Re: RE: GIMP 2.0

Here's hoping v.20 will be easier to pick up and run with....


On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 22:18, Adam Lowry wrote:
> Richard Ford wrote:
> > This is my need as well.  For digi shots - to sometimes a quick
> > crop/rotate/resize/etc sort of stuff.
> > 
> > GIMP is too complex - layers - jeez - don't want to go down that path. 
> > My needs are mainly for small things - so I don't have to go through the
> > process of using the graphics dept at work - which while good in
> > results, is not good for my productivity at times.  I want it done NOW.
> > I am sick of having to use win32 software.....
> > 
> > I have digi cams connection working fine in linux.  But now I need to
> > find a replacement for all the free simple software that came with my
> > camera.
> > 
> > I wish we could get MacOSX apps to work in linux, like they can get
> > linux apps to work in MacOSX.  As most digi cams come with mac and
> > windows software....  :-(
> > 
> > RF.
> 
> I understand people taking a quick look at the gimp and being 
> intimidated, but for these simple operations the gimp does quite well.
> 
> For example, cropping: open the picture. The default tool is the 
> rectangle selection. Select what you want, then select the crop tool- 4 
> across, 1 down. Click the selection. A dialog pops up, with a button 
> that says, 'From selection.' Click it, hit OK, and you're cropped.
> 
> Resizing is really simple, too: Right click->Image->Scale Image. 
> Rotate's there, too: Right Click->Image->Transforms->Rotate.
> 
> If you're looking to batch convert a lot of pictures (pretty common with 
> a digicam - I want to upload 640x480 pictures, not the 1600x1200 
> originals), then the Imagemagick package's 'convert' utility is great.
> convert -resize 640x480 original.jpg new.jpg
> 
> But those are just examples of using the more powerful software, not 
> simpler software packages. For those, I've tried these recently:
> Pixieplus - a browser and viewer for KDE. Also does rotations and other 
> simple transformations. It's in debian-testing. Bad name, though.
> 
> Even simpler is kview - It has even fewer functions than MS Paint, but 
> it's small and can do crops and rotations.
> 
> I'm sure some others have suggestions, too. I'd recommend spending just 
> a little time with The Gimp, though - once you spend a bit of time the 
> interface is quite powerful. I do mean a little time, too - this isn't 
> vi I'm talking about.
> 
> 
> 
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