Linux/BSD/UNIX Photoshop Problem Solved

One of the age-long problems with the Linux operating system was never the lack of functionality but the lack of major commercial applications porting their software to Linux. The movie industry has shown high demand for such software to be ported and, after a long wait, companies such as Autodesk and Softimage have ported fully supported Linux versions of their applications for their dedicated customers.

Even with these high-budget applications now part of the Linux arsenal other companies do not see Linux as a priority in their busy development cycles. Adobe Systems has ported the popular Flash Player and Adobe Reader to Linux and it has been embraced and haled by the Linux community; bringing a standardized method of viewing content throughout all major platforms. Even after such bold moves by other companies, however, there is still no indication that we will ever see the popular Photoshop ever selling on the Linux market. The need for a standard high-performance commercial raster image editing application has increased as more and more studios and artists embrace the power of the Linux operating system for their work. The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) has been the most successful replacement for a high-end image editing application but ever since development slowed in the project, the application has had no real improvement. Furthermore many people do not want to switch their ways from the traditional “Photoshop-like” interfaces that other applications on Windows and Mac give them access to. ...... http://www.jeffreyjonesgraphics.com to read full story

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