Re: [OS:N:] GIMP vs. Adobe Photoshop

[Jeremy Hogan <jhogan redhat com>]

On Thu, 2004-09-09 at 13:22, Gary Frederick wrote:

> Take some examples of movies created with Blender when you show what can 
> be done with GIMP.

Also, check out what the National Centre for Computer Animation at
Bournemouth does with Linx and F/OSS tools.

http://www.redhat.com/worldtour/followup/

Second presentation down. They have a mixed stack still, but use all of
the best F/OSS tools. Ari mentioned that they teach the fundamentals of
design and 3D and animation, which conceptually transfer, and learning
new tools is common in this sector. The students often have to use
multiple tools because one or the other has a particular feature they
like.

Since that's gotten off topic from Gimp v Photoshop, I will say that a
designer who worked here used to design in Photoshop/Illustrator and the
Gimp and said plus or minus some filters and fonts the Gimp was a
learning curve away from being every bit as powerful as Photoshop. He
also mentioned having to take a class and read books on Adobe, and it's
no big deal to have to do so again to learn the Gimp.

There are a few books on Amazon I've seen folks recommend (Michael
Hammel's books, and Grokking the Gimp by New Riders) but they look dated
to me (esp since 2.x is out) you may want to poke around and see if
there's a more recent title.


--jeremy