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Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites

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Date	2015-01-01 08:06 -0800
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Subject	Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites
From	michael.pohoreski@gmail.com

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On Sunday, August 24, 2014 5:48:08 PM UTC-7, Bill Buckels wrote:
> "Bill Buckels" wrote:
> Gimp users will be pleased to know that I am no longer bashing GIMP. As it
> turns-out the last version of GIMP I used was 1.2 so I was a little hasty to
> condemn the thing. It's still not simple enough for simple folks to use, but
> it sure is powerful. I put 2.8 up and the features blow me away.

I actually used Gimp to design fonts for one of the DS games I shipped a few years back. :-)

Gimp 2.8 is great for simple work but it (still) sucks compared to Photoshop in functionality. I created a .PSD in PS CS2 back on Sept 2006 that _still_ doesn't render properly in Gimp 2.8. Every few years I try it out with the latest Gimp version so see what is still broken. Gimp inches along every year. I give an ETA of another 7 years before my .PSD file renders properly. :-)

While Gimp (finally) added layer groups it's support for layer styles are still half-assed: Translation, they don't work out of the box and you need to use a plugin for that functionality. It supports -most- of the layer blends that Photoshop does.

http://imgur.com/C2iYdMl

Photoshop Gimp
========= ====
Normal Normal
Dissolve Dissolve
- -
Darken Darken only
Multiply Multiply
Color Burn
Linear Burn Burn
Darker Color
- -
Lighten Lighten only
Screen Screen
Color Dodge Dodge
Linear Dodge Addition
Lighter Color
- -
Overlay
Soft Light
Hard Light
Vivid Light
Pin Light
Hard Mix
- -
Difference Difference
Exclusion
Subtract Subtract
Grain extract
Grain merge
Divide Divide
- -
Hue Hue
Saturation Saturation
Color Color
Luminosity Value

Gimp also blows for 16-bit grayscale support. PS not only supports 16-bit/channel but also 32-bit/channel. You have to use the experimental version of Gimp if you want to mess around with HDR.

Gimp also doesn't allow layer names to be identical which is kind of annoying but I can live with that.

Other then that, for price, free as in beer, and freedom, free as in speech, Gimp is great.

For amateur work: Gimp is my default "go to" tool. It is "good enough"
For professionals Gimp doesn't hold a candle to PS.

But then as an OpenGL/OpenGL ES/Graphics expert I'm kind of biased. :-)

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Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites "Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> - 2014-08-06 21:25 -0500
  Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites "Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> - 2014-08-24 19:48 -0500
    Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites "Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> - 2014-08-24 21:57 -0500
      Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites "Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> - 2014-08-26 07:23 -0500
        Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2014-08-26 15:30 -0500
          Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites Martin Doherty <martindoherty377@gmail.com> - 2014-08-26 13:58 -0700
            Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2014-08-26 19:01 -0500
        Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com> - 2014-08-26 17:14 -0400
          Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites "Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> - 2014-08-26 17:43 -0500
            Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2014-08-26 19:01 -0500
              Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites David Schmidt <schmidtd@my-deja.com> - 2014-08-26 21:11 -0400
        Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites awanderin <awanderin@gmail.com> - 2014-08-27 00:09 -0600
          Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites "Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> - 2014-08-27 18:13 -0500
        Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites Polymorph <mike.a.stephens@gmail.com> - 2014-08-26 23:48 -0700
          Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites "Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> - 2014-08-27 18:20 -0500
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        Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites "Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net> - 2014-11-08 05:04 -0600
          Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2014-11-08 21:36 -0800
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    Re: Preview - BMP2DHR - BMP to DHGR - full screens and sprites michael.pohoreski@gmail.com - 2015-01-01 08:06 -0800
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