Jerry Anning wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 02:42:32 +0100, Spider <spi### [at] bahnhofse> wrote:
> 
> >Ok, I've used Gimp in a Linux system, once. I got caught on it.
> >Now, I browsed the web for some interesting things, and found this port
> >of GIMP for Win32.
> >My question is, has anyone here tried it? (I know this is offtopic, and
> >should probably be put into some other group on usenet, but, I don't
> >have the time or ability to read in so many groups. Sorry.)
> >
> >Links :
> >http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/
> >http://www.iki.fi/tml/gimp/win32/
> 
> I use it.  It is very good, indeed.  The main gotcha is that it is
> based on 1.1, so many of your script-fu scripts need a bit of fixing.
> Basically, if a script barfs on a gimp-* command, check to see if it
> takes an image as the first parameter and if so eliminate that
> parameter completely.  OTOH, 1.1 script-fu has very nice sliders, font
> selection boxes, color selectors and other goodies.  Both 1.1 and the
> Win port are beta code, but they are very good beta code and the thing
> is quite usable.  I would suggest, though, that you subscribe to the
> gimpwin-users and possibly the gimpwin-dev mailing lists in order to
> keep up with changes.  Tor has ported standard plugins and scripts
> already, the cautions above apply mainly to self written or legacy
> scripts.  If you are a GIMP-er or become one, you may want to start
> reading comp.graphics.apps.gimp.
Thankyou for this informaiton. I'll take a peek at them.

> *** On-topic bit to salve my conscience ***
> 
> The GIMP is great for designing color gradients, and can export them
> in POV format.  It can also be used to turn tga's into animated gifs.
neato. I was planning to do some nice HeightFields with it... (Got tired
of PSP)


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//Spider 
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#declare life = rand(seed(42))*sqrt(-1);

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