SIGGRAPH BOF - failed

>From: G Blair <gblairsympatico.ca>
>
>The Open Source booth was busy demonstrating packages
such as gimp, blender,
>inkscape, and others.  The degree of confidence varied. 
Sample questions
>such as, "How do I remove red-eye?" stymied
several volunteer gimp operators.

Yep, open source people could learn to answer to that kind
of questions.
The similar happens in pro-audio side as well.

One possible answer is to ask what plugin they have used in
PhotoShop.
They could ask the plugin author to release the GIMP
version. Specially
if the algorithm has been patented.

Second possible answer is to say GIMP cannot do it, perhaps
it can be
done with plugins, the GIMP sites provide lists of available
plugins.

Without correct answers the "how do I" questions
could go on and on.
Photoshop authors could list all features of their $$$$$
plugin set
and seriously expect that every feature has an open source
equivalent
of the same quality.

Juhana
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