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Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:55 pm
by amplidood
DP7 in hand. Now to work!!
Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 11:30 pm
by waterstrum
amplidood wrote:DP7 in hand. Now to work!!
Yay!
That is good news.
Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:21 am
by amplidood
Small bump in the road... the app I've been using since the beginning of this journey is an amazing open source app called Seashore. Very simple, very clean, does all the basic stuff needed for this work. Unfortunately, in Snow Leopard it seems to have a problem maintaing color levels when cutting and pasting. This is going to slow me down till a) they fix it or b) I find an alternative. They haven't updated this app in a loooong time, so I'm not too optimistic about that.
I'm looking into the other opensource alternatives, as I don't own PhotoShop or Ilustrator. Gimp does everything, but the interface is TERRIBLE. Like a badly ported Windows app. Looking into a couple others.... will let you know. Sorry for the slowdown.
Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:23 am
by jlaudon
Pixelmator seems quite good, though it costs a bit.
Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:42 am
by amplidood
jlaudon wrote:Pixelmator seems quite good, though it costs a bit.
I literally *just looking* at this one. Seems well put together. I'll see if it can do what I was used to doing in Seashore.
Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 7:58 am
by sdfalk
jlaudon wrote:Pixelmator seems quite good, though it costs a bit.
Hmmm
I thought next to nothing myself
Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:07 am
by bayswater
amplidood wrote: I'm looking into the other opensource alternatives, as I don't own PhotoShop or Ilustrator. Gimp does everything, but the interface is TERRIBLE. Like a badly ported Windows app. Looking into a couple others.... will let you know. Sorry for the slowdown.
Not free, but not expensive is graphicconverter.
Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:33 am
by amplidood
pixelmator can't figure out the .xcf files I used with Seashore. Gimp can. Sigh. Gimp is very very powerful, just terrible to deal with.
Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:43 am
by billf
amplidood wrote:pixelmator can't figure out the .xcf files I used with Seashore. Gimp can. Sigh. Gimp is very very powerful, just terrible to deal with.
Have you tried Photoshop Elements to see if it would work for you? It's
far less expensive than the main Photoshop but for most editing work it has the essentials. Also, Adobe gives a 30 day full feature demo.
Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:30 pm
by amplidood
Gimp is actually turning out to be more manageable than I had originally thought. It's a little weird, but extremely powerful. Things are moving forward.
Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:02 pm
by billf
amplidood wrote:Gimp is actually turning out to be more manageable than I had originally thought. It's a little weird, but extremely powerful. Things are moving forward.
Amplidood, here's a version of Gimp that uses a different GUI, and is closer to Photoshop in UI terms, but is still Gimp underneath:
http://www.gimpshop.com/
GIMPshop is a modification of the free/open source GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), intended to replicate the feel of Adobe Photoshop. Its primary purpose is to make users of Photoshop feel comfortable using GIMP.
It shares all GIMP's advantages, including the long feature list and customisability, while addressing some common criticisms regarding the program's interface: GIMPshop modifies the menu structure to closely match Photoshop's, adjusts the program's terminology to match Adobe's, and, in the Windows version, uses a plugin called 'Deweirdifier' to combine the application's numerous windows in a similar manner to the MDI system used by most Windows graphics packages. While GIMPshop does not support Photoshop plugins, all GIMP's own plugins, filters, brushes, etc. remain available.
Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:42 pm
by amplidood
Everything I read said that GimpShop and Snow Leopard don't get along. Will try it out.
Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:27 pm
by amplidood
Dark is nearly ready. These new versions for 7 will be interim versions, just getting what was already there in place and not trying to get every little niggling detail taken care of just yet. I know a lot of you are suffering the standard GUI and need some relief.
And let me add that I was wrong about Gimp. Yes it has to run in X11 and all the key shortcuts are not Mac-standard...but this thing is a MONSTER. It does so many things automatically that I was having to do extra steps to accomplish in Seashore. I'm already getting extremely comfortable with it. It's sooooo much deeper and I'll probably never discover all that it can do.
Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 3:14 am
by melenko
Wow! Good news.
My son uses it and like it a lot.
Re: Amplidood's GUI mod 3.5.2 (always updating first post)
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 10:13 pm
by frankymax
Any news on the GUI mod for DP7!?... (waiting with anticipation)