Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-04 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-10-04, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Grant Edwards : > >> Holy Cow. >> >> I'd like to build something just like the Brooklyn Bridge, only with >> more lanes. > > Failed grandiose attempts make you into a better software developer. > > Successful grandiose attempts even more so! > > Always playin

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-04 Thread Marko Rauhamaa
Grant Edwards : > Holy Cow. > > I'd like to build something just like the Brooklyn Bridge, only with > more lanes. Failed grandiose attempts make you into a better software developer. Successful grandiose attempts even more so! Always playing it safe condemns you to mediocrity. Not that mediocr

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-04 Thread Blake Garretson
Creating a standalone, special-purpose program that does one thing really well seems doable for a beginner. What you are describing sounds much more involved than that though. Frankly, it is overwhelming. I would HIGHLY suggest looking into creating an extension/plugin for an existing open-sourc

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-03 Thread Michael Torrie
On 10/02/2015 02:23 PM, Kenneth L wrote: > No don't tell me what to do. I joined the military 3 years ago. You > wouldn't believe the stuff I wasn't able to do before but now I am. > You can keep your advice to yourself. I wasn't asking for something > simple. I was asking for a starting point. The

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread paul.hermeneutic
On Oct 2, 2015 12:31 PM, "Kenneth L" wrote: > I'm not sure about the plugin route. I'm not looking to build a plug, lol. Just a finger to point me where to go/start. Writing a plug-in for an existing open source project would be a good starting point to see how others have approached graphics ap

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Terry Reedy
On 10/2/2015 12:41 PM, Kenneth L wrote: I'm a graphic designer. I'm new to Python. I know html, css, alittle actioscript and little javascript. I actually build an iOS using Flash. I understand programming concepts I believe. I'd like to build a Illustrator/Photoshop like program. Why, there are

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 02/10/2015 19:25, Kenneth L wrote: Well 15 years ago when I was 15 I wanted to model cars in 3D. It took me 100 hours and 5-10 years but I can modeling a realistic vehicle and other objects in 3d. It was time consuming and challenging but it was worth it. And honestly I've used my 3d modeli

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 02/10/2015 18:39, Grant Edwards wrote: On 2015-10-02, Kenneth L wrote: I'm a graphic designer. I'm new to Python. I know html, css, alittle actioscript and little javascript. I actually build an iOS using Flash. I understand programming concepts I believe. I'd like to build a Illustrator

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Ian Kelly
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Kenneth L wrote: > I tried to use gimp but as a photoshop user it was horrible. I was trying to > like it. That is a great idea tearing down gimp. that is how I learn html and > css. Breakin down websites. What about Inkscape? It's a lot friendlier than GIMP, an

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Bartc
On 02/10/2015 21:23, Kenneth L wrote: And I didn't get that by going basic. Keep your advice Bartc. OK, I will. Although I'm now curious as to what advice you /do/ want. -- Bartc -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Kenneth L
No don't tell me what to do. I joined the military 3 years ago. You wouldn't believe the stuff I wasn't able to do before but now I am. You can keep your advice to yourself. I wasn't asking for something simple. I was asking for a starting point. The 3d was to show you I've learned hard stuff an

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Bartc
On 02/10/2015 17:41, Kenneth L wrote: I actually build an iOS using Flash. What does that mean? That you built an Apple-like operating system using Flash? I'd like to build a Illustrator/Photoshop like program. You've probably got the message by now that that is not trivial. Maybe this

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Random832
And right after I posted this I found all the stuff mentioning someone had hijacked the name and added spyware... sorry... On Fri, Oct 2, 2015, at 14:57, Random832 wrote: > On Fri, Oct 2, 2015, at 14:27, Kenneth L wrote: > > I tried to use gimp but as a photoshop user it was horrible. > > This is

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Random832
On Fri, Oct 2, 2015, at 14:27, Kenneth L wrote: > I tried to use gimp but as a photoshop user it was horrible. This is off-topic, but have you tried Gimpshop? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Kenneth L
I tried to use gimp but as a photoshop user it was horrible. I was trying to like it. That is a great idea tearing down gimp. that is how I learn html and css. Breakin down websites. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Kenneth L
Well 15 years ago when I was 15 I wanted to model cars in 3D. It took me 100 hours and 5-10 years but I can modeling a realistic vehicle and other objects in 3d. It was time consuming and challenging but it was worth it. And honestly I've used my 3d modeling skills to build displays and products

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-10-02, Kenneth L wrote: > I'm a graphic designer. I'm new to Python. I know html, css, alittle > actioscript and little javascript. I actually build an iOS using > Flash. I understand programming concepts I believe. > I'd like to build a Illustrator/Photoshop like program. Holy Cow. I'

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Fri, 02 Oct 2015 09:41:16 -0700, Kenneth L writes: >I'd like to build a Illustrator/Photoshop like program. Why, there are some features that I'd like to personally have. Example, randomizing the rotation, line height and sizing of text. You have to do this manually. It would be

Re: Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 2:41 AM, Kenneth L wrote: > I'm a graphic designer. I'm new to Python. I know html, css, alittle > actioscript and little javascript. I actually build an iOS using Flash. I > understand programming concepts I believe. > > I'd like to build a Illustrator/Photoshop like prog

Newbie: Designer Looking to Build Graphics Editor (PS/AI)

2015-10-02 Thread Kenneth L
I'm a graphic designer. I'm new to Python. I know html, css, alittle actioscript and little javascript. I actually build an iOS using Flash. I understand programming concepts I believe. I'd like to build a Illustrator/Photoshop like program. Why, there are some features that I'd like to persona