Re: Photoshop alternative
Brian O'Keefe <[email protected]>
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Great info On 9/9/19 7:42 PM, Akkana Peck wrote: > GIMP is the closest FOSS app to Photoshop, and I believe it can read > layers from a PSD file, though very Photoshop-specific effects like > adjustment layers won't work, and I don't think text layers retain > their text information. Likewise for going the other way: don't > expect GIMP to be able to save all its info to PSD format. Keep in > mind that PSD isn't an open or well documented format, so the > PSD reader/writer in GIMP is mostly just whatever some developer > has been able to reverse engineer. That said, you should be able > to read basic layer information. > > ...Akkana (who wrote a book on GIMP some years back but hasn't used PSD) > > LeRoy Diener writes: >> Hi NMGLUG folks, >> >> I need to do some image editing. >> At this moment, I have a layered image file in .psd format which a friend >> created in photoshop that I want to edit some layers. >> Any recommendations? >> Thanks in advance. >> >> LeRoy >> -- >> I am the Love of God, no matter what. >> LeRoy Diener >> 213-LEROYIZ >> 213-537-6949 >> www.leroydiener.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> nmglug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org > _______________________________________________ > nmglug mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org > > -- _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org