Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on June 20, 2004 11:29 PM
I'm not a publisher, just an end user. I use Gimp, and although I still haven't figured out how to draw a straight line, it's still very useful for my needs. And I've used Photoshop (5.5, 5, 4) as well. Photoshop was more intuitive for me (I actually used 5 and 5.5 before using 4 on another computer) for some work, and Gimp has some getting used to, but it is good enough for me now.
The article mentioned raster graphics, and vector graphics. The last time I read an article that reviewed gimp/sodipodi and other FOSS compared to Adobe tools (probably right here on Newsforge), raster and vector graphics were mentioned again, and at that time, I took a quick look at Sodipodi, but I couldn't figure out what to use it for, as compared to the Gimp. The earlier article also mentioned a few other FOSS apps, and their proprietary equivalents, and I was able to find and look at one of the other FOSS apps mentioned, in my running Linux distro, although I can't remember the name of it right now.
Can someone provide a layman's explanation of what vector graphics and raster graphics tools are/do? An explanation that provides examples (explained, I'm not asking you to go out and design something) that illustrate what the differences are, and what/why each would be used in different applications, would be greatly appreciated.
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Re:Sodipodi
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on June 20, 2004 11:29 PMThe article mentioned raster graphics, and vector graphics. The last time I read an article that reviewed gimp/sodipodi and other FOSS compared to Adobe tools (probably right here on Newsforge), raster and vector graphics were mentioned again, and at that time, I took a quick look at Sodipodi, but I couldn't figure out what to use it for, as compared to the Gimp. The earlier article also mentioned a few other FOSS apps, and their proprietary equivalents, and I was able to find and look at one of the other FOSS apps mentioned, in my running Linux distro, although I can't remember the name of it right now.
Can someone provide a layman's explanation of what vector graphics and raster graphics tools are/do? An explanation that provides examples (explained, I'm not asking you to go out and design something) that illustrate what the differences are, and what/why each would be used in different applications, would be greatly appreciated.
Very nice article btw.
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