[Lilug Planning] Fwd: Idea I'm thinking about for a lilug or liphp meeting: photoshop/gimp/inkscape/paint.net talk
odinson
odinson at warcloud.net
Mon Sep 28 07:21:56 PDT 2009
Hi Matt
Thanks! :)
Matt
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Matt Surico wrote:
> Justin Dearing wrote:
>> That would definitely be a good talk. I'll be sure to promote it at
>> LIPHP. Randy Lewis will talk about Photoshop for web programmers in
>> December at LIPHP so December will be the month of graphics.
>>
>> Justin
>
> OK, great, so I guess that settles it :-) Dec @ LILUG will be "Open
> Source Desktop Publishing" and I'll cover Scribus, the GIMP and
> Inkscape. There are many tools and techniques which are similar in the
> GIMP and Inkscape, so that will save some time in the talk.
>
> I'll create some printed matter ahead of time in Scribus which contains
> a bunch of layout and graphics (chosen to demonstrate specific
> techniques), then show how I created them.
>
> Cheers,
> Matt S
>
>
>
>> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 11:37 AM, odinson <odinson at warcloud.net
>> <mailto:odinson at warcloud.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Matt
>>
>> That would be great for LILUG! You are an excellent
>> speaker. December seems to be open, how about that?
>>
>> Matt
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 27 Sep 2009, Matt Surico wrote:
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> FYI, I've got proficiency in Inkscape, and it's been quite a
>> while since
>> I've given a talk at LILUG, so I probably should volunteer my
>> services :-).
>>
>> I had thought a while ago about giving a talk on "Open Source
>> Desktop
>> Publishing" and had thought about Inkscape and Scribus....
>>
>> I could be a part of this talk at LILUG and present on those two
>> technologies (and I use the GIMP as well and could speak on
>> that too).
>>
>> My angle would be to show some artwork that had been done
>> using those
>> tools and then show some of the techniques that helps one
>> arrive there.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Matt S
>>
>>
>> Justin Dearing wrote:
>>
>> It rejected this when I first sent it since I was not on
>> the list. I
>> joined it now.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: *Justin Dearing* <zippy1981 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:zippy1981 at gmail.com> <mailto:zippy1981 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:zippy1981 at gmail.com>>>
>> Date: Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 1:50 AM
>> Subject: Re: Idea I'm thinking about for a lilug or liphp
>> meeting:
>> photoshop/gimp/inkscape/paint.net <http://paint.net>
>> <http://paint.net> talk
>> To: Mark Drago <markdrago at gmail.com
>> <mailto:markdrago at gmail.com> <mailto:markdrago at gmail.com
>> <mailto:markdrago at gmail.com>>>
>> Cc: odinson at warcloud.net <mailto:odinson at warcloud.net>
>> <mailto:odinson at warcloud.net <mailto:odinson at warcloud.net>>,
>> planning at lilug.org <mailto:planning at lilug.org>
>> <mailto:planning at lilug.org <mailto:planning at lilug.org>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Mark Drago
>> <markdrago at gmail.com <mailto:markdrago at gmail.com>
>> <mailto:markdrago at gmail.com <mailto:markdrago at gmail.com>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I've CCed the planning at lilug.org
>> <mailto:planning at lilug.org> <mailto:planning at lilug.org
>> <mailto:planning at lilug.org>>
>> mailing list so others that are
>> interested will be able to follow along. I've also
>> replied in-line so
>> newcomers can follow the conversation somewhat linearly.
>>
>> 3 updates,
>>
>> 1. I emailed the inkscape user list asking if anyone in
>> longisland
>> is willing to talk about inkscape. No responses yet,
>> but then
>> again no other traffic on that
>> list.
>> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=5458db3c0909251955o2d5c46bxbcfbf3929a7f622c%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=inkscape-user
>> <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=5458db3c0909251955o2d5c46bxbcfbf3929a7f622c%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=inkscape-user>
>>
>> <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=5458db3c0909251955o2d5c46bxbcfbf3929a7f622c%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=inkscape-user
>> <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=5458db3c0909251955o2d5c46bxbcfbf3929a7f622c%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=inkscape-user>>
>> 2. In November or December Randy Lewis will be giving a
>> talk about
>> using PhotoShop for web programmers at LIPHP. I've
>> gotten him to
>> play with Gimp and Inkscape. Assuming he develops some
>> proficiency with those two tools we might be able to
>> get him to
>> talk about them at LIPHP.
>> 3. Sometime during the week I'll find an appropriate
>> gimp mailing
>> list to ask on.
>>
>>
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