Making progress with GIMP
Linux, Web Development, GimpI ran across a tutorial on how to create "Vista" like buttons with GIMP. If you have ever tried to use GIMP to do anything, you know how much different it is than most other graphics editors out there. For the longest time I just thought it was just terrible...but that was before I found some examples on how to use it.
I'm happy to report that by following along with this tutorial (read it here) that I was able to duplicate these buttons. Ok, so GIMP might not be so bad...what else does it do?
I then dug some more and found another cool tutorial on created "old" photos.
Once again...success! I got reallly close on this one, with a pic of my son. In this tutorial (read it here), I realized that there is a whole world of add-ons for GIMP. Some brushes from here were used to create the distressed looking scratches on the image.
For more GIMP Tutorials, you can check out gimp-turorials.net
The main thing is, at least I realize that there is actually a reason to search for a solution in GIMP!
I had always just written it off and tried running photoshop under wine, which just isn't a great solution. I like it when I can further sever the Microsoft dependencies. The only thing left is that nagging little need to do IE browser testing (!).
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