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Just got a digital slr. Been looking at photo mags. they describe doing things in Photoshop etc So is there somewhere a guide to reading Photoshop directions and translating them into Gimp directions? Also, what other good programs are there in Linux for photo work and what do you use/recommend? -- Bob Rea mailto:gapetard@stsams.org http://www.petard.us http://www.petard.us/blog http://www.petard.us/gallery Where is Bill Stringfellow now that we really need him? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Just got a digital slr. Been looking at photo mags. they describe doing things in Photoshop etc
So is there somewhere a guide to reading Photoshop directions and translating them into Gimp directions?
Also, what other good programs are there in Linux for photo work and what do you use/recommend?
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On Saturday 28 February 2009 15:44:32, Bob Rea wrote:
Just got a digital slr. Been looking at photo mags. they describe doing things in Photoshop etc
So is there somewhere a guide to reading Photoshop directions and translating them into Gimp directions?
Also, what other good programs are there in Linux for photo work and what do you use/recommend?
Hi Bob The only disadvantage of gimp is that it still only supports 8bit images. However, in my opinion more bits are only necessary until you have set the right colours. I use digiKam, too. The new KDE4 release can deal with most if not all raw files, has a nice colour setup tool and is very useful for organizing photos and doing corrections that apply to the whole image. Fortunately you can also start it from within an KDE 3.5 session, provied you have installed kde4. Apart from the 8bit restriction you can do everything in Gimp that you can do in photoshop. Just the interface is completely different, ther's another logic behind it, and things are somethimes called differently. While learning Gimp I often had photoshop open in one window (at least photoshop 7 runs with wine, or use virtualbox with an XP...) and gimp in another. Then I followed some complicated photoshop tutorials step by step and tried to achieve the same result in Gimp for every step. During this I got used to gimp's way of doing things - and now I prefer gimp... I now use it as "automatic" as I did before with photoshop. It's a huge program and you will have to invest some time to learn, just as you would have to with any new photoshop version, too... good luck Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com erotic art photos: http://www.bauer-nudes.com Madagascar special: http://www.fotograf-basel.ch/madagascar/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 17:30 +0100, Daniel Bauer wrote:
On Saturday 28 February 2009 15:44:32, Bob Rea wrote:
Just got a digital slr. Been looking at photo mags. they describe doing things in Photoshop etc
So is there somewhere a guide to reading Photoshop directions and translating them into Gimp directions?
Also, what other good programs are there in Linux for photo work and what do you use/recommend?
Hi Bob
The only disadvantage of gimp is that it still only supports 8bit images. However, in my opinion more bits are only necessary until you have set the right colours.
I use digiKam, too. The new KDE4 release can deal with most if not all raw files, has a nice colour setup tool and is very useful for organizing photos and doing corrections that apply to the whole image.
Fortunately you can also start it from within an KDE 3.5 session, provied you have installed kde4.
Apart from the 8bit restriction you can do everything in Gimp that you can do in photoshop. Just the interface is completely different, ther's another logic behind it, and things are somethimes called differently.
While learning Gimp I often had photoshop open in one window (at least photoshop 7 runs with wine, or use virtualbox with an XP...) and gimp in another. Then I followed some complicated photoshop tutorials step by step and tried to achieve the same result in Gimp for every step. During this I got used to gimp's way of doing things - and now I prefer gimp... I now use it as "automatic" as I did before with photoshop.
It's a huge program and you will have to invest some time to learn, just as you would have to with any new photoshop version, too...
good luck
Daniel
Look at gimpshop is in packman. I've never used it. It seems Daniel's approach is the best and it is to learn gimp. http://www.gimpshop.com/ -=terry=- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Teruel de Campo MD wrote:
On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 17:30 +0100, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Apart from the 8bit restriction you can do everything in Gimp that you can do in photoshop. Just the interface is completely different, ther's another logic behind it, and things are somethimes called differently.
While learning Gimp I often had photoshop open in one window (at least photoshop 7 runs with wine, or use virtualbox with an XP...) and gimp in another. Then I followed some complicated photoshop tutorials step by step and tried to achieve the same result in Gimp for every step. During this I got used to gimp's way of doing things - and now I prefer gimp... I now use it as "automatic" as I did before with photoshop.
It's a huge program and you will have to invest some time to learn, just as you would have to with any new photoshop version, too...
Look at gimpshop is in packman. I've never used it. It seems Daniel's approach is the best and it is to learn gimp.
I have that on my mom's 10.2 system. She *kind of* likes it but still misses Photoshop. She had been using Photoshop since version 4.x on her Mac and then Win98 machines. Apparently when I switched her over to openSUSE and forced her into using GIMP, she basically gave up on photo editing. Even with GIMPShop, it doesn't work the way she wants. Ah well! -- kai www.perfectreign.com | www.ecmplace.com www.twitter.com/PerfectReign -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 2009/02/28 19:51 (GMT-0800) Kai Ponte composed:
http://www.gimpshop.com/ I have that on my mom's 10.2 system. She *kind of* likes it but still misses Photoshop. She had been using Photoshop since version 4.x on her Mac and then Win98 machines. Apparently when I switched her over to openSUSE and forced her into using GIMP, she basically gave up on photo editing. Even with GIMPShop, it doesn't work the way she wants.
Won't Photoshop run under Wine? Did she try any simpler Linux photo software? -- "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up." Ephesians 4:29 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Felix Miata wrote:
Won't Photoshop run under Wine? Did she try any simpler Linux photo software?
Her copy of 6.0 wouldn't work under Crossover office. It wouldn't even launch. She has Picasa running on Wine but it doesn't do what she wants. I plan to give her my copy of XP running under VirtualBox so she can run it in seamless mode to have Photoshop running. Funny - I was thinking of you a few minutes ago. I was walking the dog and ran into my neighbor. He works for Mazda as an IMS programmer. He has a CX9 and his wife has a Miata. -- kai www.perfectreign.com | www.ecmplace.com www.twitter.com/PerfectReign -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Won't Photoshop run under Wine? Did she try any simpler Linux photo software?
Her copy of 6.0 wouldn't work under Crossover office. It wouldn't even launch.
PhotoShop CS2 runs fine in Wine... CS3 also works, but less.. "well".
She has Picasa running on Wine but it doesn't do what she wants.
From what I can see, the official Picasa for Linux from Google (yes it runs under Wine, but it is its own tweaked implementation of Wine) it runs exactly the same as the Windows version.
For The Gimp, Linux Format has published LOADS of tutorials. Go here: http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/archives/ and use the text search to search on "Gimp". The LXF tutorials are quite good. C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 01 March 2009 06:11:04, Kai Ponte wrote:
Felix Miata wrote:
Won't Photoshop run under Wine? Did she try any simpler Linux photo software?
Her copy of 6.0 wouldn't work under Crossover office. It wouldn't even launch.
I couldn't install photoshop 5, neither. First version that really run completely under crossover office (now also under wine) was 7.
She has Picasa running on Wine but it doesn't do what she wants.
Picasa basically does nothing but to show nice effects - which are, I must confess, really funny and impressing. But when you have seen it, there's no more use for it.
I plan to give her my copy of XP running under VirtualBox so she can run it in seamless mode to have Photoshop running.
That's probably the best idea. Then she can use the version 6 that she's used to. Changing to a newer or even actual version of photoshop would give her almost as much to learn as gimp. Has she ever tried digiKam? That's a great app. If it's not for photo montage I guess it can do at least everything a "photoshop elements" user would want to. And it's as easy to use at it can be. Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com erotic art photos: http://www.bauer-nudes.com Madagascar special: http://www.fotograf-basel.ch/madagascar/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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