Surprisingly a recent survey conducted by Novell listed
Photoshop as the must have application on Linux followed by a number of other design applications. I never thought of
Linux as a media friendly OS but I guess many users are pushing for it to happen. When I first tried using GIMP on my
Windows desktop at work it was a nightmare. I found myself increasingly frustrated with having to adjust my work flow
to match what the creators of GIMP developed. Then GIMPshop came onto the scene and while it was a vast improvement for
the designers weaned on Adobe's offering, I still couldn't get the hang of using it for long projects. It was perfectly
fine for cropping or adjusting the colors but I still yearned for Photoshop.Apparently other designers feel this way, voting for Photoshop as the must have port on the Linux OS. For an insightful look as to why Photoshop users can't live with GIMPshop and the upcoming improvements to GIMP, continue reading at DesktopLinux.com.
Ever feel guilty that you haven't been paying your dues to the mighty Adobe/Macromedia giant, overseer of all tools used by us lowly designers? Neither have I, especially with this nifty hack of Gimp. Called the GIMPshop, it's a cosmetic hack of the GNU image manipulation tool. Upon further inspection, it's not as much of a cosmetic hack as it is a UI hack. You may think those are the same things, but what it really does is reorganize all the menus, basically recreating your Photoshop workflow on Gimp. I've been forced to use Gimp for the last month now at work since they won't spring for an Adobe Creative Suite license, but I'm getting the hang of it and GIMPshop should only make things easier. Cross platform!
