[clue] FOSS: Graphics Arts and Designs.

Charles W Downing chuckdowning at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 6 07:11:07 MST 2012



On 03/06/2012 06:11 AM, Philipp Giddings wrote:
> To rotate canvas in gimp
> goto image/transform/flip 90 degrees
> On 03/05/2012 09:58 PM, St.Tos wrote: 

Or more accurately, Tools/rotate (Ctrl-R).  This will help you rotate 
the image to the nearest 0.1 degree.
>> for Creating images I would recommend these tools: MyPaint  GIMP & 
>> Inkscape
>>
>> MyPaint is made specifically to create images by hand. no resize or 
>> crop or any of that jazz
>> This is the easiest program to learn, but the hardest to actually 
>> create things with. It's more like a blank unlimited canvas.
>> But you really should use a drawing tablet with it otherwise it's 
>> full potential is of out of reach.
>>
>> GIMP is harder to learn because it's oozing features left and right. 
>> One almost does not know where to start.
>> I only wish i was able to rotate the canvas in as easily as it I do 
>> with mypaint.
>>
>> Inkscape is for vector images. inkscape is awesome for so many 
>> things. Especially if you plan on having
>> any kind of high resolution images or if you are planning on having 
>> thing printed. this is a great tool for creating logos or even 
>> website mock-ups.
>>
>> It's your choice.
>>
>> I use all three.
>>
>>
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