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On 27/06/12 16:32, Joe Buckle wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Kevin Lucas > <kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > wrote: > > On Wed, 2012-06-27 at 16:04 +0100, 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. > > > > > > 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. > > > > A lot of people like myself that have never used it find have > > little to no difficulty with the likes of GIMP, Inkscape etc. > > > > Inkscape is an exception. We both like Inkscape as an alternative to > > Illustrator. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Joe Buckle > > > > Webaholic! > > > > Just a thought, not that it helps you at all...... how do they install > Photoshop on a Mac? if its running a Linux kernel? > > > That's my argument with most Mac software - how hard would it be to > recompile for Linux? Mac OS X is in no way related to Linux. Darwin (the OS X kernel) is descended from the *BSDs, and as such is essentially a UNIX descendent (and is accredited as such). Saying how hard is it to recompile something misses the huge fact that OS X uses a completely different set of libraries for rendering its interface (Cocoa for OS X, mostly GTK/Qt for Linux). To get Photoshop to work on a Linux distro would require either porting whatever GUI framework Photoshop uses to Linux (a massive undertaking) or rewriting the whole set of code in Photoshop to work with either GTK or Qt (a similarly massive undertaking). I think Adobe is disinclined from doing either. The confusion may arise because it's possible to run Linux programs on Mac, but that's mostly because OS X (due to its UNIX heritage) runs a lot of the similar userland utilities as Linux (although really they run the BSD utilities whereas Linux distros run the GNU utilities), which in turn means those applications can be run on OS X. For more complicated applications (e.g. those with a GUI), then you either have to compile GTK or Qt on OS X and then use OS X's X-Server to launch them. The net result is not particularly pretty (see Inkscape on a Mac). > > > Can you Virtualise the Mac instead? > > > Not really thought about it - is it possible? > > It's possible, but you can only (legally) have an OS X guest running on an OS X host, at which point you might as well just use the host and benefit from the extra performance. According to Apple's EULA, not allowed to virtualise OS X as a guest on another operating system. The exception is OS X Server (as of 10.7 this is no longer available as a separate operating system), which can be virtualised. But you probably wouldn't want to use OS X Server as a day-to-day operating system. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq