On Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:03:49 +0000, Stuart Noble wrote:
Jules wrote:
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:10:31 +0100, PeterC wrote:
BTW, there's a version called Gimpshop; it's been edited to behave like
Photoshop so that those who have used PS have something familiar:

The problem I have is that the gimp's normal UI is f*cking awful - but
last time I used photoshop, it was even worse. Talk about clunky and
counter-intuitive...

Try Ulead PhotoImpact. I'm still on version 6, which cost me a fiver
with the printed manual a few years back. Haven't come across anything
it can't do yet.

I think I did have a copy of that, but don't any more - doubtless it'd
run under Linux via Wine though (or, worst-case, via VMWare).

I can see the point* of photoshop for graphic designers - but for mere
mortals, it just seems way too bloated, clunky and feature-rich - and
hinders progress where a simpler program might not. Personally PSP
v7's my usual tool of choice - it handles most things I need to do (again
via Wine and VMWare), and for the rest I use gimp.

* mostly. I think it's one of those programs that's gone through way too
many evolutions, and someone coming in with a clean slate could
potentially produce something that did everything Photoshop did, but
in a better way (gimp is not it). The problem being of course that
Photoshop is such a de-facto standard now that it couldn't possibly
compete, so nobody bothers trying. :/

cheers

Jules