Re: [libreoffice-design] New web banners. Feedback?

Aleksandar,


I agree with what Tobias says.

I am using INKSCAPE and GIMP to draw Banner, banners, stickers, posters,
etc..

It is a simple software to use and practical.

Use INKSCAPE and GIMP!

Regards,

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2011/9/27 Tobias Bernard <bertob93@gmail.com>

> so you used photoshop to create these?
> man, that's not cool. graphics for free software should be created using
> free software.
> all your design is great, but great design done with non-free software is
> never as good as the same design done with free software. many designers
> (even in the FLOSS community) don't care about this, but it is really
> important.
> if free software design is done on a proprietary system using proprietary
> software formats, how can people change it using free software on a free
> OS?
> if one doesn't think that using free software is a good thing, why should
> he
> support free software (such as libo)?
>
> design source files are code too. the same principles applied to software
> are appliable to design too, so if the source isn't published, the design
> is
> proprietary. if (as in your case) the design is released under a free
> software license (LGPL among others) you *have to* publish the source code,
> it's not optional.
>
> i think a lot of us free software people should finally start thinking of
> our design as something that has to be as free as our software.
>
> aleksandar, i don't want to offend you in any way, but i had to say
> this. free software is also about the tools we use to create it.
> so please don't be scared and keep up the great work, but if you can find
> the time (and haven't already done it), check out
> inkscape<http://www.inkscape.org>(extremely powerful FLOSS vector
> graphics editor) and consider using it for
> future designs. vector is better for most kinds of design anyway ;)
>
> tobias

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