On Saturday 07 July 2007 03:33:21 Elwin Estle wrote: > Not sure how well GimpShop will run on FreeBSD. I don't know anything > about FreeBSD, myself (I am running Ubuntu Dapper), but I wonder if > GimpShop and and the Gimp 2.2.15 it looks like you installed will have a > conflict. On windows, GimpShop has been pretty much a bugfest, at > Gimptalk, we always tried to steer people away from it, because many > complained about its instability, not to mention the fact that asking for > help in it's use was rather confusing, since it uses a different menu setup > than the regular Gimp. I know I tried it at one point, because it would > install without admin privelages on the computers where I work. It ran for > about a day, then would just open and crash immediately afterwards. I got > rid of it. > > Also, not sure what version of Gimp this latest GimpShop is based on, it > most likely isn't the latest stable version. For the longest time, it was > based on Gimp 2.2.8. > > As for Canon RAW files, that's a tricky question. For starters, Gimp, and > most likely, by extension, GimpShop, only supports 8 bit color, so even if > you can open a RAW file in Gimp/GimpShop, you aren't going to get all the > information. > > However.... there is a standalone program, UFRAW, that also can be used as > a Gimp plug-in which will load the files and allow some manipulation. I am > not sure how the plugin will work with GimpShop. > > There is also DigiKam, which, with appropriate plugins, can handle Canon > RAW files. I have a Rebel XT and this is what I use when I want to mess > with RAW files. > > --- David Southwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have installed ports/gimpshop on my fFreebsd 6.1 system. I want to > > compare its functionality with photoshop with which I am extremely > > familar and use extensively on my Win XP system. > > > > I have started gimp and have two newbie questions. > > > > 1. How do I get to start gimpshop? The docs seem to have detailed > > documentation but although I have searched <much head scratching> -- I > > seem unable to find a page that tells me how to get gimpshop running :-( > > > > 2. I found that gimp will itself will open *.jpg but does not open raw > > files - In my case in need to be able to open canon raw files *.cr2 and > > would also like to be able to open photoshop *.psd files. > > > > Here is a list of the relevant gimp packages installed and OS version > > info: > > > > # pkg_info |grep gimp > > gimp-2.2.15,2 The "meta-port" for The Gimp > > gimp-help-0.12 GIMP user's manual > > gimp-print-4.2.7_3 GIMP Print Printer Driver > > gimpshop-2.2.11_5 GIMP fork resembling Adobe Photoshop > > > > # uname -a > > FreeBSD --- 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 7 04:15:57 UTC > > 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP amd64 > > > > Thanks in advance > > Thanks very much for your positive contribution... most helpful -
Have just installed UFRAW...and I will try DigiKam. Thanks again David david _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list Gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
