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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=328233123-07122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>HI Claire,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=328233123-07122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>There is also a modification of GIMP called GIMPShop which
looks like Photoshop, but I haven't used it much.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=328233123-07122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.gimpshop.com/">http://www.gimpshop.com/</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=328233123-07122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=328233123-07122008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Jamie</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> yr7-10it-bounces@edulists.com.au
[mailto:yr7-10it-bounces@edulists.com.au] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Bill
Kerr<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, 6 December 2008 7:40 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Year 7 - 10
Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Yr7-10it]
GIMP photoshop imitations<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>hi Claire,<BR><BR>I've been using GIMP for years but have not made
much headway in getting other teachers to pick it up, especially the art
teachers who regard photoshop as their bread and butter - hence my request for
feedback re the GIMP photoshop emulators, if anyone has used them<BR><BR>We can
still put it on a free CD which can be borrowed in the Resource
Centre<BR><BR>cheers<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Claire Adams <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:claire.e.adams@gmail.com">claire.e.adams@gmail.com</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Bill,<BR><BR>I
think it's definitely worthwhile checking out GIMP. It's free!
Who<BR>doesn't love that? Schools unncessarily fork out heaps of money
for<BR>photoediting software when they could be using FOSS instead.<BR>I've
worked with GIMP with students 8-10 previously and they seemed to<BR>cope with
transfering their skills.<BR>Give it a go yourself before you decide to
implement it though. A<BR>problem I ran into was that other staff
members were unaware of GIMP,<BR>so I'd recommend some T&D to make sure
that it actually gets used in<BR>all lessons.<BR>I know that when I set my
machine to dual boot linux & windoze I end<BR>up ignoring one OS, and
that's exactly what the students did with<BR>GIMP. Unless they were reminded
of it they 'instinctively' used PShop.<BR> So I'd recommend getting rid
of pShop when you install GIMP on the<BR>school's system(s).<BR>I didn't use
an app to make GIMP into a pShop clone - just as we<BR>expect people to
transfer their skills from one Word Processor to<BR>another i think we should
expect them to transfer their skills from<BR>one image editor to
another.<BR><BR>Claire Adams<BR>
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<DIV class=Wj3C7c><BR>On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 12:17 AM, Bill Kerr <<A
href="mailto:billkerr@gmail.com">billkerr@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR>>
would it be worthwhile checking these out closely?<BR>> anyone done
this?<BR>> this would be a free distro and the skill transfer from these to
photoshop<BR>> might be quite close<BR>> might provide more leverage for
reluctant photoshop addicts to use GIMP?<BR>><BR>> <A
href="http://www.gimphoto.com/"
target=_blank>http://www.gimphoto.com/</A><BR>><BR>> GimPhoto + GimPad =
free Photoshop alternative<BR>><BR>> <A href="http://www.gimpshop.com/"
target=_blank>http://www.gimpshop.com/</A><BR>> "GIMPshop is a modification
of the free/open source GNU Image Manipulation<BR>> Program (GIMP),
intended to replicate the feel of Adobe Photoshop. Its<BR>> primary purpose
is to make users of Photoshop feel comfortable using GIMP."<BR>><BR>>
wikipedia says that GimPhoto is based on a more recent GIMP<BR>> GimPhoto -
a similar project, that is based on a more up-to-date version of<BR>> the
GIMP<BR>> <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMPshop"
target=_blank>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMPshop</A><BR>><BR>>
--<BR>> Bill Kerr<BR>> <A href="http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/"
target=_blank>http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/</A><BR>><BR></DIV></DIV>>
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