www/education/draft edu-software-gimp.html

[Dora Scilipoti]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Dora Scilipoti <dora>   12/03/16 20:54:04

Modified files:
        education/draft: edu-software-gimp.html 

Log message:
        Add artist's quote on GIMP.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/education/draft/edu-software-gimp.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.3&r2=1.4

Patches:
Index: edu-software-gimp.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/education/draft/edu-software-gimp.html,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -b -r1.3 -r1.4
--- edu-software-gimp.html      14 Mar 2012 14:20:07 -0000      1.3
+++ edu-software-gimp.html      16 Mar 2012 20:53:54 -0000      1.4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--#include virtual="/server/html5-header.html" -->
-<!-- Parent-Version: $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- Parent-Version: $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 
 <title>GIMP - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title>
 
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
 users' freedom. It can be used both as a simple tool for basic painting 
 and drawing and as a powerful program for complex tasks such as advanced 
 photo retouching, digital image composition, editing and animation, as 
-well as authoring of original art. Apart from the usual features included 
-in similar programs, GIMP displays an array of highly sophisticated 
-options aimed at computer graphics professionals. It is also 
-multi-platform, and it handles a wide range of formats plus format 
+well as authoring of original art. Apart from the usual features 
+included in similar programs, GIMP displays an array of highly 
+sophisticated options aimed at computer graphics professionals. It is 
+also multi-platform, and it handles a wide range of formats plus format 
 conversion.</p>
 
 
@@ -56,11 +56,23 @@
 <p>The GIMP is used by a large number of artists, amateurs, Web 
 developers, educators. At school it is a handy tool that assists students 
 and teachers in the preparation of graphic materials for slides, handouts, 
-the school's Web site or bulletin and similar projects. There are many 
-interesting examples of how this program is put to use by professionals 
-and amateurs alike to effectively bring to life their ideas without 
-giving up their freedom as computer users. Among those, there is one 
-that goes beyond the ordinary.
+the school's Web site or bulletin and similar projects.</p>
+
+<p>French artist Isabel Saij describes how she uses GIMP for 
+<a href="http://www.saij-copyleft2.net/fragments/fragments1.html";>her 
+work</a>:
+
+<blockquote>
+<p>&ldquo;It's a program I use for different works: photo manipulation
+(mixing images together), drawings (my 'digital fragments' in relation 
+to my 'real fragments' made on paper), teaching to teenagers, preparing 
+images for video, etc.). In other words, one of my favorite 
programs.&rdquo;</p>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>There are many interesting examples of how this program is put to use 
+by professionals and amateurs alike to effectively bring to life their 
+ideas without giving up their freedom as computer users. Among those, 
+there is one that goes beyond the ordinary.</p>
 
 <h4>How GIMP changed Mani's life.</h4>
 
@@ -78,17 +90,17 @@
 mastery of the advanced techniques of GIMP, and, combining technical 
 knowledge with innate artistic abilities, he produced graphical art that
 he exhibited and sold. The following three-minutes video portrays Mani's 
-endeavor to learn Free Software.
+endeavor to learn Free Software.</p>
 
 <p>
 <!-- TRANSLATORS: please translate the written description of the video
      and replace the link to the English version with the link to your 
      translation -->
 
-Note to the hearing impaired: the only audio in this video is the 
+(Note to the hearing impaired: the only audio in this video is the 
 soundtrack, which is a piano version of the Free Software Song. A
 <a href="/education/misc/we_use_gnu-linux_description.en.txt"> written 
-description of the video</a> is available for the visually impaired.
+description of the video</a> is available for the visually impaired).
 </p>
 
 <div style=  "width:320px; margin-right:auto; margin-left:auto; 
padding-top:1em; padding-bottom:1em;">
@@ -171,10 +183,8 @@
 choice but to keep the old version of the program or else invest in a new 
 operating system.</p>
 
-<p>French artist Isabel Saij explains why she decided to break free from
-the trap by adopting Free Software for
-<a href="http://www.saij-copyleft2.net/fragments/fragments1.html";>her 
-work</a>:</p>
+<p>Isabel Saij explains why she decided to break free from the trap by 
+adopting Free Software:</p>
 
 <blockquote>
 <p> &ldquo;With proprietary programs the artist is at the mercy of the 
@@ -283,7 +293,7 @@
 
 <p>Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2012/03/14 14:20:07 $
+$Date: 2012/03/16 20:53:54 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>