1. Tech Talk: Open Source Software for the Home Computer Nathan Hall UNT Libraries Information Technology Services

2. IMAGE EDITING: Comparing Photoshop with Gimp

3. GIMP BACKGROUND GNU (" ɡ nu) Image Manipulation Program Available for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux Originally developed by students at UC Berkeley. Currently maintained by the GNOME Project Often compared to / reviewed against Photoshop

4. DISCLAIMER Gimp screenshots in this presentation were created with the Mac iteration of Gimp. Photoshop screenshots were created with Adobe PS CS3 running on Windows Vista. Some differences in interface design might be due to comparing software on two different operating systems.

5. Workspace

6. TOOL PALLET Many of the tools in the Gimp pallet are similar to Photoshop's. Photoshop Gimp

7. CROP TOOL

8. CURVES TOOL Photoshop Gimp

9. CONTROLLING HUE AND SATURATION Photoshop Gimp

10. IMAGE MENU PhotoshopGimp

11. LAYER MENU Gimp Photoshop

12. TOOLS MENU Gimp only, but analogous to the Adjustments sub- menu in Photoshop.

13. FILTERS MENU Gimp Photoshop write your own plug ins

14. VIEW MENU Gimp Photoshop

15. WINDOWS MENU Gimp Photoshop

16. BUG!!!

17. GIMP ADVANTAGES 1. Cost 2. Familiar environment for Photoshop users 3. Familiar functionality for Photoshop users

18. CRITICISM Gimp's interface: -too many windows / dialog boxes -boxes can get stuck behind other open applications. Gimp's functionality: -no CMYK -no color management (e.g. ICC) -lacks support for RAW images

19. GIMP IS RIGHT FOR YOU IF......you answer "yes" to any of the following questions. You want more functionality than what comes with Photoshop Elements Do you want to learn and practice basic/intermediate image editing techniques at home without paying for Photoshop CS[#]? Are you a casual user? Are you interested in open source software development? Are you a law abiding cheapskate in general?

20. GIMP IS WRONG FOR YOU IF......You answer "yes" to any of the following questions. Are you an imaging/graphics professional? AND do you NOT want to tinker with software Do you wish to be? AND can you afford the Photoshop license?

21. Word Processing: Comparing MS Office Google Docs OpenOffice

22. Offers: Word Processor Spreadsheet Maker Presentation Design Database Managment Vector Graphics Editor Math Tool Saves by default in OpenDocument Formats (ODF) Supported by MS Office 2007 SP2 Plug ins are available to support ODF in earlier versions of MS Office OpenOffice can export to other formats.

23. Inserting notes in OpenOffice...

24. ... Become comments in Word...but "track changes" edits are saved and converted as if accepted.

25. Open Office Spell check: not good

26. What about Google docs? Free, but not open source. (Though permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software and database and its documentation for any purpose.) This presentation was composed on Google docs. Presentation can be exported to Powerpoint or PDF.

27. Google Docs Offers: Word Processor Spreadsheet Maker Form Maker Presentation Design Exports to pdf, ppt, doc, odf, html, rtf, txt

28. Google Docs Some loss of formatting in (low frill) presentations Major loss of formatting when uploading a Word document to Google Docs Requires a Google account

29. UNT Libraries Strategic Plan, in Word

30. UNT Libraries Strategic Plan, in Google Docs

31. Google Docs and Collaboration Invite people... Get the link to share... See who has access... Email as attachment... Send a message to collaborators... Publish as web page... View as web page...

32. Thank you Questions and Comments?