Gian Paolo Mureddu wrote:
- For Windows it is not one simple download, run setup, and you're
good. You also have to install the GTK+ runtime environment *first*,
which just by its name is pretty intimidating for non-technical users.
In fact, it might be intimidating enough to be off-putting.
I hate to disagree with you, there are GIMP packages which include GTK
and install it before The GIMP as such is installed, much like GAIM
packages which include the GTK runtime or not, and you download
accordingly.
Can you provide a link?
- For OS X it is even more complicated; you have to install fink or
ports (for dlcompa), and you have to install X11 before you can
install the GIMP. This is quite a bit of a PITA.
There are plenty of great potential art contributors out there who may
not necessarily be technical enough to quickly / easily figure out how
to install the GIMP on their art development platform of choice.
I guess I'm just trying to say that things could be worse - the
artwork could be in a format that a FOSS program like the GIMP or
inkscape couldn't even open to view. And it may not be all that easy
for contributing artists to convert their stuff to open formats before
submitting.
I have strong doubts of these contributor artists promoting *FOSS* tools
and OSes if they *don't* use such tools... seems just completely not
right for some reason... It would be like creating Apple artwork on a
Windows PC (or a Sun Solaris workstation, for that matter). Not that
they couldn't, but there sure are ways to produce open formats even on
such closed platforms, like GIMP selfcontained packages or Inkscape self
contained packages.
For vector art, I firmly believe Inkscape makes any proprietary vector artwork
creation program unnecessary. For bitmap-based art though.... simple tasks take
a lot longer in the GIMP. They seriously do. Volunteers only have so much time
as it is...
If anybody would like to submit contributions in an open format but
are having trouble converting their work or aren't sure where to
start, feel free to send your stuff to me and I'll be happy to convert
it and I'll also help you get the GIMP / whatever installed.
Maybe these should be part of the guidelines/instructions too over at
the artwork wikis? Not that helping fellow users is a bad thing, but for
others that may be in the same situation, a central reference can prove
to be more helpful for a lot of users, as opposed to help out on an
individual basis.
Sure, would you like to write it?
~m
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