[Digikam-users] Photoshop and the Gimp

[Gilles Caulier]

2007/7/13, Colin Guthrie <gmane at colin.guthr.ie>:
>
> Graham wrote:
> > I have the Gimp on my system (Kubuntu Feisty) amended to make it
> > Gimpshop.
> >
> > I appreciated that Gimpshop is just a reordering of the Gimp menus to
> > make it more like Photoshop without giving it any other functionality,
> > however, this appears to be the most Photoshop-like application
> > available in Linux.
> >
> > The problem before me is that in September I shall be following a course
> > in Photography that presupposes you have Photoshop installed on your
> > computer and you are given add-ons that work like plug-ins to
> > Photoshop.  I've raised this problem in some digital photography
> > magazines in the UK which usually run primers in Photoshop together
> > with DVDs of software.
> >
> > Apart from its high cost, Photoshop doesn't run on Linux, so it seems I
> > am going to have to buy a cheap desktop to run WinXP or a Mac and
> > Photoshop unless....
> >
> > Do any on this forum know of any application for Linux that is totally
> > Photoshop compatible, even down to the same type of interface?.....
>
> No I unfortunately do not but perhaps other will.
>
> Have you raised this problem with the course organisers? Perhaps the
> course is aimed at Photoshop but the principles in terms of image
> manipulate should also be achievable in other applications. I would have
> though a good portion of the course would cover basic image editing and
> manipulation using colour adjustment and unsharp mask etc.
>
> In this case, it should be the theory behind the changes you are making
> that is important to you rather than the "what to click in photoshop to
> make your photo better" approach. Gaining this level of understanding (I
> wont pretend I know anything about it!) would, to me, seem like the best
> learning outcome to take from such a course.
>
> If you tell the course organisers that you do now own Photoshop and that
> you run Linux and will therefore use the Gimp and (seeing as we are in
> this room!) the Digikam Image Editor to complete your assignments,
> perhaps they will support you as best they can and perhaps your findings
> and feedback will help produce alternative course notes for other
> students who want to use Gimp (even on Windows) or Digikam.
>
> I know that Photoshop has substantially more options than Gimp or DIE
> and this is fine, but I guess you have to ask yourself if you are only
> installing Windows/Photoshop to complete the course and will then revert
> back to Linux or if you will stick to Photoshop into the future after
> your course.
>
> If the latter then I would suggest struggling through the course with
> the tools you will use in the future would allow you to gain more
> knowledge?
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Also, although the later versions don't run too well, PS7 is supported
> pretty well under Wine:
> http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=17
>

Right Colin, and i use it on my Linux box.

Gilles
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