Comments on: Product Review of The GIMP for Professional Digi-Scrapping http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/ Digital Scrapbook Design Professionals - Business Association Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:48:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Norma http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/#comment-577 Norma Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:06:54 +0000 http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/#comment-577 Catherine, I am glad you will give The GIMP another try, I hope the tutorials are useful. Let me know if you have any suggestions on how I can improve them. Enjoy! Catherine,

I am glad you will give The GIMP another try, I hope the tutorials are useful.

Let me know if you have any suggestions on how I can improve them.

Enjoy!

]]> By: Nichole http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/#comment-559 Nichole Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:06:49 +0000 http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/#comment-559 Catherine, thank you for the review. It's good to know there are great software tools available for us to use without busting our wallets! I checked out your tutorials and they look informative. :) Catherine, thank you for the review. It’s good to know there are great software tools available for us to use without busting our wallets! I checked out your tutorials and they look informative. :)

]]> By: Catherine http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/#comment-544 Catherine Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:52:28 +0000 http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/#comment-544 ONE MORE NOTE: Norma, just took a look at your tutorials - THANKS! I will definitely give GIMP a try and visit your site quite often. ONE MORE NOTE: Norma, just took a look at your tutorials - THANKS! I will definitely give GIMP a try and visit your site quite often.

]]> By: Catherine http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/#comment-543 Catherine Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:41:26 +0000 http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/#comment-543 I had tried GIMP about a year ago and just could not get into it - but to be honest, I was having trouble learning any new software then. Since my learning ability has somehow (and thankfully) come back, I will have to give it another try. It certainly looked very promising when I looked at it a year ago, and I am sure there are many improvements since then. I use open-source software when I can - I specifically appreciate "OPEN OFFICE". I had tried GIMP about a year ago and just could not get into it - but to be honest, I was having trouble learning any new software then. Since my learning ability has somehow (and thankfully) come back, I will have to give it another try. It certainly looked very promising when I looked at it a year ago, and I am sure there are many improvements since then.

I use open-source software when I can - I specifically appreciate “OPEN OFFICE”.

]]> By: Norma http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/#comment-540 Norma Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:25:20 +0000 http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/#comment-540 How steep is that initial learning curve? Well, yes, there is a learning curvem; but this is truth for anything that you are learning new and it is also true for any other digital Scrapbooking software, including Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements. My first tutorial: "The GIMP: Getting Started" was created with the intention of minimizing the learning curve. Some people claim that The GIMP is very difficult to learn, and then go and buy Adobe Photoshop and then they claim that Adobe Photoshop is much easier to learn. What they have forgotten is that they became more experience with the time they spent learning The GIMP and by the time they started using Adobe Photoshop, their familiarity and understanding about Digital Scrapbooking was improved. How long it might take to learn The GIMP? That really depends on your Digital Scrapbooking experience. If you are an experience Digital Scrap booker, it might take you a day. That is how long it took me, since I was already familiar with other Digital Scrapbooking software, like Paint Shop and Adobe Photoshop. For someone that is just starting, it might take a little longer, perhaps a week, really depending on your computer skills. So take your time, bring your cup of coffee and enjoy your learning experience. You will not regret it. Thanks! Norma SgD Founder www.scrapbooksgonedigital.com www.scrapbooksgonedigital.com/TUTORIALS How steep is that initial learning curve?

Well, yes, there is a learning curvem; but this is truth for anything that you are learning new and it is also true for any other digital Scrapbooking software, including Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements. My first tutorial: “The GIMP: Getting Started” was created with the intention of minimizing the learning curve.

Some people claim that The GIMP is very difficult to learn, and then go and buy Adobe Photoshop and then they claim that Adobe Photoshop is much easier to learn. What they have forgotten is that they became more experience with the time they spent learning The GIMP and by the time they started using Adobe Photoshop, their familiarity and understanding about Digital Scrapbooking was improved.

How long it might take to learn The GIMP? That really depends on your Digital Scrapbooking experience. If you are an experience Digital Scrap booker, it might take you a day. That is how long it took me, since I was already familiar with other Digital Scrapbooking software, like Paint Shop and Adobe Photoshop. For someone that is just starting, it might take a little longer, perhaps a week, really depending on your computer skills.

So take your time, bring your cup of coffee and enjoy your learning experience. You will not regret it.

Thanks!

Norma
SgD Founder
http://www.scrapbooksgonedigital.com
http://www.scrapbooksgonedigital.com/TUTORIALS

]]> By: Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind) http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/#comment-539 Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind) Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:57:58 +0000 http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/#comment-539 Very good review Cindy. Olga raised the point I was going to make about availability of tutorials. I assume that once you have mastered your initial learning curve you would be able to modify the PS tutorials as she suggests. But the question is how steep is that initial learning curve. Very good review Cindy. Olga raised the point I was going to make about availability of tutorials. I assume that once you have mastered your initial learning curve you would be able to modify the PS tutorials as she suggests. But the question is how steep is that initial learning curve.

]]> By: Olga http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/#comment-538 Olga Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:58:37 +0000 http://dsd-professionals.com/164/gimp-for-professional-digi-scrapping/#comment-538 I'm a Gimp user, I find it's a great program for scrapping. It's a bit difficult to find tutorials to learn to use the program but fortunately you can adapt many of the Photoshop ones around the net. It's as difficult to learn as Photoshop precisely because it's as good and full feature as Photoshop. It does not have all the goodies PS has but of course it's a free program and always in development so you have lots to play around. :) I also use many other Open Source programs and I'm quite pleased with them as some of them are actually easier to use than commercial versions. I never thought you could find so much software for free and the good part, so good. Of course you need to learn your way around as to how to find the good stuff, but it's definitely worth it in many cases. :) Very interesting review and very good one, thanks so much for the post and best wishes. :) Happy New Year!! :O) I’m a Gimp user, I find it’s a great program for scrapping. It’s a bit difficult to find tutorials to learn to use the program but fortunately you can adapt many of the Photoshop ones around the net. It’s as difficult to learn as Photoshop precisely because it’s as good and full feature as Photoshop. It does not have all the goodies PS has but of course it’s a free program and always in development so you have lots to play around. :)

I also use many other Open Source programs and I’m quite pleased with them as some of them are actually easier to use than commercial versions. I never thought you could find so much software for free and the good part, so good. Of course you need to learn your way around as to how to find the good stuff, but it’s definitely worth it in many cases. :)

Very interesting review and very good one, thanks so much for the post and best wishes. :)

Happy New Year!! :O)

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