Comments on: Brush me down http://skinofstars.com/2007/11/brush-me-down/ Machines, Media and Miscellanea Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:45:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: tony flaig bignews http://skinofstars.com/2007/11/brush-me-down/comment-page-1/#comment-185 tony flaig bignews Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-185 I've worked with the occasional Gimp and even for free its not worth it.<br/><br/>That gimp program is crap, why not dip into your food and beer fund and buy a proper program or alternatively wait until some PC magazine has a free semi decent photo program on the cover.<br/><br/>That gimp also takes best part of an hour to load up.<br/><br/>Just out of curiosity when you've been educated Kevin will you be providing society with labour for free or expecting some wonger! I’ve worked with the occasional Gimp and even for free its not worth it.

That gimp program is crap, why not dip into your food and beer fund and buy a proper program or alternatively wait until some PC magazine has a free semi decent photo program on the cover.

That gimp also takes best part of an hour to load up.

Just out of curiosity when you’ve been educated Kevin will you be providing society with labour for free or expecting some wonger!

]]> By: SkinOfStars http://skinofstars.com/2007/11/brush-me-down/comment-page-1/#comment-186 SkinOfStars Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-186 I agree, the gimp is not as fast to load as say, solitaire (actually, its pretty slick in its native environment but it does have to load additional toolkits to work in Windows), but it is a professional image manipulation program comparable to many expensive industry platforms. In fact, the gimp is used by many companies in order to reduce overheads and as such provide an improved value for money service to customers while still maintaining professional standards.<br/><br/>I understand that the program is not as easy to learn as something like paint, but sometimes one needs to spend some time with an application in order to be able to use it to a standard anywhere near its potential.<br/><br/>I already provide labour to society for free in my spare time and intend to continue doing so. I am not so fanciful to believe that money isn't a necessity, but I am not so self interested that I would only do something if I accompanied it with the phrase "and what do I get out of it?". Understand, I am not a fresh-faced school kid who is at university because I didn't know what else to do with my time. I am someone who is making an investment in myself with the honest hope of being able to give back as much to society as possible. I agree, the gimp is not as fast to load as say, solitaire (actually, its pretty slick in its native environment but it does have to load additional toolkits to work in Windows), but it is a professional image manipulation program comparable to many expensive industry platforms. In fact, the gimp is used by many companies in order to reduce overheads and as such provide an improved value for money service to customers while still maintaining professional standards.

I understand that the program is not as easy to learn as something like paint, but sometimes one needs to spend some time with an application in order to be able to use it to a standard anywhere near its potential.

I already provide labour to society for free in my spare time and intend to continue doing so. I am not so fanciful to believe that money isn’t a necessity, but I am not so self interested that I would only do something if I accompanied it with the phrase “and what do I get out of it?”. Understand, I am not a fresh-faced school kid who is at university because I didn’t know what else to do with my time. I am someone who is making an investment in myself with the honest hope of being able to give back as much to society as possible.

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