gimp 2 appraised

[Joshua Zeidner]

Daniel,

  If you are a graphics hacker, Gimp is for you.  There is an API called
'Script-Fu' that lets gives you open scripting access to the raw data in
Gimp.  Photoshop may sell you a similar idea, but I doubt you get as much
programming power( I do consider Adobe to be a very viable company though
).  If I was doing a lot of automated photo processing I would use Gimp
hands down.

  I find the big problem in selling OSS to the PHBs is lack of glossy
advertising materials, which is the primary basis for most decision making
for middle management( that, and golf ).  The essential problem is an
economic one, I could develop those materials, but I would not see a return
on this development unless I rebranded the OSS platfrom.  I suppose I could
just develop it to pitch in, and I have done this before, but if there is no
clear economic incentive there will be no massive changes.

-jmz


On 10/16/06, Daniel P. Stasinski <mooooooo at avenues.org> wrote:
>
> On 10/16/06, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have been using Gimp2 for some graphic design tasks lately and I am
> very
> > impressed.  A lot of the bugs have been worked out.  There is little in
> > Photoshop that you don't get with Gimp.
>
> Just the other day one of my co-workers was showing me a video of some
> of the cool new features of photoshop like perspective cloning and
> healing.   The goal was to get the boss to pony up for the
> $300-something upgrade.   The next day I had fun showing him the video
> of Gimp doing it too.   It was amusing.
>
> Daniel
>
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