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Getting professional results from Gimp

Submitted by stro on Fri, 2007-08-10 07:17. GIMP
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Image editing and creation is not limited to the Mac or Windows. In fact, one of the flagship applications for Linux (and open source) happens to be a photo manipulation application. Gimp is a very powerful tool that equals (and, in some instances, bests) its proprietary competition.

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You obviously have no idea

Submitted by Eugenia on Thu, 2007-08-16 12:29.

You obviously have no idea what you are talking about and you have not seen the difference in quality after editing between an 8bit and a 16bit image.

16bits by Anonymous George (not verified)

This was a reply to this

Submitted by Eugenia on Thu, 2007-08-16 12:30.

This was a reply to this btw: http://gnomedesktop.org/node/3292/42174#comment-42174

Agreed by Anonymous George (not verified)

Gimp is excellent

Submitted by gimpguy2200 on Thu, 2007-08-16 03:09.

Well I found Gimp about a year ago and I think it bests the competition. If you know Gimp, it's virtually unlimited. I think text bending to smooth needs work and of the million things it can do, that's only one small drawback I found. Aside from that, I have had jobs creating icons, banners, etc...using Gimp. I even made a Google Page specifically for beginners to download a PDF tut I created and posted my work. I had some PS users look at my work and have in fact switched to Gimp. If you look here> http://comicfan2000.googlepages.com/home

The bowl, Sword and shield, and everything else is right from scratch, no image manipulation, no outside source at all. If Gimp can do this, it can do anything, it gets no better than realism. Sure i've been told I have a natural knack for it, but it still must have the capabilities. I sure couldn't do this stuff in Paint.

GG

well...

Submitted by Eugenia on Mon, 2007-08-13 12:38.

Problem is, it will take another year or more before a stable gimp revision with 16bit support is released. In fact, it might take more than a year because they will have to rewrite most of the plugins/scripts. Photoshop went through the same ordeal too, they lost a number of features just so they can add 16bit support.

Nice introduction

Submitted by Anonymous George (not verified) on Sun, 2007-08-12 22:21.

But far from showing professional results.

BTW, can't someone help the GIMP guys so that they can finally complete the GEGL effort and integration? I mean, fund the guys, open up some Google SoC tasks... anything!

It seems that every geek appreciates GIMP, but the project never really get the help it needs... To an outsider, it always seems as if it's moving on glacial speed.

I'll Second That!

Submitted by BrendaEM on Sun, 2007-08-12 13:07.

They should scrap the non-film gimp version. The 8-bit version is only good for web images.

[They won't listen though. If you aren't a magazine editor, they just won't listen.]

why?

Submitted by rutulian on Mon, 2007-08-13 13:40.

Why would they do that? Why does that even make sense? There are already plans to add 16-bit color support via Gegl. You may want it sooner and wish to use the film gimp hack, but that doesn't mean all efforts to replace the Gimp core with a new clean architecture should be dropped.

no 16bit support

Submitted by Eugenia on Sat, 2007-08-11 22:19.

Not good for pro/prosumer photographers without 16bit per pixel support though.

gegl

Submitted by rutulian on Mon, 2007-08-13 08:05.

Gegl is, supposedly, coming after Gimp 2.4 is released. Apparently that will be soon...

Gegl... by Anonymous George (not verified)
16 bit color a bit overrated by Anonymous George (not verified)
wtf!!! by Anonymous George (not verified)

A PROSUMER is...

Submitted by gbutler69 on Wed, 2007-09-05 17:56.

...someone who thinks everyone else should "oooh" and "aaaah" over their impressive catalog of family vacation photos.

Chains find only willing wrists...so if you're willing, vote Republican. You know, on second thought, you'd be just as well to throw your hat in with some random group (democrats will do just fine too) and follow.

I have several digital

Submitted by BrendaEM on Wed, 2007-08-29 11:32.

I have several digital images in which I wish I had just a few more brightness levels. As you know, digital imaging exposure is quite linear with no inherent soft curves at the top and bottom of the range, such as film has.

Often cameras have only 12 or 14 bit sensors, but each additional bit doubles the available levels. Eight-bit Gimp handles 256 levels while 16-bit Gimp handles 65,536 levels, with 12-bit representing 4,096 levels and 14-bit representing 16,384 levels.

If Gimp is to work for professional photographers, it absolutely needs 16-bit per channel color. Grabbing eight bits from RAWs to work on them for processing is fine for snapshots, but not for professional or art photos.

I've used Gimp on dozens of projects, but I wouldn't use it for doing anything with RAW images until it has 16-bit color.

To better prove your point, you could find a group of photographers who are willing to convert all their Raw images into 8bpp images, and then delete the original RAWs--even their cherished photos...but that's not going to happen.

"And then delete the by Anonymous George (not verified)

My point is: You will not

Submitted by BrendaEM on Thu, 2007-09-06 11:01.

My point is: You will not find many pro photographers who would give up 12/14/16-bit color.

16 bit needed by Anonymous George (not verified)
We all know that Gimp has no by Anonymous George (not verified)
Re: We all know that Gimp has no by Anonymous George (not verified)