Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]But even if you create Photoshop for Linux, you have to add all sorts of functions in the OS to support pre-press and other graphics professionals. And Linux isn't anywhere near ready to do that. All the time, OS X is growing in its capabilities in that line. In fact the next version of OS X is going to make some major advances. The best color management, built-in PDF generation (and the ability to optimize the size of PDF files) and Applescript gains many of the capabilities of graphics utilities to convert files, embed profiles, resize, rotate, and do all sorts of things to photos - all without any external program. Add Photoshop to that and you have a compelling platform for anyone interested in any aspect of digital photography in terms of performance, quality and productivity whether they use film or not. Adobe has no plans to support Linux at this point. They probably don't appreciate GIMP any more than they liked Apple doing Final Cut Pro. Oh, and Quark never got to the point that they weren't going to do an OS X version of their main application. They just waited a long time, and took their time getting it done. They didn't realize how fast people wanted to migrate (which is too slow, but faster than they thought it would happen.) And that process did help Adobe. InDesign is much more popular than people figured would happen. I switched! I don't see how people who can appreciate the craftsmanship of Leicas can't see just how similar OS X and Macs are on those terms in comparison to PCs and Windows, AND Linux. I have been a long-time PC user. And a long-time Mac user professionally. There is no way I'd ever go back to PCs and XP willingly after using OS X. On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 07:47 AM, Ken Firestone wrote: > You don't! You call on Adobe, and ask them for Linux versions of their > products. Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com The Four States of Santa Claus: 1: You believe in Santa Claus. 2: You don't believe in Santa Claus. 3: You are Santa Claus. 4: You look like Santa Claus. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html