Is any press coverage good press coverage?

[cyberchef]

The current issue of Budget Travel Magazine contains a brief article about editing travel photos. The article features the GIMP and Snapmania.

 

http://www.budgettravel.com/bt-dyn/content...8022903634.html

 

While I was initially pleased about the press coverage, I was disappointed by some misstatements/misperceptions in the article.

 

I emailed the author (justin.bergman@budgettravel.com) - pointing out that:

1) the GIMP is NOT a "web-based" application; and

2) the GIMP is NOT ""a free, scaled-down version of Adobe Photoshop."

 

and, I offered the following thoughts:

 

"Comparing Snapmania and the GIMP is just like

comparing flickr and Photoshop would be - apples and

oranges. The intent of services like flickr and

Snapmania is to provide photo sharing and printing

services, while Photoshop and the GIMP are hardcore

editors.

 

Perhaps a better service to your readers would be a

feature comparison of the different photo-editing

options available to the consumer. Maybe a

cost/benefit analysis of the simpler web based

services like flickr (free) and snapmania

(subscription), or the more powerful (complex)

stand-alone editors like Photoshop ($$$) and the GIMP

(free). After all, it is Budget Travel - how does the

free software stack up to the stuff you pay money for?"

 

 

What do you all think?

[tyme]

sounds good...don't know if the author will care to listen, since he didn't take the time to properly research the topic initially.

[yossarian]

I second!

 

 

Though I doubt it if they will publish a correction. Nevermind, for next time.