I wanted to add that there is a mod or a new GUI for GIMP that makes it look MS Publisher(I
think). I saw it on G4techTV on a show called ATOS, Attach of the show. I just did a search on
the web site but could not find it. I also saw it on slashdot. you would have to go back a few
weeks to find it, but I think that there is an article about it.
William
--- Sick Twist <thesicktwist@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >From: "Kwan Lowe" <kwan@digitalhermit.com>
> >Reply-To: slug@nks.net
> >To: slug@nks.net
> >Subject: Re: [SLUG] simple image cropping program
> >Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:26:26 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> >
> > > I'm looking for a lightweight image viewer for Linux that is capable of
> > > cropping and saving the modified image. Something similiar to IrfanView
> > > would be ideal as the potential user is not very computer-savvy. GTK2
> >is
> > > the preferred toolkit but I'll settle for others if they fit the bill.
> > > Thanks in advance!
> >
> >Not exactly lightweight, but I use Gimp for this. It has crop and rotate
> >tools. Rotate can be 90, 180, 270 degrees, or arbitrary rotations using the
> >transform tool. Besides cropping, it can also resize based on physical
> >dimensions or absolute pixel number (e.g., 3" x 5", or 600 x 800 pixels).
> >It
> >also allows export to various image formats.
>
> GIMP is very powerful but I was hoping for something a little more
> simplistic. This is going to be for my parents who will use it to crop
> their eBay pictures. I'm worried that the GIMP's interface would seem
> confusing to them.
>
> -Jonathon
>
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