Who said this could not be done in Gimp? Some examples of Works i created with Gimp that are under CC: Retouching: * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snow_leopard_portrait.jpg (Original) * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snow_leopard_portrait-2010-07-09.jpg (Retouched) * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MarineCorpsCompany_F-2-24_KhalidiyahSandstorm_2008.jpg (Original with wrong colors) * http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:MarineCorpsCompany_F-2-24_KhalidiyahSandstorm_2008_edit.jpg (Color Corrected version) * http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Rana_esculenta_on_Nymphaea_edit.JPG (Original is linked on page) Drawings (may contain nudity): * http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_the_edge_-_free_world_version.jpg * http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Dojikko.png Am 08.03.2011 20:29, schrieb Michael Grosberg: > Ãyvind KolÃs<pippin<at> gimp.org> writes: > >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Michael Grosberg >> <grosberg.michael<at> gmail.com> wrote: >>> Olivier<olecarme<at> gmail.com> writes: >>>> 2011/3/8 Michael Grosberg<grosberg.michael<at> gmail.com> >> These concepts do transfer to GIMP, and if one is generally empowering >> students with the ability to do manipulation on images.. teaching them >> how to do it with GIMP gives them both a skill and an option of a tool >> they can use without a fee; as well as have the freedom to improve in >> the other ways free software does. Pointing out that some things work >> better in Photoshop doesn't seem constructive in this discussion. > You are forgetting what the discussion is about, I think :-) > The original poster asked, among other things, for examples of GIMP being used > for photo-retouching in the real world. I replied that perhaps it was better > to look for places that use GIMP for video game art creation, and mentioned > some reasons why GIMP isn't, to the best of my knowledge, used by photo > retouching professionals. I did not intend to discourage the teaching of GIMP, > only to point the OP in a direction where they are more likely to find a real > professional who uses GIMP. It is, as you said, completely possible to teach > the basic skills using GIMP. But "photo retouching" isn't the only thing GIMP > can do, and I don't see why the need to focus on it. What about web graphics? > digital painting? Texture art? I'm sure the artists who worked on Sintel would > amaze the students with their Gimping skills. > > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-developer mailing list > Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
