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On Wed, 27 Jun 2012, Joe Buckle wrote:
What are the compatibility problems?We seem to be having issues with layers from Photoshop to GIMP. also, we cant seem to be able to layer text which is important (not sure if there is a plugin that does this). Also, we seem to have issues with clients opening GIMP created files. GIMP also seems to flatten files originally created Photoshop files without you telling it to - rendering the layers totally useless.
Sounds (mostly) like a learning/re-training issue... You should never send clients raw photoShop or GIMP files anyway (IMO), but send them "proofs" in whatever format they can take - PNG/JPG, etc. however I guess it depends on what you expect the clients to do with the images - if anything other than viewing them!
I have clients who're webbys who use GIMP, but I guess it depends on the application...
I've never imported a raw photoshop file though - so maybe there are issues there, but I always thought that every time you added text to an image it put it on it's own layer by default, but I could be wrong there...
I find that the reason Photoshop users struggle with the likes of GIMP etc is because they have learnt to have a Photoshop 'mindset' when it comes to graphics.I am sure that I would be able to configure GIMP to look like the Photoshop GUI - but I think, as you say, there are some frustrating functionality issues when coming from a Photoshop background.
My wife made the transistion to Linux recently - biggest headache was MS Publisher, but she moved to Scribus and after a bit of a shakey start now likes it better than Publisher...
So why not simply get a new Mac? Gordon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq