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<BR><B><FONT SIZE=+1>muse:</FONT></B>
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<I><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>v; to become absorbed in
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<BR><IMG SRC="../gx/hammel/w.gif" ALT="W" HEIGHT=28 WIDTH=36 ALIGN=BOTTOM><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>elcome
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to the Graphics Muse! Why a "muse"? Well, except for the sisters aspect,
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<P><IMG SRC="../gx/hammel/t.gif" ALT="T" HEIGHT=28 WIDTH=26><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>his
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column is dedicated to the use, creation, distribution, and discussion
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>This month marks the second
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anniversary for the Graphics Muse column. Its hard for me to believe
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I've been doing this for that long. My general span of attention
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is about a year, but I've managed to not only hold onto an interest in
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this column, I've managed to grow it into several articles and covers for
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the Linux Journal, a book, and a web site devoted to computer graphics
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The more observant readers
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>In this months column I've
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I see them. Much of what I've seen in the past few months revolving
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around Linux has been positive news - announced support from all 5 major
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database vendors (Oracle, IBM, CA, Sybase, and Informix), Intel and Netscape
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announcing investment in Red Hat, and lots of generally good press.
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But along with this I've seen a fair amount of disunity among the community.
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There are camps forming between followers of various leaders. I find
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this sad. Hardlines drawn by groups with disparate interests and
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ideas tends to drain the energies of both sides of the argument and I'd
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really hate to see that happen with Linux. The worst aspect of these
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arguments is the distraction thats created from the real focus - proving
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how Open Source/free software can really be viable solutions to end users,
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not just developers. Thats key to making Linux a world player in
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corporations, education, government and on the desktop.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>In this months column you'll
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>State of the DisUnion - an editorial
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Review: Corel Super Ten
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Packs CD collections</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Off the shelf video cards:
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choosing the right solution the first time.</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>An updated on X Input support
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<TD NOSAVE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B>Disclaimer</B>:
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I post in this section are just that - news. Either I happened to run across
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them via some mailing list I was on, via some Usenet newsgroup, or via
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email from someone. I'm not necessarily endorsing these products (some
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<B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>S.u.S.E announces support
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for Matrox Cards</FONT></FONT></B>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Dirk Hondel has put a new
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version of XFCom_Matrox on the ftp site and updated the web site at <A HREF="http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html">http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html</A>.</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The new server should work
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on all current Matrox boards, including the</FONT></FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Matrox Millennium G200 (SGRAM
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and SDRAM)</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Matrox Mystique G200</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Matrox Productiva G100</FONT></FONT></LI>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The server is well accelerated
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and supports 8/16/24/32bpp on all of these cards.</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Please report any problems
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with these servers to <A HREF="mailto:x@suse.de">x@suse.de</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>Meteor 1.5.2 - Matrox
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Meteor video capture board driver/utilities</FONT></FONT></B>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="mailto:mark.sutton@laitram.com">Mark
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Sutton</A> is pleased to announce the release of "meteor-1.5.2", a driver
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and collection of applications for the Matrox Meteor frame grabber.
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This driver runs on the Linux 2.0.xx series of kernels. Its earlier counterpart,
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version 1.5.1, has been reported to work on many 2.1.xx releases and later
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1.3.xx kernels. This version should work on those kernels also.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The <B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">Matrox
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Meteor</FONT></B> is a high end professional quality video capture board
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commonly used in demanding video capture applications such as laboratory
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research, robotics, and industrial inspection. It's video quality
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and clarity of it's captures are generally notably superior to the garden
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variety consumer grade image capture devices, and it's price reflects this.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>This driver is bundled with
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single frame capture software, software for displaying real time video
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in a window, patches to make the meteor work with "vic", a Linux video
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conferencing package, and other goodies. The "official page" for
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this package is found at <A HREF="http://www.rwii.com/linux/">http://www.rwii.com/linux/</A>.
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Other information about this driver can be found at <A HREF="http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~bah6f/matrox/">http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~bah6f/matrox/</A>.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Like the numbering scheme
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for the Linux kernel itself, the odd middle numeral in the version number
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("5") indicates that this is a "development" release. It however
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contains numerous enhancements over the last "stable" release, not the
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least of which are the ability to compile without hacking on the latest
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development and stable linux kernel versions, as well as the ability to
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compile and run properly on libc6 based distributions. In actuality,
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this "development" version should prove to be pretty much as stable as
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the last "stable" release.</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>Crystal Space 3D engine
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Has Moved</FONT></FONT></B>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="mailto:Jorrit.Tyberghein@uz.kuleuven.ac.be">Jorrit
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Tyberghein</A> would like to announce a knew homepage for the <B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">Crystal
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Space 3D</FONT></B> engine. He develops Crystal Space mainly on Linux but
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it is also ported to other platforms (like Windows, DOS, Macintosh, OS/2,
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Amiga, ...)</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The URL is http://crystal.linuxgames.com</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Crystal Space is a free (LGPL)
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3D engine written in C++. It supports colored lights, mipmapping, mirrors,
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reflecting surfaces, 3D models/sprites, scripting, and other features.
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The purpose is to make a free and flexible 3D/game engine. Crystal
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Space is also a rather large open source project. There are currently about
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182 people subscribed to the developers mailing list. You can join to!</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>Casio QV-10 digital camera
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HOWTO</FONT></FONT></B>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Bob Hepple has re-posted
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the HOWTO for using the Casio QV-10 digital camera with Linux (published
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in Linux Gazette) at:</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.bit.net.au/~bhepple/qvplay/qvplay.html">http://www.bit.net.au/~bhepple/qvplay/qvplay.html</A></FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Bob Hepple</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>mailto:<A HREF="mailto:bhepple@bit.net.au">bhepple@bit.net.au</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.finder.com.au">http://www.finder.com.au</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>Casio QV digital camera
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support for the GIMP</FONT></FONT></B>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="mailto:jbnivoit@ix.netcom.com">JB</A>
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is pleased to announce a new plug-in for the GIMP. It called 'cam' and
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allows the GIMP to read CAM files directly. Those files are the ones stored
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in Casio QV-* digital cameras and that you can dump using, for instance,
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QVplay.</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>URL: <A HREF="http://www.mygale.org/~jbn/qv.html">http://www.mygale.org/~jbn/qv.html</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>DC20Pack - software for
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Kodak DC20/25 cameras</FONT></FONT></B>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">DC20Pack</FONT></B>
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is a Software Package for Kodak DC20 and DC25 digital cameras which contains
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two programs: <I><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">dc20term</FONT></I> and <I><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">dc2totga</FONT></I>.
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dc20term transfers the pictures out of the camera and stores they as raw
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data files. dc2totga converts those raw data files to standard image
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files using the popular TGA image file format.</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>URLs:</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/capture">ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/graphics/capture/dc20pack-1.0.tgz</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://home.t-online.de/home/Oliver.Hartmann">http://home.t-online.de/home/Oliver.Hartmann</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=+1>GIMP wins Productivity
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Software award from APC Magazine</FONT></FONT></B>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The following note was posted
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to the <B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">GIMP</FONT></B> Developers mailing list
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on October 19th, 1998:</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>I'm writing from
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Australian Personal Computer magazine and would like to congratulate your
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having won an Award at our annual IT Awards evening last Thursday.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>We have a beautiful crystal
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trophy we would like to send you having won in the Productivity Software
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of 1998 category. Please can you forward me your street address and
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phone number as I would like to send this by courier to you.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Regards</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Helen Duncan</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>New Media Projects Manager</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Australian Personal Computer</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The official award announcement
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can be found at <A HREF="http://newswire.com.au/9810/award.htm">http://newswire.com.au/9810/award.htm</A>.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The award is being shipped
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to Peter Mattis who will be placing the trophy in the lobby of the XCF
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(Experimental Computing Facility) at Berkeley, which is where the GIMP
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has its origins. Congratulations to all those involved in the evolution
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of the GIMP!</FONT></FONT>
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<BR>
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<HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH="100%">
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Did You Know?</H2>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>...For those of
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you who don't read GIMP News, <A HREF="mailto:xach@mint.net">Zach Beane</A>
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has added a couple new tutorials to <A HREF="http://www.xach.com/gimp/tutorials/">http://www.xach.com/gimp/tutorials/.</A></FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>...at a refresh rate of 60Hz
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or lower, you'll often detect an eyestrain-causing flicker on your screen.
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Flicker generally disappears at 72Hz; the Video Electronics Standards Association's
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(VESA's) recommended minimum for comfortable viewing is 75Hz. Whichever
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card you buy, in any price range, be sure that it and your monitor can
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synchronize to provide at least a 75Hz refresh rate at your highest preferred
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resolution and color depth.</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>From <B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">ComputerShopper.com</FONT></B>'s
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article "<A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com/computershopper/edit/cshopper/content/9704/cshp0013.html">Performance
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on Display</A>"</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>...a poll is being run by <A HREF="http://www.lumis.com/poll">lumis.com</A>
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asking which platform you'd like to see <B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">Alias/Wavefront's
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Maya 3D</FONT></B> product ported to. Go there and tell the world
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- we want graphics tools ported to Linux! Slashdot had reported this
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link and noted that MacOS was way out in front, but the <I>Slashdot effect</I>
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&tm; had already taken by the time I got there and Linux was in front
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once again.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>...you can find collections
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of free fonts all over the Internet. Take a look at the following
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sites:</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.fountain.nu/fonts/free.html">http://www.fountain.nu/fonts/free.html</A>
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- TrueType only (PC format downloads is in small type)</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.signalgrau.com/eyesaw/html/main.htm">http://www.signalgrau.com/eyesaw/html/main.htm</A>
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- TrueType and Postscript Type 1 fonts (pfb)</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.rotodesign.com/fonts/fonts.html">http://www.rotodesign.com/fonts/fonts.html</A>
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- Type 1, but sans most punctuation and some numbers</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>More sites can be found
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from Yahoo's listings: <A HREF="http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Graphic_Design/Typography/Typefaces/">http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Graphic_Design/Typography/Typefaces/</A></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>...another 3D modeller is under
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development, this one using C and Tcl/TK. This one is called Mops
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and has support for NURB curves and RIB export files. Take a look
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at <A HREF="http://www.informatik.uni-rostock.de/~rschultz/mops.html">The
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Mops Home Page</A>.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>...there are a couple of
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newsgroups being run off the POV-Ray web site for the discussion of POV-Ray,
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the 3D raytracing tool and the display of images. Take a look at
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n<A HREF="ews://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images">ews://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images</A>
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and <A HREF="news://news.povray.org/povray.general">news://news.povray.org/povray.general</A>.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>...a very good explanation
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of using matrix transformations with POV-Ray can be found at <A HREF="http://www.erols.com/vansickl/matrix.htm">http://www.erols.com/vansickl/matrix.htm</A>.
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Additionally, you can find some useful POV-Ray macros at <A HREF="http://www.erols.com/vansickl/macs.htm">http://www.erols.com/vansickl/macs.htm</A>.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<H2>
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Q and A</H2>
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<I><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Q: What does one use
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[in the Gimp] in place of Photoshop's smudgy finger? I've tried using
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the "fill with color or gradient" to no avail. I just want to smudge.
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Ideas?</FONT></FONT></I>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>A: There is no smudge
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tool. It has been oft requested, but noone has written one. Some
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not quite the same alternatives: the blur tool, iwarp, or selecting a region
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a bit and applying a gaussian blur. Not the same, but alas...</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Adrian Likins</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="mailto:adrian@gimp.org">adrian@gimp.org</A></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<I><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Q: I want to
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place a block of text with evenly single-spaced lines using some arbitrary
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font onto my Gimp image. Rather than doing it line by line with the
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Text Tool, is there an easier way?</FONT></FONT></I>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>A: While the Ascii2Image
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is probably the nicest solution, there is another somewhat more obscure
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method. Using Cut and Paste into the text tool entry, the the text
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tool has no problems with newline characters - you can make multiple text
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lines directly from the text tool this way.</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Seth Burgess</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="mailto:sjburges@gimp.org">sjburges@gimp.org</A></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<I><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Q: Is there any way
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to get gimp to use virtual memory instead of its swap file? I was working
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on some images where the gimp swap file was about 30mb. Just about any
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operation I do causes lots of disk activity. The machine I'm running this
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on has more than enough physical memory, but it is not being used.</FONT></FONT></I>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>A: Change the value for the
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gimp tile cahce in the Preferences dialog. I'd say with 160mb set
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it to at least 80megs or so.</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Adrian Likins</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="mailto:adrian@gimp.org">adrian@gimp.org</A></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<I><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Q: Ok now I'm new to
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linux and gimp - my friends got me into linux in the last couple months.
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How can I, in Gimp save a file without having to merge the layers and still
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have the graphic look the way its supposed to? Am I just really missing
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something here?</FONT></FONT></I>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>A: If you just want
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to save an "in-progress" verison of your image that preserves layers, guides,
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channels, selections,etc then you should be saving as <B>.xcf</B>. That's
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gimps native format.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>If you want to "export" an
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image to a single layer format but not have to merge the layers, you should
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have a look at Simon Budig's export scripts that automate this task. These
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scripts can be found at:</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/gimp/export-file.html">http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/gimp/export-file.html</A></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Adrian Likins</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="mailto:adrian@gimp.org">adrian@gimp.org</A></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><I><FONT COLOR="#993300">'Muse</FONT></I></B>
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Note: as you can see, Adrian and Seth offer some pretty good advice
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on the Gimp User's Mailing list!</FONT></FONT>
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<BR>
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<HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH="100%">
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<H2>
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Reader Mail</H2>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="mailto:angus@intasys.com">Gus</A>
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wrote:</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Hi Mr Hammel,</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Looking at the April 98
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issue...</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><TT><FONT SIZE=-1>Reader Mail</FONT></TT>
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<BR><TT><FONT SIZE=-1>Nick Cali (Mktnc@aol.com) wrote:</FONT></TT>
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<BR><TT><FONT SIZE=-1> Just want to drop
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a line thanking you for your effort at the Gazette and with Linux.
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Really, thanks a lot.</FONT></TT>
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<P><TT><FONT SIZE=-1><B><I><FONT COLOR="#993300">Muse</FONT></I></B>:
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You're quite welcome. I had gotten some rather harsh email from someone
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recently that had me considering dropping out of the Linux world altogether.
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Getting little notes like this, however, helps keep me going. Thanks!</FONT></TT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Love the column,</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Please stay,</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>'nuff said.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>:-)</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>angus@intasys.com</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><I><FONT COLOR="#993300">'Muse</FONT></I></B>:
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Woohoo! My favorite kind of reader mail. Ok. I'll stick
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around for a while longer.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>In a previous message, Rolf
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Magnus Nilsen says:</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>I'm really sorry
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for bothering you with this problem, but as an avid reader of the Linux
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Gazette and the Linux Journal I have read most of your writings there.
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And hope you can take the time to answer some questions.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P><BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>'<B><I><FONT COLOR="#993300">Muse</FONT></I></B>:
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No problem. I try to answer all the questions that come my way, if
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I can.</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Now, we are going
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to do a small project in VHS video, and we need some tools for video editing.
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The problem is, we cant find any tools besides the simplest command line
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tools.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><I><FONT COLOR="#993300">'Muse</FONT></I></B>:
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Thats because there aren't any "canned" tools yet. See below.</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>So our current plan
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is to run a framegrabber, grab about 25 pictures a second, organise them,
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put in effects/text and use mpegencode to make a movie which we play back
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to our VCR. But this is quite a task, when you consider a movie of
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about 45 - 50 minutes.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>I have been searching around
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quite a bit, but have not found anything better than the tools I mentioned.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Do you know any resources
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or products I should have a look at. Buying a commercial product is OK
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if it runs under Linux..</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><I><FONT COLOR="#993300">'Muse</FONT></I></B>:
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Unfortunately this area of graphics tools on Linux is pretty sparse.
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Like you said, there are a number of command line tools for doing very
|
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specific tasks (like frame grabbers or creating MPEG video animations)
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but there aren't any user-friendly, GUI based tools like, for example,
|
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Adobe Premier.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>That said, there is one project
|
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you might want to look into. The project is called Moxy (http://millennium.diads.com/moxy/).
|
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Not much information there yet, but its aim is to be a Premier-style application.
|
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Its in *very* early development.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>You might also drop a line
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to the Gimp-Developer mailing list. A number of people had been discussing
|
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creating an application like this on that mailing list. I haven't
|
|
heard whats become of this, however. Adding a plug-in to the Gimp
|
|
wouldn't be the best way to handle video editing - the Gimp isn't designed
|
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for that type of work. But eventually interfaces should be (re: ought
|
|
to be) developed that allow easy transfer between the Gimp and video editing
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tools.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>No commercial packages that
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I know of are being ported yet. Desktop publishing on Linux is still
|
|
somewhat limited to word processors and the Gimp, which lacks color management
|
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facilities that are quite important to most desktop publishing and video
|
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editing environments.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>I'll post your message (actually
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this reply) to the next Graphics Muse column and perhaps someone with more
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information than I have will contact you. If you hear of any commercial
|
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packages being ported let me know. I'd love to start hearing of such
|
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ports!</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>BTW: I'm really
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looking forward to "The Artists' Guide to the GIMP", it is ordered already
|
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:-)</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><I><FONT COLOR="#993300">'Muse</FONT></I></B>:
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Hey! A sale! The first official one that I know of. I
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hope you find it useful!</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>In a previous message, Dylan
|
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The Hippy Wabbit says:</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>I have a particular
|
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interest in stereoscopic vision, and so I would like to have an X server
|
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that supports shutter glasses.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><I><FONT COLOR="#993300">'Muse</FONT></I></B>:
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(Note - doesn't anyone go by their real names anymore?) Ouch.
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My eyes are hurting already just thinking about these. People (like
|
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me) who have one eye "stronger" than the other can't see these images,
|
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at least not very well. They give me a headache (so do 3D glasses).</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>In case you haven't
|
|
heard of these, they use liquid crystals to alternately cover each eye.
|
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The display then alternates in phase so that each eye sees only one view.
|
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Apart from it's use in photography or molecular modelling it makes one
|
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hell of an extension to Quake!</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Some, although only a few,
|
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3D accelerators support them and there is an extensive web site including
|
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homebrewed controllers at:-</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.stereo3d.com/3dhome.htm">http://www.stereo3d.com/3dhome.htm</A></FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>However, I can't find any
|
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mention of it in the XFree86 docs. The AcceleratedX web site mentions
|
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support for "3D PEX" which I assume is a typo, although it could be something
|
|
genuine I've never heard of. I've searched the LG archive to find
|
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only your mention of a POVRAY "beamsplitter" in issue 27.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Do you know of anything?
|
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After all, we can't let DOS/Windows users have anything we can't get can
|
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we? ;-)</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><B><I><FONT COLOR="#993300">'Muse:</FONT></I></B>
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No such beast is yet available. Its just not in high demand so you
|
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probably won't see it from the commercial vendors unless a paying business
|
|
customer requests it (with some serious dollars behind the request).
|
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XFree86 will support it as soon as someone decides they want/need it and
|
|
have the time/expertise to write the code for it. If the video cards
|
|
handle it already then its just a matter of adding that support to an existing
|
|
video card driver (assuming a standard, well known video chipset on the
|
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card). The problem is usually finding someone who knows how to do
|
|
that. A post to <A HREF="news:comp.os.linux.x">comp.os.linux.x</A>
|
|
or maybe a letter to the Linux Gazette editor (<A HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</A>)
|
|
will put you in contact with someone. The LG editor will simply post
|
|
your request in the next issue of the Gazette and, with luck, someone will
|
|
contact you about their current work in this area. You might also
|
|
try sending a letter to the XFree86 support address (its listed on their
|
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web site <A HREF="http://www.xfree86.org">www.xfree86.org</A>).</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>I'll post your message in
|
|
the November Muse column. Maybe one of my readers will contact you
|
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about this. Keep your fingers crossed!</FONT></FONT>
|
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>BTW, 3D PEX is not a typo.
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PEX is the PHIGS Extension, a formal X Extension that supports PHIGS, which
|
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is the Programmers Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System. Thats
|
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a sort of OpenGL from the earlier days of computer graphics, although its
|
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still in use today in a few places.</FONT></FONT>
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<HR NOSHADE WIDTH="100%">
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<H2>
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Review: Corel Super 10 Packs CD collections</H2>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>I haven't been doing much with
|
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my Web site this past month. Once I got the new format running I
|
|
didn't have much need to mess with it, although I do have to remove the
|
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Apache logs fairly often (12Mb of logs in less than 5 days causes me to
|
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keep running over my disk quota). So I was a little unsure of what
|
|
to write about for this months Web Wonderings. That is until I wondered
|
|
through a local computer retail outlet. There on the shelves I found
|
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a number of Corel's Super Ten Pack CD image collections.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Normally I wouldn't consider
|
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using stock photos from Web-style CD collections because the quality of
|
|
the photos generally isn't much better than what I can take myself.
|
|
Additionally, most of those "25,000 (or more) Image" collections you find
|
|
on the shelves come with images suitable only for the Web - generally no
|
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more than about 1024x768 resolution. These usually are far too small
|
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for any other media.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>But an article in the September
|
|
1998 issue of Digital Video magazine covering stock image collections mentioned
|
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the Corel image collections, including their Super Ten Packs, as a source
|
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of quality stock images. Since I trust this magazine more than my
|
|
own common sense (which is still rather new to the graphic arts world)
|
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and due to Corel's fairly full-blown support for Linux, I decided to check
|
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out one or two of these collections.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>What is a Corel Super
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Ten Pack?</FONT></FONT></B>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The Super Ten Packs are collections
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of 10 CD's, each with 100 PhotoCD images on them. The current collections
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are classified into a number of different categories:</FONT></FONT>
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<BR>
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<CENTER><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=5 CELLPADDING=0 COLS=3 NOSAVE >
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<TR NOSAVE>
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<TD WIDTH="180" NOSAVE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Aircraft</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="160" NOSAVE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Food</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="180" NOSAVE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Seasons</FONT></FONT></TD>
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</TR>
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<TR>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Animals</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Gardens</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Sports & Leisure</FONT></FONT></TD>
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</TR>
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<TR NOSAVE>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Architecture</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD NOSAVE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Great Works of Art</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Textures</FONT></FONT></TD>
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</TR>
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<TR>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Art, Sculpture, & Design</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Landmarks</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Textures II</FONT></FONT></TD>
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</TR>
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<TR>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Business & Industry</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Museums & Artifacts</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Textures & Patterns</FONT></FONT></TD>
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</TR>
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<TR>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Canada</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Nature</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Textures & Patterns
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II</FONT></FONT></TD>
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</TR>
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<TR>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Cars</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>People</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Transportation</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>England</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>People II</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Travel</FONT></FONT></TD>
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</TR>
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<TR>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Fashion</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>People III</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Underwater</FONT></FONT></TD>
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</TABLE></CENTER>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>There is also a Sampler Ten
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pack. The sampler set has CD's titled, among others, "War", "Alien
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Landscapes" and "Success". Unfortunately the limited documentation
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doesn't say from which other Ten Pack's these samples are taken.
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I expect that Corel will expand this list further as well, since they tend
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to produce a large number of stock photography CDs in general.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The images are royalty free
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but there are some restrictions to their use. First, you must display
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the following text somewhere in your publication:</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>This product/publication
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includes images from [insert full name of Corel product] which are protected
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by the copyright laws of the U.S., Canada and elsewhere. Used under license.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Since I'm reviewing the CDs
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in general I hope the above counts towards my meeting this requirement.
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They also limit online display of the images to 512 X 768, but that may
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be only if you display the image unmodified. Its not clear about
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if such restrictions exist for derivative works that use the images.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>How do you get them?</FONT></FONT></B>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The Super Ten Packs are available
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at computer retail outlets or online. I purchased my two sets from
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MicroCenter here in Dallas. Corel's online site contains thumbnails
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of all the images from their huge collection of images so that you can
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preview them before purchase. All of the online versions have watermarks
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|
so don't get any ideas about trying to swipe them from their site (unless
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you like watermarked images).</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Online ordering can be done
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at <A HREF="http://www.corel.com/products/clipartandphotos/photos/superten.htm">http://www.corel.com/products/clipartandphotos/photos/superten.htm</A>.
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You can also search for individual images and order those online at <A HREF="http://corel.digitalriver.com/">http://corel.digitalriver.com/</A>.
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I didn't check to see if you could actually order the photos individually
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or just in the sets that contain them but a reliable resource who has used
|
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the service in the past suggested you could purchase them individually.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>When you go to http://corel.digitalriver.com/
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just click on the Photo CD package image to get a list of titles.
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|
From there you can click on the individual CDs to preview all of the images
|
|
on each CD. Each CD runs about $35-$45US.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>What do you actually get?</FONT></FONT></B>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>I purchased two different
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sets, the Sampler Ten Pack and the Textures II Ten Pack. Both run
|
|
a little higher at the retail outlet, as expected, and came in boxed sets.
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|
Inside the box I found the 10 CD's shrink wrapped along with a small pamphlet.
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The pamphlet had the obligatory licensing information along with full color
|
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thumnail images of all the images on each CD, one page per CD. This
|
|
is quite useful and something I hadn't quite expected for some reason.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><IMG SRC="./gx/hammel/pcd-plug-in.jpg" HSPACE=10 VSPACE=10 HEIGHT=312 WIDTH=157 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The
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images on the CD come in PhotoCD format. This format specifies 5
|
|
different image sizes:</FONT></FONT>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>128x192</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>256x384</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>512x768</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>1024x1536</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>2048x3072</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>To read this format you have
|
|
a couple of options. First, the <B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">Gimp</FONT></B>
|
|
has a <B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">PhotoCD file plug-in</FONT></B>. You
|
|
can tell if you have this plug-in installed if you try to open an existing
|
|
file and the <I>Open Options</I> menu includes an entry for <B>PCD</B>.
|
|
If you try to open a file from the CD by double clicking on the filename
|
|
in the Load Image dialog then the plug-in is started and you get the dialog
|
|
shown at left. You'll notice that this plug-in offers the additional
|
|
resolution of 4096x6144. I'm not certain if this is a valid PhotoCD
|
|
resolution or not, but it didn't seem to matter. Unfortunately, I
|
|
was unable to read any of the images from the CD in resolutions higher
|
|
than 512x768 using this plug-in. I had to switch to an alternative
|
|
option, the <B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">hpcdtoppm</FONT></B> tool from <B><FONT COLOR="#CC6600">NetPBM</FONT></B>
|
|
package. With this program I could read the higher resolutions -
|
|
up to 2048x3072 - into a PPM formatted file which I could then load into
|
|
the Gimp. I didn't have time to determine if the problem was with
|
|
the Gimp plug-in or the CDs, but I suspect the plug-in is at fault since
|
|
I could read the higher resolutions with hpcdtoppm. Note that this
|
|
plug-in works fine for resolutions up to 512x768.</FONT></FONT>
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<BR>
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<BR>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>[ <A HREF="webwonderings.html">More
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Web Wonderings</A> ]</FONT></FONT>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="musings.html#video-cards">Off
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the shelf video cards: choosing the right solution the first time.</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TR>
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<TD><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="musings.html#metro-xinput">Metro
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Link X Input Support</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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</TR>
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<H2>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica">State of the DisUnion</FONT></H2>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Its been two years since I started
|
|
the Graphics Muse column in the Linux Gazette. In that time I've
|
|
watched Linux grow in ways many people felt possible but few could guarantee
|
|
would actually happen. I've also watched, with some dismay, the numerous
|
|
battles being fought within our community and beyond. So, I'd like
|
|
to take this opportunity to just place my opinion on the record on a few
|
|
of the issues we've all faced these past two years. If you are easily
|
|
annoyed by other peoples opinions then just skip down to the bit on <A HREF="#where-to-go">Where
|
|
to go from here</A> or jump over to the <A HREF="musings.html#video-cards">off
|
|
the shelf video cards</A> article.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT COLOR="#660000"><FONT SIZE=-1>RMS
|
|
vs. Raymond vs Users</FONT></FONT></FONT></B>
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Both RMS (Richard
|
|
M. Stallman) and Eric Raymond have done wonders for the community and both
|
|
should be applauded for their efforts and dedication. However their
|
|
spirited enthusiasm, in the manner and form which they display in public,
|
|
is not necessarily what we need now. Linux and free software/Open
|
|
Software is a community, one that has grown beyond its bare communal spirit
|
|
and now encompasses a metropolitan mix of individuals and groups.
|
|
And that mix includes a high number of end users - not developers, not
|
|
hackers - users. I wonder now if either RMS or Raymond is truly interested
|
|
in the end user or is their focus solely on the developers needs.
|
|
At this point, the community needs to focus on both.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|
<B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT COLOR="#660000"><FONT SIZE=-1>Commercial
|
|
vs. Free and World Domination</FONT></FONT></FONT></B>
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Unlike many Linux
|
|
fans, I have no problem with commercial (re: proprietary) software.
|
|
There are people who both need and desire commercial software, regardless
|
|
of what developers might find as the higher moral ground. I personally
|
|
will use the tools which best suit my needs. I have always wanted
|
|
a Unix desktop, ever since my days working on the Dell Unix products in
|
|
the early 1990's and Linux is it for me. If commercial applications
|
|
begin to show up that work well for me, I will use them. I already
|
|
use Applixware and commercial versions of the sound drivers and X server.
|
|
You don't have to encourage commercial development, but you shouldn't attack
|
|
them either. Having a different point of view does not make someone
|
|
wrong or generally evil in all cases. If you provide alternatives
|
|
to commercial products you'll find many people who will both use and support
|
|
those alternatives. But to disuade others from using commercial products
|
|
without first providing the alternative is tantamount to using the same
|
|
tactics Microsoft uses with their vaporware announcements. Convince
|
|
by doing first. It makes the counter argument, the argument for commercial
|
|
or proprietary software, more difficult to sustain.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>On a related subject:
|
|
World Domination by Linux is not a goal I seek. The first reason
|
|
is obvious - if you displace Microsoft you lose the strongest focal point
|
|
that currently exists for the free software movement - the drive to displace
|
|
Microsoft. It is a bit of a catch-22 scenario, but I'd rather have
|
|
Microsoft stay strong to keep developers on edge in the Linux community.
|
|
They seem to thrive on that. Without real leadership in our community
|
|
(and I'm not convinced we have that one strong individual or group that
|
|
can claim that leadership role) it is imperitive that the strong focal
|
|
point be kept clear. Focus is key in any project, be it writing software
|
|
or climbing mountains or writing columns like this one.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The other reason I don't
|
|
want world domination is I really don't want to replace one egotistical
|
|
maniac with several thousand (or million). Great developers are egotistical
|
|
- its a form of self confidence not unlike that displayed by great artists.
|
|
But I wouldn't want either in charge of my personal computing world.
|
|
They see the world from their perspective and that perspective can be clouded
|
|
by their own intellect. It can be difficult to see the frustration
|
|
of others when their problems may seem trivial to you and easily solved.
|
|
Instead, I'd rather have the ability to control my own computing environment
|
|
by having the opportunity to choose between multiple solutions to similar
|
|
problems. I'd love to see the Mac and BeOS expand their market share
|
|
because, in the end, it only opens up my vistas of choice. And thats
|
|
what Linux is really about for end users. Freedom of choice.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|
<B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT COLOR="#660000"><FONT SIZE=-1>Vi
|
|
vs. Emacs</FONT></FONT></FONT></B>
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Vi, of course.
|
|
Unless I have to write a book or article for non-Linux publishers.
|
|
Then ApplixWords.</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|
<B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT COLOR="#660000"><FONT SIZE=-1>Red
|
|
Hat or Debian or S.u.S.E?</FONT></FONT></FONT></B>
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Depends on what
|
|
you want and where you live mostly. All three produce decent distributions.
|
|
I tend to think of Debian as aimed more towards the technical crowd while
|
|
the other two are more amenable to the average Joe. I use Red Hat
|
|
4.2. Why? Because 2 years ago when I was ready to upgrade from
|
|
my Slackware distribution I went into SoftPro Books in Denver and found
|
|
Red Hat abundantly stocked. S.u.S.E wasn't there yet. Neither
|
|
was Debian. It was a simple choice back then, really. But like
|
|
Linux in general, the good news is that I have choices. Thats important.
|
|
I'll be upgrading again at the start of the year, probably in February.
|
|
By that time most of the kinks with dealing with libc/glibc should be worked
|
|
out from the installation point of view. I may go with Red Hat 5.2
|
|
if its out by then. But S.u.S.E sure has had a lot of good press
|
|
too. But it probably doesn't matter that much. I don't even
|
|
use RPM's on my machine except during an initial installation. After
|
|
that, I install free software from source and commercial packages from
|
|
CDs (in whatever form they come in).</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|
<B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT COLOR="#660000"><FONT SIZE=-1>GPL,
|
|
LGPL, NPL, or Artistic License</FONT></FONT></FONT></B>
|
|
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>See what I mean?
|
|
Choice. This sort of thing seldom crops up in the Microsoft world.
|
|
Which is best? I won't say. Of all the arguments that have
|
|
arisen repeatedly the past 2 years, this one is most certainly one of personal
|
|
choice. I will recommend, however, that if you consider releasing
|
|
software to the free/Open community that you read through each of these
|
|
and try to understand them before releasing and before creating your own
|
|
license. I did the latter. It was a bad choice.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>GPL: <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</A></FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>LGPL: <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.html">http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.html</A></FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>NPL: <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/">http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/</A></FONT></FONT>
|
|
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Artistic: <A HREF="http://language.perl.com/misc/Artistic.html">http://language.perl.com/misc/Artistic.html</A></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|
<A NAME="where-to-go"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT COLOR="#660000"><FONT SIZE=-1>Where
|
|
to go from here - Desktop Graphics</FONT></FONT></FONT></B>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Ok, I've blabbered on for
|
|
too long with my own opinions that really have nothing to do with graphics
|
|
on Linux. I need to focus. What do we have now and what do
|
|
we need? How do we get it? And who are "we"?'</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>We are the people who desire
|
|
the tools to do the graphics arts work from which we both find enjoyment
|
|
and make our livings. As of now, the tools for Linux are mostly geared
|
|
toward Web development, a medium born from the same family as the images
|
|
we create. Most of the tools are command line driven, with a few
|
|
GUI-based tools like the Gimp or perhaps ImageMagick. But we lack
|
|
certain features to go beyond Web images. We lack any real form of
|
|
color management in the Gimp needed for prepress operations. We have
|
|
3D modellers but are they sufficient for commercial animation work?
|
|
And what about video editing tools? Nothing exists at this point
|
|
beyond one project in a very early stage. We have some hardware acceleration
|
|
for 3D video chipsets but lack consistant support from vendors. Most
|
|
important, we need a desktop that makes porting of applications - or writing
|
|
new ones - inviting to those who need to interact with other tools.</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>There are plenty of tools
|
|
available for commercial artists and effects houses that already exist
|
|
on other Unix platforms. What would it take to make those people
|
|
want to migrate to Linux? Vendors are fond of saying that end user
|
|
demand is what drives ports to new platforms. We need to know if
|
|
the demand exists and if not, then why not. I've spoken to two effects
|
|
houses in the past who use Linux in rendering farms (groups of Linux servers
|
|
number crunching 3D images with little to no user interaction). Linux
|
|
as a server once more. Is Linux not appropriate as the front end
|
|
of the special effects development process? What about for Desktop
|
|
Publishing? All you Quark and Adobe users - what do we need?
|
|
Would you use the ports if they were made available?</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>I write this column out of
|
|
a desire to learn about computer graphics. The only graphics tools
|
|
I'd ever used before moving to Linux were MacDraw and MicroGrafix under
|
|
DOS many years ago. I'm not familiar with the Adobe series of graphics
|
|
programs, nor Quark Express, nor the SoftImage tools or other SGI-based
|
|
applications. I need feedback from users of these tools to know what
|
|
to pass on to the rest of my readership. There are likely to be a
|
|
few who would be willing to work on projects, if they new what needed to
|
|
be done. And grass roots efforts by end users to convince commercial
|
|
vendors that ports of existing applications to Linux would be worth their
|
|
effort are also needed. Corel appears to be porting all their applications
|
|
to Linux. I assume this means Corel Draw will be coming out sometime
|
|
in the next 6 months. At least then I can see what a commercial application
|
|
looks like. If I could only get my hands on Adobe Premier or Quark
|
|
Express for Linux.....</FONT></FONT>
|
|
<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Most important of all, I
|
|
need to know what the readers need - desktop tools for the small prepress
|
|
environment? Web tools? High end graphics tools for research
|
|
and the entertainment industries? Perhaps multimedia authoring tools?
|
|
Or just simple tools for doing common tasks at home, those that are readily
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available for the Mac and MS platforms and cost a buck and a quarter at
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the local computer retail outlet.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Graphics on Linux needs focus.
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We have the kernel supporters and the desktop supporters who have driven
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the server side of Linux to the point that the rest of the world is not
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only aware of Linux but enthusiastic about joining the community.
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Now we need the graphics folks to mobilize and show that we can go beyond
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the realm of back room servers.</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Or can we?</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>[ <A HREF="musings.html">More
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Musings</A> ]</FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>The following links are
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just starting points for finding more information about computer graphics
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and multimedia in general for Linux systems. If you have some application
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specific information for me, I'll add them to my other pages or you can
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contact the maintainer of some other web site. I'll consider adding other
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general references here, but application or site specific information needs
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to go into one of the following general references and not listed here.</FONT></FONT>
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and News sources </FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.news.com/">C|Net
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Tech News</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.eklektix.com/lwn/">Linux
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Weekly News</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://slashdot.org/">Slashdot.org</A></FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>General Web Sites </FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.graphics-muse.org/linux/lgh.html">Linux
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Graphics mini-Howto</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.graphics-muse.org/ugu/ugu.html">Unix
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Graphics Utilities</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/linux_soundapps.html">Linux
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Sound/Midi Page</A></FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Some of the Mailing Lists
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and Newsgroups I keep an eye on and where I get much of the information
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in this column </FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.gimp.org">The
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Gimp User and Gimp Developer Mailing Lists</A>. </FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="http://www.irtc.org">The
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IRTC-L discussion list</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="news:comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing">comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="news:comp.graphics.rendering.renderman">comp.graphics.rendering.renderman</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="news:comp.graphics.api.opengl">comp.graphics.api.opengl</A></FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="news:comp.os.linux.announce">comp.os.linux.announce</A></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<A NAME="future"></A>
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<H2>
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Future Directions</H2>
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<FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>Next month:</FONT></FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1><A HREF="mailto:mjhammel@graphics-muse.org">Let
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me know what you'd like to hear about!</A></FONT></FONT>
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<DIV ALIGN=right><FONT FACE="Arial,Helvetica"><FONT SIZE=-1>© 1998
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<A HREF="mailto:mjhammel@graphics-muse.org">Michael
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J. Hammel</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P> <HR> <P>
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<center><H4>Previous ``Graphics Muse'' Columns</H4></center>
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<p>
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<A HREF="../issue11/gm.html">Graphics Muse #1, November 1996</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue12/gm.html">Graphics Muse #2, December 1996</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue13/gm.html">Graphics Muse #3, January 1997</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue14/gm.html">Graphics Muse #4, February 1997</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue15/gm.html">Graphics Muse #5, March 1997</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue16/gm.html">Graphics Muse #6, April 1997</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue17/gm.html">Graphics Muse #7, May 1997</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue18/gm.html">Graphics Muse #8, June 1997</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue19/gm.html">Graphics Muse #9, July 1997</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue20/gm.html">Graphics Muse #10, August 1997</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue22/gm.html">Graphics Muse #11, October 1997</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue23/gm.html">Graphics Muse #12, December 1997</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue25/gm.html">Graphics Muse #13, February 1998</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue26/gm.html">Graphics Muse #14, March 1998</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue27/gm.html">Graphics Muse #15, April 1998</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue31/gm.html">Graphics Muse #16, August 1998</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue32/gm.html">Graphics Muse #17, September 1998</A><BR>
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<A HREF="../issue33/gm.html">Graphics Muse #18, October 1998</A><BR>
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<center><H5>Copyright © 1998, Michael J. Hammel <BR>
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Published in Issue 34 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, November 1998</H5></center>
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