« on: July 20, 2008, 04:20:25 PM » First post

tuxpaint as a serious tool.

when I first looked at tux paint, I overlooked it as a kiddy program, but I've found it to actually be quite good!
nothing to compare with the gimp, but you can actually do quite a bit with it.  I made some flowery stuff for my sister's desktop.
(hardy heron or gutsy gibbon, I forget which)
has anyone else used this as a tool?

« on: July 20, 2008, 09:49:33 PM » Reply #1

Re: tuxpaint as a serious tool.

You're a serious tool.

* Garoth is joking

« on: July 21, 2008, 03:57:46 AM » Reply #2

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Well, I'd never even think about it as a professional tool, but it IS easier to use than photoshop or GIMP.

« on: July 21, 2008, 02:16:10 PM » Reply #3

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My kids love it.

I doubt though, that even my kids would consider it a 'serious tool'

« on: July 22, 2008, 04:04:58 AM » Reply #4

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What? v0rT3x or tuxpaint?

« on: July 22, 2008, 11:24:05 AM » Reply #5

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Quote from: angus on July 22, 2008, 04:04:58 AM

What? v0rT3x or tuxpaint?

TOOL!

Anyways while tuxpaint is much more powerful than mspaint, etc. it still does not really stack up. Corel Painter and Photoshop will continue to dominate raster graphics the way it looks.

« on: July 22, 2008, 02:19:22 PM » Reply #6

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GIMP is awesome

« on: July 23, 2008, 02:11:09 AM » Reply #7

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Photoshop is too complex. The basic tools take too long to get to.

« on: July 23, 2008, 04:56:52 AM » Reply #8

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Quote from: angus on July 23, 2008, 02:11:09 AM

Photoshop is too complex. The basic tools take too long to get to.

Really?
I consider it easy to learn, hard to master.
There are easy tasks and hard ones.

« on: July 23, 2008, 09:55:11 AM » Reply #9

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Correl is really an excellent product for what you pay for it.  Definitely recommend the purchase if you do any photo editing.  It includes a lot of the filters that you have to buy separately for Photoshop.

Opensource fanboys have always sung praises of GIMP, but I've had a hard time using it.  It impresses me as counter intuitive.  I've heard that there is a package that puts a new UI on GIMP that is intended to be 'more like Photoshop', that I haven't tried yet.  Cinepaint I think.

« on: July 23, 2008, 05:47:23 PM » Reply #10

Re: tuxpaint as a serious tool.

You're thinking of GimpShop, probably.

Anyway, I love GIMP as it is, nothing much more to say. I do a lot with it too.

« on: July 23, 2008, 10:33:07 PM » Reply #11

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do you do more photo editing/touchup, or graphic editing (like textures and web graphics for instance)?

I think what you do with it makes a big difference.  Inkscape is a great program, for instance, but has a very finite scope.

« on: July 24, 2008, 12:47:13 AM » Reply #12

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I do both. I've been the main and often the only artist for MG for around two years now, have made a texture for Tremulous, and am the lead artist for Plutocracy as well. I use Inkscape, Blender, and GIMP on an extremely regular basis.

« on: July 24, 2008, 02:25:32 PM » Reply #13

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I, myself, dabble and spatter with the one and only Kid Pix.   

« on: July 24, 2008, 08:20:43 PM » Reply #14

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Haha, the good old days. I used that back in elementary school on an ancient mac.