Re: [orca-list] orca and graphics applications

[cabrero udc es (David Cabrero Souto)]

Hi all,

Imagemagick <http://www.imagemagick.org/> is also an image manipulation
app and has a command line interface. You will found one example for
doing neon signs at http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/fonts/#neon

Hope this helps.

Regards.

David
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On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 01:08:59PM -0700, Peter Korn wrote:
> 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