[clue] FOSS: Graphics Arts and Designs.

[ed]

thank you for the encouraging words and insight on work flow.
it is much appreciated.
yes it was a binary question and I agree the answer is more gray than
up or down.
thank you

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Darrin Goodman
<darrin.goodman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 8:27 PM, ed <ezedtheamerican at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> There seem to be a great number of packages to choose from.
>> I am at a loss as to which one is the best to create static and animated
>> images.
>> Anybody else dabble in Graphics arts on their Linux box?
>>
>
> Ed, it really depends on what you are looking to do.  You've mentioned
> creating "static" and "animated" images, and you've also asked "which one is
> the best".  There are lots of tools that are freely available in the Linux
> world that will allow you to create static images, and probably animated
> images too.  Some tools are really good at performing certain tasks, and are
> not so good at performing other tasks.
>
> For myself, if I want to create custom graphics that I might be using for a
> website's graphical header, for a poster design,  for a publication, or for
> some other graphical purpose of a professional nature, (more than just
> resizing or removing red-eye), I would prefer to use the Gimp.
>
> There are also some really good online graphics tools that are now freely
> available.  You don't have to download/install anything; the tool works
> through your web browser.  Tools that readily come to mind are located at:
> - http://pixlr.com/
> - http://www.sumopaint.com/home/
> Another online tool that allows you to create some neat paint effects is
> located at http://www.psykopaint.com/
>
> If you are wanting to create custom illustrations, you might want to explore
> Inkscape.
>
> As for creating animations, you could probably use Gimp to create animated
> gif's, but I've never tried that so I don't know for sure.
>
> In my opinion, there is no one tool that fits the category of being "the
> best" because no one tool is necessarily "the best" at completing all tasks.
>  Some tools just work better for certain tasks than others.  However, for
> me, the Gimp pretty much will do just about anything that I need it to do.
>  In my day-job, I will often choose between using Photoshop or Gimp,
> depending on which one is a better fit for the task at hand, but when doing
> freelance work from home (we're a Linux-only household...), the Gimp
> satisfies most of my needs.  Perhaps for running a batch process or creating
> a favicon or something, imagemagick might be a better choice.  Side note:
> another batch editing tool that I use quite frequently for resizing multiple
> images is the nautilus-image-converter tool (read more about this
> here: http://www.hilltopyodeler.com/blog/?p=265)
>
> Some tools that you might consider looking at are gThumb, imagemagick,
> MyPaint, Inkscape, Shutter (screen capture and basic image editing), and the
> Gimp.  For selecting colors, you might consider using gcolor2 (for specific
> colors) and Agave (for color palette ideas).  My suggestion would be to
> explore all of the wonderful tools that you have available at your
> fingertips and see what works best for you, and what works best for
> accomplishing a specific task.  Oh, and have fun in the process!
>
> -Darrin
>
>
>
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