[TAG] which distribution?

[Raj Shekhar]

Ben Okopnik wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 07:22:21AM +0530, Raj Shekhar wrote:
> 
>>Though Linux has its own graphic packages (GIMP, sodipodi), they do not 
>>yet measure up to Photoshop (hopefully this should change in a few 
>>months ).
> 
> 
> Having used both to a fair extent, I would strongly disagree. I find
> GIMP to be capable of everything I need in a way of graphic editing,
> while Photoshop either hides it away in weird ways (just rotating a
> picture in a default Photoshop setup takes about fifteen steps - if you
> can even puzzle out where it's hidden) or simply did not have it.

Actually Ben, graphic artists seldom use menus to do their work. Most of 
them use keyboard shortcuts. I am not sure how close the keyboard 
shortcuts in GIMP are to that of Photoshop. So the rotating that took 
you fifteen steps in Photoshop might just take two clicks and two key 
press to a veteran Photoshop user.

I think the "familirity factor" or the "comfort zone" thing offered by 
Photoshop might be one of the factors that graphic artists find it hard 
to change to GIMP.

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