire.

I've been playing with GIMP for about two years (currently using it to look at PNG's exported by dia, for instance), but I wouldn't have a clue about how to make an image like this one. Which is why GIMP fascinates me.

Anyhoo, I'll be updating my profile presently to reflect del.iciou.us bookmarking (with the same user name). That sort of social networking versus this kind is more my speed. (Which is much much slower than "the speed of mice".)

Re: gimp fascinate'

[laura_seabrook]

Um, it is open source!

My own experience however is mostly with Paint Shop Pro, which isn't, and Windows only. The big obstacle I've found with GIMP (and it's teh same when I use photoshop) is that the commands are similar but in different places in the menus, or have different terminology / keyboard shortcuts et cetera. All of which will get sorted out over time...

attention to learning

[rashelleym]

I avoid, absolutely minimize, doing things that require "mousework." But I'm finding that taking the time (and attention) to organize a particular task between mouse and keyboard actions necessary (for instance, toward learning precisely what a menu item is doing), and then additionally repeating the same routine, mouse actions to keyboard actions--conscious learning, in other words--I seem to do much, much better. Quite fatiguing, but whatever

Re: attention to learning

[laura_seabrook]

Perhaps as well, with open source there's more a feeling that one can also contribute to its ongoing development by (if not a programmer) by giving good feedback about bugs, and what does and doesn't work.