Gnu/Linux and graphics.. The GIMP is as good as any graphics software on other OSs. I am sure there are many graphics artists working on Linux.
There has been much development in film animation industry on the Linux platform..but it is very high end..and closed ..as the developers were working for specific studios.
Linux is simply too good an OS...and no matter what you do with computers- even pure graphics- it should logically be the platform of choice.
My purpose? ....I take a lot of digital pictures and I do sketches..simple ones..
The pictures side is fine..flphoto, the GIMP.. On the sketching side..mouse is inadequate..on any platform...
Graphics tablets dont seem to be expensive...I am still making enquiries...on the net I found the price to be around Rs 5000...there are lesser priced ones....so if one likes to sketch with digital ink, it is not a bad deal...
But yes...the driver part...Linux support by manufacturers still lags behind...
This will change in time..But meanwhile one goes ahead with the do-it-yourself approach of linux, with a little help from those who have already done it...
- Maz.
--- Mayuresh Kathe mayuresh@vsnl.com wrote: I guess I did, but if you haven't used one before and you aren't a graphics artist (they don't switch to Linux since there aren't any good graphics development apps), then what do you need a graphics tablet for?
~Mayuresh
On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Maz Kamran wrote:
You seem to have missed my original message asking for anyone who has used one in linux...
--- Mayuresh Kathe mayuresh@vsnl.com wrote:
What is a graphics tablet? isn't is some sort of big touch pad with a pen? ~Mayuresh
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