[thelist] Windows Graphics App

Chris Coonce-Ewing chris at coonce-ewing.com
Wed Aug 31 13:48:08 CDT 2005


Well I would suggest taking a new look at The Gimp.  It is open source and  
I find it to be very similar to PhotoShop.

Chris

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:28:30 -0400, VOLKAN ÖZÇELİK  
<volkan.ozcelik at gmail.com> wrote:

> You may try Macromedia Fireworks for 30 days (Of course you find
> unethical to visit the dark waters of [some crack searching site] dot
> com).
> It is easy to learn, has layer support (of course), and a good tool
> for vector-based design.
>
> HTH,
> Volkan.
>
> On 8/31/05, Hershel Robinson <hershelr at netvision.net.il> wrote:
>> I run Win 2K and I am looking for an open source app which supports
>> layers. One of my main needs is to put text on top of existing images,
>> and be able to have 2 layers to shadow the colored text with another
>> color. Beyond the layers thing, I don't have much in the way of specific
>>  features. Ease of use would be far higher on my list than
>> feature-richness.
>>
>> I am NOT a graphics guy very much, so I don't know a whole lot about
>> such things, but I can generally do what I need to.
>>
>> I once had such an app, but it's long lost. I think one of my fish
>> swallowed it maybe.
>>
>> I had GIMP some years back and found the interface quite difficult to
>> grasp at the time. Perhaps it has changed since then.
>>
>> Any ideas for me?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Hershel
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