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On Sunday 03 Oct 2004 10:47 pm, Tony Atkin wrote:
Having used Gimp2 for a while, there are some changes which I can note. Each image window has the menus along the top although you can still get at the menus by right-clicking on the image as of old. There has been some logical sorting out of the menus with layer specific options going into the layer menu. Text handling has improved.
Those changes sound useful for a start!
I have no need for more than 8 bits per channel so I can only say that it does not appear to me as if 16bit is supported.
16 bit is especially useful with B&W images as it enables changes in tonal range to be carried out without risking losing tones in the final print.
In my view, if you need Photoshop then you need it and The Gimp is no replacement. Personally however, I am not a graphics professional and The Gimp fills all my needs. As it is Open Source, there is the added advantage in that I can use it pretty much on any machine that I want to (including those running windows!) without having the annoying difficulty of sorting out licensing problems with 3 figure sums of money. Learning how to use any powerful software application takes a real investment of time and I don't want to feel that investment might be lost in the future. </rant>
Too right! Although Photoshop is a class leader, I cannot imagine why it costs around £500. Lets not get on to Quark Express! Thanks, Peter. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.