[lugip] FYI and Re: linking layers in the GIMP

Stu Field stu.field at comcast.net
Sun Dec 16 18:14:50 EST 2007 

Hi,
    I'm not an expert at this, but I am pretty sure that a GIMP add in called UFRAW will let you pull in RAW files from most cameras including Nikon. I use this in windows with the GIMP and it seems to work ok. It is opensource software, so it is free. Link is below.
    As for color space, again just a guess but if your system and printer color spaces are set up, wouldn't the GIMP just sort of default to work in the color space the system is using?
    Again just a photo nerd chipping in his 2cents worth.

http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/Install.html
                                                                                                                    Stu Field
                                                                                                                    stu.field at comcast.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: John LeMasney 
Cc: lugip at lugip.org 
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 05:08 PM
Subject: Re: [lugip] linking layers in the GIMP


I think in our discussion, none of the users were concerned with proprietary/RAW image types, CMYK color spaces, or industry standards, though those are all valid points in their relative contexts. 

I myself prefer Dreamweaver to any other XHTML based site management tool, and have not found a true equivalent to it in the open source world. And don't even get me started on video editing, for which many fail to approach Premiere in capability, stability, or utility within the OSS space. 

But the GIMP pretty much rocks for most of the image editing I do, and I use it for quite a bit of high level editing. I stopped using Photoshop at least 3 years ago. 

I'm using a Nikon DSLR, but I don't shoot in RAW, mostly because of their proprietary stance. Had I known about the issue before I purchased my D70, I might have gone a different route. 

John. 



Will Dennis wrote: 
  What the heck is "MacroDobe"? (I take it's a play on Micro$oft.) Not all closed-source software is inherently bad you know. 

  /ducks/



  Seriously, from what I hear, for a pro digital artist, the GIMP !(!!!!!!!!)= Adobe Photoshop CS3. GIMP doesn't support support CMYK or PANTONE colorspaces, which are the lingua franca of the commercial printing industry. And it does not have any (native) support for RAW photo import, which is the common format in pro digital photography (heck, I even shoot in NEF format, which is Nikon's RAW. Photoshop opens it natively.)



  That said, for the once-in-a-while image manip's I do (at work anyways), I use the GIMP. It's very nice for what it is. But if I was a pro artist, I'm pretty sure I'd be using Photoshop.





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  From: lugip-bounces at lugip.org [mailto:lugip-bounces at lugip.org] On Behalf Of John LeMasney
  Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 2:41 PM
  Cc: lugip at lugip.org
  Subject: Re: [lugip] linking layers in the GIMP



  Joe reminded me of the specific need. I did not remember that detail, but no, that is not available in the latest version of the GIMP. 

  I can see how that might be inconvenient. Maybe 'layer folders' are patented by MacroDobe.

  Oh well, thought I was on to something there. In the meantime, I'm not willing to pay hundreds of dollars a year (or steal software) for that particular feature. 

  John. 

  Joe Terranova wrote: 

The I think you forgot the pertinent details. You can link one groupof layers. How do you have multiple groups of layers? On Dec 14, 2007 1:26 PM, John LeMasney <lemasney at rider.edu> wrote:  We were having a post meeting discussion at Applebee's on the viabilityof the GIMP as a Photoshop replacement, and the discussion came down to'can you link layers' to which I did not know the answer definitively. Attached is a screenshot just to confirm that in the later versions ofthe GNU Image Manipulation Program (2.4.2 here), linking layers is apresent function. John. --John William LeMasneyRider University Manager, Training and Instructional Technology phone:          609 896 5000 x7145email:          lemasney at rider.eduoffice:         Fine Arts 137 Personal Blog:          http://lemasney.comBreadcrumb Trail:               http://crumb.tumblr.com ======================================================================Autocratic - a leader who tends to centralize authority and derive power from position, control of rewards, and coercion (Daft, 2008, p. 44).   _______________________________________________Lugip mailing listLugip at lugip.orghttp://www.lugip.org/mailman/listinfo/lugip      



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