Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Dan, Yesterday I installed Linux on my Windows machine as a dual boot-up system. Haven't tried it yet, I'm a little unsure of what I have on my hands here. I intend to use MVware and install Windows XP on top of it so I have the best of both worlds until I get used to Linux. That's the theory anyway. The real question is, how good is the Gimp? I have read a little about it and cannot find their equivalent to "actions". Since I do a lot of repetitive work in PS, it saves me many hours a week to make specific little actions to run a particular set of instructions. Is their such a thing? Regards Rob > > > Dan (|Still crazy after all these years) Post > > PS- An aside to those commenting on GIMP--- I have been using the RedHat > 7.3, and GIMP is pretty good- I did download the Corel Photo Suite 9 for > LINUX, but can't get the darn thing to load right... If you have had some > success with it- contact me offlist... I need to pick yer brain!! > Even though Windows 2000 is pretty stable, it is like the puppy you cannot > leave at home alone--- after a while it poops on the floor and you need to > clean things up! LINUX is a pleasant surprise in that it will chug along for > weeks with 'nary a glitch! I am surprised that with all the Sun > workstations, and growing fascination with LINUX out there that Photoshop > doesn't at least try to get a version of there stuff on a LINUX platform!=== > >From my narrow point of view, LINUX is to Windows as a Leica is to a Hawkeye > Brownie, ca. 1952! > Ole Billy Bob Gates would do well to port his stuff to LINUX and make even > more money! :o)~ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carl Pultz" <cpultz@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 11:22 PM > Subject: Re. [Leica] About all the "give us the technical detail" > requests... > > > BD quoted, > > > > " I had just had a haircut. Was wearing black socks and a comfortable > shirt. > > Anyone also equipped should have no trouble duplicating this series." > > > > Ha! That's great. I just read this quote from Cartier-Bresson: > > > > "The actual handling of the camera, it's stops, it's exposure speeds and > > all the rest of it, are things which should be as automatic as the > changing > > of gears in an automobile. It is no part of my business to go into the > > details or refinements of any of those operations .... for they are set > > forth with *military precision* in the manuals which the manufacturers > > provide along with the camera and the nice orange calf-skin case. If the > > camera is a beautiful gadget, we should progress beyond that stage at > least > > in conversation. The same applies to the hows and whys of making pretty > > prints in the darkroom." > > > > Now, obviously, I'm not that immune to the magic of these gadgets as > > objects, or I wouldn't hang around here much. But, I don't like it to be a > > fetish. When I was in school, if you asked what camera a student used to > > make a picture, the whole class would look at you like you were an idiot - > > discussing equipment make was very uncool. When I worked with pros, the > > only question was would the thing work when it had to, and was it the > right > > tool for the job. > > > > Still, the first thing I thought about when I saw SonC's pictures, after > > admiring how fun they were, was, What film did he use? That's all I really > > need to know - the rest we can guess close enough to admire his technique. > > > > Anyway, thought you all would enjoy that quote. > > > > Carl > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html