[Haifux] GIMP workshop(s): Any interest?

[Dave Roi]

I think the more important issue here is the fact that we, as a more
technically inclined user group, are having such a hard time using it, how
do we expect the simple windows user to do so?

Maybe we should summarize all the problems we are having with it and open
them as usability bugs.

Just a thought, no intension of opening a flame war :-)

Dave.




On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 00:30, Sorana Fraier <sf10095 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am interested too. For a long period I am struggling with this software.
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Yotam Medini יותם מדיני <
> yotam.medini at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Eli,
>>
>> I am interested!
>> But please, limit the demo on windoz for just one layer.
>> Then manipulate it within the OS the club prefers.
>>
>> thanks -- yotam
>>
>> On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:55:54 +0200
>> Eli Billauer <eli at billauer.co.il> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm sure that most of you are aware of the existence of GIMP (The GNU
>> > Image Manipulation Program) which is the free software's answer to
>> > Photoshop (and for once, not an attempt to clone it).
>> >
>> >
>> > I have to admit, that for a long time I had difficulties getting
>> > something useful done with this piece of software. But since I've used
>> > it quite a lot recently, I'm starting to feel at home using GIMP. And
>> > only now it's getting really convenient to use. For me, that is.
>> >
>> >
>> > It's all down to what happens when you paste something (you get a new
>> > layer! Help! Help!) or how to draw a simple rectangle. Or get some text
>> > written down. All those simple things, which are done so differently in
>> > GIMP (for good reasons, once you understand them).
>> >
>> >
>> > So I wondered: Is there any significant interest (emphasize on
>> > significant) in a series of GIMP workshops, in which yours truly goes
>> > through the basics, which we all need to get something useful done? No
>> > slides, just an agenda of things to be clarified and demonstrated. And
>> > some of you in the audience with laptops trying things out (read: going
>> > through your mail ;).
>> >
>> >
>> > The intention is to leave the complicated effects out, and focus on how
>> > to import 20 images in a second, paint the whole screen with one color
>> > in much less, and a lot of playing with layers. Etcetera.
>> >
>> >
>> > And for a change, no Linux knowledge is necessary. As a matter of fact,
>> > I would demonstrate the whole thing on GIMP under Windows XP (just to
>> > prove that point).
>> >
>> >
>> > So what do you say?
>> >
>> >
>> >    Eli
>> >
>> > --
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>> >
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