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Seems to me I may have once seen a book (several even) on using the
Gimp. Could be something to add to a library's collection and pull
out when a patron wants to use the program.<br>
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On 7/20/2011 3:01 PM, Steve Miller wrote:
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<div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000"><span>We
have GIMP on several of our machines; to my knowledge its
hardly used.<br>
<br>
I have to disagree about paint.NET. It's a bit easier to use
than GIMP. I don't have a PhotoShop background so GIMPs
learning curve is VERTICAL. *not* intuitive, in my book.<br>
<br>
But as far as having it available - it's free, VERY powerful,
VERY flexible, and definitely worth the install. (I full
endorse GIMP... just can't used the damned thing to great
success, myself).) Upgrades/patches are not a big deal -
install it and forget it, so management is easy.<br>
<br>
Now... training patrons on how to use it, on the other hand...<br>
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S<br>
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Ashtabula County District Library<br>
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Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Tom
Casey" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:TCASEY@libraryvisit.org"><TCASEY@libraryvisit.org></a><br>
<b>To: </b>"Dan Will" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:willda@oplin.org"><willda@oplin.org></a>, "Chad Neeper"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cneeper@level9networks.com"><cneeper@level9networks.com></a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, July 20, 2011 2:38:50 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [OPLINTECH] patron requests Gimp software
on public PCs<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";
color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">We offer the Gimp and patrons
seem to like it. Personally, for free graphics editors I
find Paint.net to be very easy to use. You can download
it from <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://download.cnet.com/Paint-NET/3000-2192_4-10338146.html"
target="_blank">http://download.cnet.com/Paint-NET/3000-2192_4-10338146.html</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
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color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Public Library of Youngstown
and Mahoning County</span></p>
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color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">330.744.8636 x 51612</span></p>
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windowtext;"> Dan Will [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:willda@oplin.org">mailto:willda@oplin.org</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 20, 2011 2:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Chad Neeper'; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OPLINTECH] patron requests Gimp
software on public PCs</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;
font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";
color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I agree Chad. If we had
patrons requesting it, I’d install it. I used to install
it as a matter of course as well & like you, I
haven’t much lately. We have MS Office on all of our
patron pcs & it has a photo editor (Photo Manager in
MS Office Tools) that is pretty brainless to use for
average user. It is definitely not a Photoshop
replacement but works (especially to convert &
compress photos).</span></p>
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font-family: Consolas;">Technology Supervisor</span><span
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font-family: Consolas;">Meigs County District Public
Library</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;
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href="mailto:oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org"
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:[mailto:oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org]"
target="_blank">[mailto:oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org]</a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chad Neeper<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org"
target="_blank">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OPLINTECH] patron requests Gimp
software on public PCs</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">The Gimp
is pretty patron-computer friendly. I used to install it
on patron computers as a matter of course, but haven't so
much lately. Mostly just because it caters to a pretty
specific audience: people that want to do advanced
graphics editing (retouching photos...things of that
nature). For the very casual photo editing, some of the
other programs out there might be a little easier to use
for novice users. Gimp is very powerful, but has a steeper
learning curve in my opinion.<br>
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