[cw-discuss] Photoshop CS3

[Andrew Douglas Pitonyak]

Simon Roby wrote:
> Yeah, it's really absurb that the Gimp still lacks CYMK and layer
> styles after all those years. Sometimes I wonder if the Gimp devs are
> actually trying to provide an adequate image manupulation solution.
> For the most part they just don't seem to care.
>   
These sorts of things can be difficult to get right, the majority of 
users don't care, most of the developers probably do not use it, your 
display driver probably does not CMYK.
> Meanwhile free software advocates recommend the Gimp over Photoshop,
> claiming it's "good enough for all your needs" or something like that,
> which results in lots of people having a very bad first impression
> about free software, because the Gimp is definitely not a suitable
> replacement for anyone who does advanced/professional stuff, but
> they've been told otherwise. I really hate that...
>   
Anyone for whom it should make a difference should understand. I know 
many people that edit photographs and I only know one person that that 
bothers to run an ICC profiles for his monitor (and he does not edit 
photographs, he is simply a geek).

That said, I do understand why it bothers you, because you likely do 
know the difference and are tired of people telling you that it does not 
matter. I likely lack the ability to make use of the difference, which 
bothers me <sigh>.

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