tyme Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Read the article here. I haven't read through it completely yet...but seems like it could be a good story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Its a pretty interesting read. I like the fact that he's taken the plunge despite still having to rely on leaving one mac for scanning until they can afford to get a new scanner. Or that they didn't attempt to get AppleTalk running, but to use SSH and FTP instead. Whilst they had/have problems, they don't see it as a showstopper to installing on the majority of the machines. I like that mentality :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 Yep its a good start! I hope they still get the 'experience' they will need when they graduate though.... Here is the cyclic problem, GIMP just can't replace photoshop and never will for quality and professional features. Scribus illustrates this ... difference Scribus is rather basic BUT it starts off with all the features you need to do professional pre-press. Some of the stuff needs editing by hand but you can do it. GIMP doesn't, its limited to 8bit colour and completely lacks the pro parts of photoshop for pre-press work. So in a way GIMP started off in an old era when professional SW wasn't expected... Scribus starts off with the professional features even if they have to be hand entered into a file... and so it can be used for the whole process. GIMP is great ofr home work .. it just falls down when you need to use professional pre-press ... and the p[roblem is GIMP doesn't look like it will ever change because its built from the ground-up to only be 8 bit and such.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solarian Posted March 23, 2006 Report Share Posted March 23, 2006 those poor art students... I wouldn't want to be in their place whatever anyone says - Linux seriously lacks in professional graphics, animation and art software Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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