‘gimp’ Entries

  • Dec
    05
    2010

    Wacom Bamboo on Ubuntu

    by Andre Engelbrecht

    I purchased a Wacom Bamboo stylus this week, and thought I'd document for my own reference how to set it up in Ubuntu.

    To Install the wacom driver support in ubuntu, I found this blog, which showed a painless install using the doctormo ppa. If you dont want to follow the link, here are the steps which works for me on Ubuntu 10.10.

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:doctormo/wacom-plus sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install wacom-dkms xf86-input-wacom

    Note: You …

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  • Apr
    24
    2010

    Open Standards in Digital Design

    by Andre Engelbrecht

    Though I consider myself a mediocre designer, I have long held the opinion that, good design is not limited by the tools the individual uses, but by the mind of the individual using the tools. What this means is that, using certain “industry standard” tools, does not necessarily make you a better designer.

    For this reason I have long been in strong opposition of certain “industry standard” design tools, like for example Photoshop. Don't get me wrong, I think the guys at Adobe have done a phenomenal job and created one of the best tools for digital design. …

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