Part III of Open Source Sofware review...
Gimp is a graphics software and I downloaded it to my computer. The downloading, although not glitch-less, was acceptably problem-less. I, however, have a little more technosaviness than your average Joe, so I venture out to say that for a typical user, it might be a little complicated to download this software. Furthermore, this is where the trouble just begins. In the same confusing fashion, once downloaded and installed, the GIMP drawing and graphics software was not at all user friendly or intuitive to regular or even pretty knowledgeable folks.
Gimp is a graphics software and I downloaded it to my computer. The downloading, although not glitch-less, was acceptably problem-less. I, however, have a little more technosaviness than your average Joe, so I venture out to say that for a typical user, it might be a little complicated to download this software. Furthermore, this is where the trouble just begins. In the same confusing fashion, once downloaded and installed, the GIMP drawing and graphics software was not at all user friendly or intuitive to regular or even pretty knowledgeable folks.
As soon as you open it, a little user interface box pops
up, not functional at all and a bit disconcerting. I do not know why it is set
up that way, after fiddling with it a bit, one can get the full screen. Once
welcomed by the full screen, there are a very few basic tools one can use right
away, but within minutes you run into a solid wall. Nothing is where one would
assume it to be, after much searching I still could not do with the image what
I wanted to do. I had to read the help menu to look for several features and
even then could not make heads or tails of it.
In conclusion, my impression with this software is, that it is definitely not for your average or even a bit above average Joe. I assume then, that if a person is an expert in other graphic processing and creation tools such as Photo Shop or CorelDraw, maybe this software would be functional for them, as they are very familiar with the format and layout of graphic creation software.
I would much rather use the Ms software I am accustomed to, such as Ms Publisher, Adobe Creative Suite, Paint, or even Word for that matter. I could do very little with GIMP and found it extremely convoluted and no one to call for support, I don't see this as an option for the regular consumer just to save some dough.
Paola:o)
In conclusion, my impression with this software is, that it is definitely not for your average or even a bit above average Joe. I assume then, that if a person is an expert in other graphic processing and creation tools such as Photo Shop or CorelDraw, maybe this software would be functional for them, as they are very familiar with the format and layout of graphic creation software.
I would much rather use the Ms software I am accustomed to, such as Ms Publisher, Adobe Creative Suite, Paint, or even Word for that matter. I could do very little with GIMP and found it extremely convoluted and no one to call for support, I don't see this as an option for the regular consumer just to save some dough.
Paola:o)
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