Re: [orca-list] orca and graphics applications

[Peter Korn <Peter Korn Sun COM>]

Hi Cody,

GIMP is the closest open source app to Adobe Photoshop.  For doing more 
line-based work (comparable to Adobe Illustrator), you might check out 
Inkscape <http://www.inkscape.org/> which is an SVG editing tool.  Also, 
OpenOffice.org has some fairly sophisticated graphics manipulation 
features. 

Given that you have some vision, I suggest you try these on Ubuntu 
Feisty with the Beryl window manager using their magnification 
functionality.

Good luck, and let us know how it turns out.  Also, if you do spend time 
with OpenOffice.org Draw, please share your experiences, so we can work 
with the OpenOffice.org folks on accessibility improvements there. 


Regards,

Peter Korn
Accessibility Architect,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.

> Hi all,
>  
>   This might sound weird coming from someone who is legally blind, but 
> I would like to know if there are any good accessible graphics 
> applications comparable to adobe photo shop for linux. I know there is 
> gimp, but I'm not quite sure it'll be the ap to get my job done. What 
> I am trying to do is make neon signs you can see some examples at 
> www.neoncity.co.uk <http://www.neoncity.co.uk>. Let me know if this 
> can be done accessibly, since I do have some useful vision..
>  
> Cody
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