Newbie: Photoshop CS under Fedora Core 4

[Robin Laing]

Duncan Lithgow wrote:
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> Marcus Zingmark wrote:
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> | The one and only program I actually miss after changing to Linux is 
> Photoshop. I have heard about a program called CrossOver Office that 
> could made this possible but as I understand it CrossOver costs.
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> | Is there any other stable alternative that can make this possible, for 
> free?
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> I just wanted to mention Gimp to you since it says you're a new user. 
> There is also a key mapping plugin which gives gimp the same key 
> shortcuts as PS.
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> That was just in case you haven't tried it - I've used both and find 
> Gimp works fine for all I've come across.
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> Duncan
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<http://www.gimp.org/>

I have used The GIMP for years and now I am finding a major problem 
with it.  It lacks colour depth for detailed work.  It is okay for day 
to day stuff but I am working with some files that require 16 bit 
colour channels and GIMP only supports 8bit depth.  Yes, a bug report 
has been filed years ago about this limitation.  And yes, for some 
work this is a major headache which I never noticed until I actually 
had to do it.

Cinepaint <http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net/> will support 32 bit 
colour channels and started off as FilmGIMP.  It does lack some of the 
plugins that The GIMP has.

I love The GIMP but the colour depth is a major limitation for some 
types of work.  For most work, it is a great program and I use it 
almost daily for photo/video editing.

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Robin Laing