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Reporting back: The Artist's Guide to GIMP effects

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I'm considering applying to Google SOC Sean Neilan 27 Mar 05:33
  I'm considering applying to Google SOC Michael Schumacher 30 Mar 20:24
  Reporting back: The Artist's Guide to GIMP effects Patrick Horgan 02 Apr 06:33
   Reporting back: The Artist's Guide to GIMP effects Ajay Gautam 02 Apr 13:10
   Reporting back: The Artist's Guide to GIMP effects Michael J. Hammel 02 Apr 16:44
Sean Neilan
2009-03-27 05:33:30 UTC (almost 16 years ago)

I'm considering applying to Google SOC

Hey Gimp Users,

My name is Sean Neilan. I'm a Sophomore at DePaul University and I'm majoring in Computer Science with a concentration in Mathematics and I'm minoring in Studio Art.

I'm thinking about submitting an application to Google SOC to complete the PDF Export Plugin.

I have my resume up at http://seanneilan.com/resume. Currently, I work as a programmer building web applications and web apis, but, would like to expand my existing knowledge of C/C++ by completing this task over the summer.

Before I submit the application, I'm wondering if any of you have any questions for me.

Thank you very much for your time.

-Sean Neilan sean@seanneilan.com

Michael Schumacher
2009-03-30 20:24:31 UTC (almost 16 years ago)

I'm considering applying to Google SOC

Sean Neilan wrote:

I'm thinking about submitting an application to Google SOC to complete the PDF Export Plugin.

Hi Sean,

the PDF export proposal did spur a quite long discussion over at the gimp-developer mailing list:
http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/lists/gimp-developer/2009-March/thread.html messages titled "GIMP PDF export plugin"

As you can see from the discussion, the range of possible features when thinking about PDF export is rather large, so applications for this project should clearly state the goals and limits of their approaches.

Regards, Michael

Patrick Horgan
2009-04-02 06:33:21 UTC (almost 16 years ago)

Reporting back: The Artist's Guide to GIMP effects

I mentioned some time ago that I was reading The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects, by michael j. hammel, and that over time I'd report on what I thought about it. Ok, here's what I think about it--WOW!

I still have a long way to go to absorb everything in here, but in a few weeks I've gone from someone who's messed around with Gimp for a few years but still felt lost, to someone who knows the principles behind using it as a tool.

Many of the questions people ask here seem obvious after reading and working with it for awhile.

He does a great job of teaching you the basic principles that let you solve problems. You start thinking about what you want, instead of looking at what Gimp can do.

If you need to combine pictures, fix problems, do commercial graphics, web work, original art--this book is for you. I'm astonished.

I'll report back some more after spending a few more weeks with it.

It doesn't cover 2.6, but it hasn't been an issue using it with 2.6. If you want to be a GIMP master, check it out!

Patrick

Ajay Gautam
2009-04-02 13:10:01 UTC (almost 16 years ago)

Reporting back: The Artist's Guide to GIMP effects

I agree completely :)

MJH did say that hes working on an updated revision. I am looking forward to the updated version...

Ajay

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Patrick Horgan wrote:

I mentioned some time ago that I was reading The Artist's Guide to GIMP Effects, by michael j. hammel, and that over time I'd report on what I thought about it.  Ok, here's what I think about it--WOW!

I still have a long way to go to absorb everything in here, but in a few weeks I've gone from someone who's messed around with Gimp for a few years but still felt lost, to someone who knows the principles behind using it as a tool.

Many of the questions people ask here seem obvious after reading and working with it for awhile.

He does a great job of teaching you the basic principles that let you solve problems.  You start thinking about what you want, instead of looking at what Gimp can do.

If you need to combine pictures, fix problems, do commercial graphics, web work, original art--this book is for you.  I'm astonished.

I'll report back some more after spending a few more weeks with it.

It doesn't cover 2.6, but it hasn't been an issue using it with 2.6.  If you want to be a GIMP master, check it out!

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Michael J. Hammel
2009-04-02 16:44:04 UTC (almost 16 years ago)

Reporting back: The Artist's Guide to GIMP effects

On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 21:33 -0700, Patrick Horgan wrote:

He does a great job of teaching you the basic principles that let you solve problems. You start thinking about what you want, instead of looking at what Gimp can do.

It's nice to know I accomplished my goal, then. :-)

It doesn't cover 2.6, but it hasn't been an issue using it with 2.6. If you want to be a GIMP master, check it out!

I'm supposed to be working on an update. It's mostly a matter of squeezing it into my schedule. But like you say, I wrote it with the idea that it doesn't matter what version you're using. That only comes into play when you're looking for menu items. If anyone has problems mapping the book to the current version just drop me an email and I'll post some errata on the books web site (http://www.graphics-muse.org/artistsguide)

Thanks for the kind words. Glad you liked the book.