Need a Tutor for gimp

[Steph Fox]

Hi All,

> > > I'm glad you posted this comment. The GIMP is a fantastic tool.
> > > I've talked to many graphics artists who use it and they have uniformly
> > > high praise for it.

I would be willing to bet that the majority (if not all) of those
designers deal entirely in web and computer graphics, as opposed to
print graphics.

> > > The GIMP has been around for a long time and is a
> > > great example of a polished OSS application.

I'm not sure I would refer to it as polished. It depends on your usage
(as I alluded to a moment ago, it's great for RGB graphics, not so
much getting artwork produced for press).

> > > Despite all this only a
> > > minority of graphics artists know about The GIMP.  The GIMP has an
> > > advertising problem :)

Their marketing problem is not as important as their problem meeting
critical goals outlined in the roadmap. I have no doubt that if
TheGIMP could produce print-ready artwork, more designers would know
about it.

> > > web design and I am trying to create a gradient
> > > background image for a site I am developing. Will I be able to do this
> > > in GIMP.

Yes: http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-tool-blend.html

> I'll have a better view of
> it once they finish that new engine and stick it in.  (w/ support for
> CMYK, etc)  I really don't think that you can call it an 'enterprise'
> app without some of those things.

Hey, I'm in agreement here. Who knows why they rushed a 2.0 version
out the door without completing the new engine? People who were at
either of my NewTLUG or TLUG presentations (~5.5 years ago) featuring
TheGIMP might recall a brief roadmap discussion, where I mentioned 2.0
was expected to come out within a couple of years, was a big deal
because it was going from a monolithic code base to a modular one, and
(finally!) CMYK support would be added.

I like TheGIMP. But I can't use it as a Photoshop replacement.

Yet.

Cheers,

Steph
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