On Thursday 08 June 2006 13:29, John Pettigrew wrote:
In a previous message, mlist@safenet-inc.com wrote:
So what is it that Photoshop does that the GIMP can't do? Or, that it _can_ do, but less well or less conveniently?
History tool. 'Nuff said :-)
PS is also better for colour balance corrections, owing to its wider selection of tools and presets.
But the GIMP is pretty darned good, provided you don't require CMYK or other (more advanced) colour spaces. And even PS can't cope with everything (won't even try to handle opaque inks or metal foils).
John ========
What about Krita? It's looking pretty good and the interface may be more agreeable to those coming from PS. There have been a lot of complaints on that with the Gimp and I suspect the reason many of us shy away from it, plus the developer's resistance to features the program needs to effectively compete. Inkscape will take care of your structured art work and since Krita joined the KOffice programs, it's become a worthy bitmap art program. Scribus will take care of your DTP needs quite well. You'll find it to be only second to Adobe's own PDF creator function! ...and remember, have a lot of fun! Lee -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com