Sargon wrote:
On Thursday, 08 June 2006 09:28, 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?
CMYK. Spot-color controls. Process-color controls.
Prepress systems understand CMYK output only. They can be made to understand RGB, but they do it less well and less conveniently.
Controls for bleeds, knock-outs, etc.
There are others I am forgetting.
AFAIK, these things have little relevance to most of us. There is a CMYK plugin for Gimp. I've not used it, so cannot comment further. Photoshop is reckoned to be the tops, but for the price it darned well should be. For most of us non-commercial types, Gimp provides pretty well all that is needed. I use Gimp for all my image/photo processing, including handling RAW files and some fairly serious 'cooking' of astronomical images. No problems! WRT the thread title, Scribus is now reported to be developing into a competant alternative desktop publishing app. Ken Hough -- 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