Re: Picasa2 effects

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Quoting "Brian J. Murrell" <brian interlinx bc ca>:

> On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 07:17 +0900, Bengt Thuree wrote:
> > :) Damned? I don't think I mentioned that, and nope I did not mean that
> > (although it could be interpreted as that)
> > Just ment that the people who has Gimp, and use it, are very comfortable
> > with it
>
> Probably not true.  I use it -- because I have to -- no other options
> but I am very clumsy in it to be sure.  I just don't have time to learn
> all of the basic knowledge one needs to use it effectively.
>
> > and would probably prefere to use it rather than F-Spot.
>
> Not at all.  I would rather use f-spot to launch a gimp, run a recipe
> and have my modified image back in f-spot.

Just a user data-point here, I also would prefer F-Spot to hand the image to
Gimp for more complicated editing than crop/colors/redeye. A button 'Edit in
Gimp' or right-click context menu would be great. Maybe even a preference for
which editor to use somewhere in case any other editors get traction in Linux.

Recipies is a nice idea, especially if the user finds themselves always 
carrying
out the same operation due to preference or camera (eg., remove a 
colorcast from
a cheap phone-cam) Personally, I don't think I've ever done the same 
thing twice
in any image editor :)

I've seen Picasa. It's slick, but it doesn't run on Linux...

Regards,

Michael

> > On the other hand...
> > I would think the a lot of people (majority probably) will not know how to
> > use Gimp,
>
> Right.  And are not willing to invest the time just to modify some
> photographs.
>
> > and I do not think Gimp is installed by default in all
> > distributions yet.
>
> Maybe not.  Most people know how to install software though.
>
> > Otherwise a 15-20 MB download... Just for some minor
> > features...
>
> Why minor?  Some people could employ some really good recipes and it
> could wind up being quite a powerful set of features.  See that's the
> whole point of using the gimp for this.  The possibilities of photo
> enhancement operations is limited only by the gimp, not what somebody
> wants to code up from scratch for f-spot.
>
> > True, if the easiest way to do this is to use Gimp, then we use it.
>
> Surely it must be.  Re-use is always easier than writing from scratch.
>
> > But can you get the same feeling as Picaso?
>
> I dunno.  Never seen Picaso.  Just commenting on using the gimp for
> photo editing.
>
> b.
>
> --
> My other computer is your Microsoft Windows server.
>
> Brian J. Murrell



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