k... my school has GIMP installed on all it's computers

[Pokesamrus]

mind explaining to me why?

seriously, I didn't know anyone in the school knows what GIMP is, let alone have the mental capacity and knowledge reserved for technology to know how to operate it

[Trini]

Because it can promote creativity? But unless they have an official looking list of tuts or something,  wtf?

[Pokesamrus]

Because it can promote creativity? But unless they have an official looking list of tuts or something,  wtf?

nope, no tuts. just the program, sitting there, calling my name. but we cant use it, stupid school is strict.

[sleepin_dude_99]

Because it can promote creativity? But unless they have an official looking list of tuts or something,  wtf?

Dude, Paint promotes more creativity than Gimp >_<

[Dill]

GIMP is actually pretty well-known by some computer graphics teachers. A few years ago I was going to attend a class on computer graphics, and they said that one of their main specialties was teaching GIMP, for those who weren't blessed with the ability to use torrents.

[Pokesamrus]

Because it can promote creativity? But unless they have an official looking list of tuts or something,  wtf?

Dude, Paint promotes more creativity than Gimp >_<

paint has limits and poor quality. but i c wat ur sayin

[Zovistograt]

We have Flash MX on our computers.  No clue why, but it's nice to have ^_^

The only problem is that I can't import stuff into MX from Flash 8 Pro from my compy.  Dang lack of backwards compatability :P

[Trini]

Because it can promote creativity? But unless they have an official looking list of tuts or something,  wtf?

Dude, Paint promotes more creativity than Gimp >_<

Just because Gimp doesn't basically force you to doodle, doesn't mean it's less creative.

[Pokesamrus]

GIMP is actually pretty well-known by some computer graphics teachers. A few years ago I was going to attend a class on computer graphics, and they said that one of their main specialties was teaching GIMP, for those who weren't blessed with the ability to use torrents.

Yeah, we have no computer graphics teachers. The most our teachers can do is make a free forum.

[bluaki]

One thing I really dislike about GIMP is its multi-window interface and rather large toolbox. Seriously, it's better to keep things like the toolbox as child windows like Adobe programs or PaintDotNet do -_-

Does your school have an art class? They may occasionally try digital art.

[Dill]

GIMP is actually pretty well-known by some computer graphics teachers. A few years ago I was going to attend a class on computer graphics, and they said that one of their main specialties was teaching GIMP, for those who weren't blessed with the ability to use torrents.

Yeah, we have no computer graphics teachers. The most our teachers can do is make a free forum.

Ah, they didn't at mine either. This was one of those night-courses you could take at a community college or something. It was still surprising, though, because the class made good use of the term "beginner". But then again, I've yet to meet anybody that calls themself a beginner, but has the dedication to get Photoshop.

As for the free forum, that's pretty surprising. I didn't even know schools could make forums. Not because of lack of proper education (the teachers, I mean, as I've met quite a handful of dumb computer-technology teachers), but because of some law put in place. But then again, I'm not that educated with the law.

One thing I really dislike about GIMP is its multi-window interface and rather large toolbox. Seriously, it's better to keep things like the toolbox as child windows like Adobe programs or PaintDotNet do -_-

Paint.net is so much better than GIMP. Too bad not very many people know about it.

[Pokesamrus]

One thing I really dislike about GIMP is its multi-window interface and rather large toolbox. Seriously, it's better to keep things like the toolbox as child windows like Adobe programs or PaintDotNet do -_-

Does your school have an art class? They may occasionally try digital art.

yes, but they wouldn't try that. seriously, these teachers are either too old to do that or couldn't figure out how. I've seen first hand too many times.

[Pokesamrus]

GIMP is actually pretty well-known by some computer graphics teachers. A few years ago I was going to attend a class on computer graphics, and they said that one of their main specialties was teaching GIMP, for those who weren't blessed with the ability to use torrents.

Yeah, we have no computer graphics teachers. The most our teachers can do is make a free forum.

Paint.net is so much better than GIMP. Too bad not very many people know about it.

Just for editing, though, right?

I don't use GIMP for editing.

[bluaki]

Paint.net is so much better than GIMP. Too bad not very many people know about it.

The fact that it requires the Microsoft .NET framework probably is part of its loss of popularity. It IS my favorite image manipulation program though ::)

[Hiei]

One thing I really dislike about GIMP is its multi-window interface and rather large toolbox. Seriously, it's better to keep things like the toolbox as child windows like Adobe programs or PaintDotNet do -_-.

There is GIMPShop, but I've heard it doesn't work too well on Windows. Nice app otherwise.

As for the free forum, that's pretty surprising. I didn't even know schools could make forums. Not because of lack of proper education (the teachers, I mean, as I've met quite a handful of dumb computer-technology teachers), but because of some law put in place. But then again, I'm not that educated with the law.

What law would there be? It's not like COPPA is going to harm you.