Nuno Miguel dos Santos Baeta a écrit : > Hello! > > I don't understand anything about digital image manipulation but I've > got to learn as, last year, I finally bought a digital camera, after > making photos with film for many years, mainly B&W which I developed > and printed myself. To learn digital image manipulation I need a > program such as GIMP and Photoshop. > > Another important piece of information about me: I've been using Un*x > since 1986. These days I use OpenBSD (server) and > Debian/Ubuntu/gNewSense (desktop/laptop) and I don't want to change OS > - if I have to, I'll be changing to Mac OS X, no Microsoft Windows. > > According to my 'research', Photoshop is the 'de facto' standard for > image manipulation, quite expensive and exists for Mac OS X or > Microsoft Windows. GIMP is free, its license is GPL, and exists for > GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. > > My 'research' included asking on a mailing list about photography > (photos made with a specific brand of cameras) about technical > differences between these two programs. The answers I got can be > summarized to: > > * Photoshop: Must be used for 'serious' work. > > * GIMP: May be used for 'serious' work if that means showing a photo > on a web page. Otherwise forget it because: > > ** Is has no color management (I don't know what this is); > ** Just 8 bit/channel; > ** No CMYK. > > Even though answers on this list may be biased, I have to ear them. > So, are this statements true? > > TIA! > > PS - I have also been advised to use a program such as Aperture (Mac > OS X only) or Lightroom (Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows), as that is > what a photographer really needs. Because of this advise, I guess > I'll be asking some questions on the digiKam and F-Spot mailing lists, > as presume these make the same job as Aperture or Lightroom. > First : do you have a reflex and do you use the raw format for your photos ? If no you are not concerned by the "limitations" of Gimp. If you have a reflex and use the raw format to record photos Gimp covers 95% of the needs of a very good and professional photographer.
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