[Linux] Simple image manipulation program

[Lawrence Kagan]

For mac OS, there's Seashore which is based on Gimp but with the  
native mac interface and many features are hidden/removed.


On Mar 6, 2007, at 3:41 PM, Ben Preston wrote:

> On 3/6/07, Kwan Lowe <kwan@digitalhermit.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Happy Purim to all,
>>
>> And to you...
>>
>>
>> > 1. Change image size and type (jpg, gif, png, etc. - nothing  
>> fancy).
>> >
>> > 2. Crop image and cut paste pieces of two or more images. Both  
>> geometric
>> > images and freehand (i.e. cut squares, circles or move the mouse  
>> around the
>> > irregular shape I want and cut it off). Be able to move the  
>> pasted pieces to
>> > the right place.
>> >
>> > What I want to do is rather simple - create composite images  
>> (pictures) by
>> > taking an image, cutting off the unwanted parts, replacing them  
>> with
>> > cut-outs from other pictures, then saving in the desired size  
>> and format.
>> >
>> > Any recommendation for Linux? Mac OSX?
>> >
>>
>> There's a program called Picassa that's available from Google  
>> apps. It's available
>> on Linux, Mac and Windows and I believe does all those things you  
>> want.
>>
>>
>
> As far as I know, Picasa doesn't let you do any sort of compositing or
> cutting out of picture elements.  It's really more of a photo/album
> manager application.  Like F-Spot, except it works.  :)
>
>> What I want to do is rather simple - create composite images  
>> (pictures) by taking an
>> image, cutting off the unwanted parts, replacing them with cut- 
>> outs from other pictures,
>> then saving in the desired size and format.
>
> That's not a simple exercise, when it really comes down to it (unless
> you *want* it to look like an mspaint collage).  However, if you want
> something equivalent to mspaint there's gpaint, kolourpaint, xpaint or
> tkpaint.
>
> -- 
>
> Ben
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