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"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"
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<H1><font color="maroon">The Graphics Muse</font></H1>
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<H4>By <a href="mailto:mjhammel@graphics-muse.org">Michael J. Hammel</a></H4>
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<meta name="Description" content="The Monthly Column of Computer Graphics for Linux Systems.">
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These pages are designed by Michael J. Hammel. Permission to
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use all graphics and other content is granted provided you give
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me (or the original authors/artists) credit for the work and this
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copyright notice is not removed.
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(c)1997, 1998 Michael J. Hammel (mjhammel@graphics-muse.org)
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============================================================= !--><!-- The Button box as a client side imagemap --><map NAME="nav-main"><area SHAPE="rect" HREF="#mews" coords="10,10 170,40"><area SHAPE="rect" HREF="#webwonderings" coords="0,55 175,85"><area SHAPE="rect" HREF="#musings" coords="75,115 170,145"><area SHAPE="rect" HREF="#resources" coords="5,170 110,195"></map>
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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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thought </font></font></i></li>
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<i><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>n; [ fr. Any of the nine
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sister goddesses of learning and the arts in Greek Mythology ]: a source
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of inspiration</font></font></i></li>
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<center><font size=-2>© 1999 by <a href="mailto:mjhammel@graphics-muse.org">mjh</a></font></center>
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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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the above definitions are pretty much the way I'd describe my own interest
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in computer graphics: it keeps me deep in thought and it is a daily source
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<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>[<a href="#mews">Graphics
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Mews</a>][<a href="#rsrc">Resources</a>]</font></font>
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<p><a href="http://www.clbooks.com/home.html?from=CJK692"><img SRC="gx/hammel/cla_small.gif" VSPACE=5 BORDER=0 height=60 width=234 align=CENTER></a></center>
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<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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of computer graphics tools for Linux systems.</font></font></td>
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<br><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>This month there really
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isn't a new Muse column. At least not here in the Gazette.
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In fact, there won't be any Muse columns in the Gazette anymore.
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Nor will there be any more articles in my sister publication, TheGimp.com.</font></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font>
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<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Instead, I'd like to announce
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a new Web site: <a href="http://www.graphics-muse.com">Graphics-Muse.com.</a>
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I realized the time was right to consolidate all my online writings into
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a single site, to put them into databases and provide some control over
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when I could make my work available. Basically, trying to write this
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column, with all the news stories, reader mail, and so forth just takes
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too long each month. I needed something more automated, and searchable.
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I needed databases. That also meant I needed CGI and I couldn't
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get that with the Gazette due to the way it gets distributed.</font></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font>
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<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>At the same time, I'm moving
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TheGimp.com under the same roof. This means I can use pretty much
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the same tools to write on just about any topic. Plus I'll have (eventually)
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all my reader mail and Q And A style stuff in searchable databases. And
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my old tools database has been updated and migrated to a much friendlier
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format! </font></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font>
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<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>All of the old Muse issues
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from the Gazette, plus all the issues of TheGimp.com are available from
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this new site. All of the old Gimp resources (including Tutorials)
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are also there. I'll update the site once or twice a day, so you
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don't need to check it every 15 minutes like <a href="http://linuxtoday.com">LinuxToday</a>
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or <a href="http://slashdot.org">Slashdot</a>, but you will want to stop
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by daily. </font></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font>
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<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>The new site, which should
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be <b>online by October 1st</b> if all goes well, is DHTML (i.e. CSS and
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Javascript) based, so you'll need a browser that can handle that.
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Netscape handles it pretty well, but you'll want version 4.5 or later (preferably
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4.61, which is what I used to test the site). I haven't tried
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IE since I don't have access (nor do I want access) to any Microsoft
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systems. I tried Lynx and it appears to work moderately well,
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but I make no promises on supporting text based browsers. I'm not
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even exactly sure how to use Lynx.</font></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font>
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<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>The new site is designed
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to work on 800 pixels wide displays. It should work ok in larger
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displays, but you'll have to scroll horizontally on smaller ones.</font></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font>
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<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>I'm using DHTML to provide
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simplified management of articles and their summaries. It just works
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better this way. Since <a href="http://themes.org">themes.org</a>,
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Slashdot and <a href="http://freshmeat.net">freshmeat</a> use it, I thought
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it would be ok. I just may not have done it as well as they
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have. We'll see.</font></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font>
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<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>My thanks to Margie Richardson
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and Mike Orr for helping me make the Muse a useful resource. I've
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enjoyed my time working on the Gazette version of the Muse. And I'm
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not abandoning the Gazette completely - I hope to encourage a few
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new writers to step forward with their own columns. </font></font><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1></font></font>
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<p><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Anyway, bookmark the new
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site and visit often! And thanks for 3 wonderful years in the Gazette!</font></font>
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<td NOSAVE><b><i><font face="Arial,Helvetica">The Artists' Guide to the
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Gimp</font></i></b>
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<br><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Available online from <a href="http://www.clbooks.com/home.html?from=CJK692">Fatbrain</a>,
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<a href="http://www.softpro.com/softpro/1-57831-011-3.html">SoftPro
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Books</a> and <a href="http://search.borders.com/fcgi-bin/db2www/search/search.d2w/Details?&mediaType=Book&prodID=51315727">Borders
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Books</a>. In Denver, try the <a href="http://www.tatteredcover.com/cgi-bin/bookfind.pl?lit_ttl=Gimp&Id=733947.13300&refer=list&page=book&isbn=1-57831-011-3&str=1">Tattered
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Cover Book Store.</a></font></font></td>
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<a NAME="rsrc"></a><img SRC="../gx/hammel/resources.jpg" height=50 width=245>
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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://www.linuxtoday.com">Linux
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Today</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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<br><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1><a href="http://TheGimp.com">TheGimp.com</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.html">Linux
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Graphics</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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<br><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1><a href="http://LinuxArtist.org">Linux
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Artist.org</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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Future Directions</h2>
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<font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>Check out <a href="http://www.graphics-muse.com">Graphics-Muse.com
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</a>and find out!</font></font>
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<div align=right><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size=-1>© 1999
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Published in Issue 46 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, October 1999</H5>
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