And one _really_ cool feature that this version comes with is foreground selection. Say you have a person in the foreground you want to select. Choose the foreground select tool, where the first step is to very roughly draw an outline around the person (very rough is good enough). Then the next step is to scribble on some of the person (within the boundaries of the actual person). Then, presto, it's done. So much nicer than mucking around with the lasso.
<br><br>vik<br><br>On 10/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Roland Gesthuizen</b> <<a href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com">rgesthuizen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/plakboek/1782201276/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
<img style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" alt="">
</a> <br> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/plakboek/1782201276/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
Gimp version 2.4 on Ubuntu Linux</a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/plakboek/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> </a></span></div></div>Here
is a screenshot of the software <a href="http://www.gimp.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">GIMP,</a> version 2.4 This is a powerful
graphics software package with many cool features including new icon
theme, scalable brushes, revised selection tools, new color menu,
full-screen editing, new crop tool, improved printing, red eye removal,
perspective clone and lens distortion tools.<br><br>Not only are there
flavours of Gimp that run on just about any computer operating system,
because the software is FLOSS it can be freely downloaded and used by
my students and colleagues. There is even a variant called <a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">GIMP Portable</a>
that can run on a USB drive or another called <a href="http://gimpshop.blogspot.com/2005/10/what-is-gimpshop.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
Gimpshop</a> that changes the interface to something resembling Adobe Photoshop, <br><br>Gimp
has attracted some criticism (perhaps unfairly) because of its user
interface. As Donna once pointed out to me, the right mouse button is
your friend in the default Gimp interface and will bring up many of the
functions needed or looked for.<br><br>Once users get become familiar with the
interface of one software package they are often reluctant to adapt or
master the interface of another. When the general concepts of layers,
filters and functions are so similar, it is sad to see them stuck on
this learning curve. None of the major graphics software packages
really work 'out of the box' without some external help with lessons or
tutorials. In the context of a secondary school, arguments about
'industrial software standards' are phony and undignified. <br><br>It all comes
down to your personal taste, needs, funding and experience. As a
lite user, it does exactly what I need from a software graphics package
with the basic functions just a click away. :-)<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br>
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