On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Henry Hartley wrote:
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: "Terrell Prudé, Jr."
> >>
> >> Gladly. The jobs that I have to accomplish are as follows:
>
> The one thing I go back to Windows (dual boot) on a regular basis for is
> Photoshop. I'm using a relatively old version 5.5 and I still don't find
> GIMP as capable. Don't get me wrong, GIMP is great and it has come a long
> way. I use it when I can. But when I'm doing serious work with lots of
> layers (particularly text layers), it just isn't as good. I don't find the
I use VueScan, and when needed VuePhoto (http://www.hamerick.com)
it isn't open source but it is very inexpensive and handles Linux very
well. It is powerful and works similarly to Photoshop
> UI as easy, either, although I'm sure at least some of that is just a
> training/practice issue. The scanner I use isn't supported by SANE but the
> next one I own will be.
if SANE doesn't cover it I bet VueScan does
Bob
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