Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 19th Feb 2008 23:57 UTC, submitted by Jeff Moore
Google is funding work to ensure the Windows version of Adobe Systems' Photoshop and other Creative Suite software can run on Linux computers. "We hired CodeWeavers to make Photoshop CS and CS2 work better under Wine," Dan Kegel, of Google's software engineering team and the Wine 1.0 release manager, said on Google's open-source blog. "Photoshop is one of those applications that desktop Linux users are constantly clamoring for, and we're happy to say they work pretty well now... We look forward to further improvements in this area."
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2006-12-16
huh? Photoshop is not the sole province of "pros", I really beg to differ here. That really is serious misinformation.
There are huge differences between CS2 and Photoshop 7, both in terms of RAW file support via ACR (Adobe Camera Raw), liquify filter (great for getting rid of blubber on modelling shots), smart sharpen (more intelligent in sharpening than the traditional USM) and a host of other stuff that just doesn't jump out at me yet.
CS2 has NOT worked for a long time on wine, try having a look at the winehq logs and you'll see what I mean. The last few releases of wine have had Photoshop CS2 working, but there are extra steps required, and it doesn't work out of the box.
And no, as good as the GIMP is, it is no Photoshop replacement, and is quite poor in many areas in comparison imho.
Dave