OpenAmiga (559/964)

From:Ed Dana
Date:18 Sep 2000 at 21:34:35
Subject:Re: AMIOPEN: Missing pieces and SHEEP's designer

Patrick Roberts wrote:

>
> Jesse McClusky wrote:
> >
> > > From: "Patrick Roberts" <artix@pacbell.net>
> > >
> > > How does Photogenics compare to Gimp?
> >
> > Photogenics was created because art programs aren't
> > written from the point of view of the artist, and Paul
> > (being a young artist at the time) decided that at least
> > one should be.
> >
> > Gimp was written to try to emulate Adobe Photoshop,
> > without the several hundred dollar price tag.
> >
>
> Wow! That's my biggest complaint with Gimp- it
> feels like it was written by a bunch of programmers
> with no input from artists. Even though it has more
> features than Photoshop I find it isn't as easy
> to work with.

That's always been what has seperated Amiga in the past, it has always
been the computer for the artist (or at least the very creative :). My
hope is that it will continue to be.



Sincerely, | Good and bad I defined these terms,
Ed Dana | Quite clear, no doubt, somehow...
Software Developer | Ah, but I was so much older then,
Amiga Enthusiast. | I'm younger than that now!
| -- Bob Dylan, My Back Pages.
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