Prebuilt graphical fron end(s)?

[John Culleton]

I know that IM is primarily a command line program. I know that there
are hooks whereby one can build your own graphical front end. But are
there any prebuilt graphical front ends for the major platforms?

Many/most Windows users are frightened by the command line. So they
spend money on programs just to do simple RGB to CMYK conversions.

[Hiisi]

Post by John Culleton
I know that IM is primarily a command line program. I know that there
are hooks whereby one can build your own graphical front end. But are
there any prebuilt graphical front ends for the major platforms?
Many/most Windows users are frightened by the command line. So they
spend money on programs just to do simple RGB to CMYK conversions.
--
John Culleton
Wexford Press
"Create Book Covers with Scribus"
Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95
http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

They chose the wrong OS so let them pay for the wrong programs. We
shouldn't interrupt into this process of natural selection.

[Wolfgang Hugemann]

Post by Hiisi
They chose the wrong OS so let them pay for the wrong programs. We
shouldn't interrupt into this process of natural selection.

If this is the conclusion, so why distributing a Windows version of IM
at all?

I think that a GUI interface can really help people to become aquainted
with a command line program. A good example is AVIsynth, a
(Windows-based) command-driven video manipulation program, which has a
GUI editor named AVSedit. This editor easifies the handling a lot and
helps people to get started. It could give us an idea what a GUI editor
for IM should look like.

A possible idea would be to provide such an editor as an IrfanView (a
free Windows image viewer) plug-in.

Greetings from Germany
Wolfgang Hugemann

[John Culleton]

Post by Hiisi

Post by John Culleton
I know that IM is primarily a command line program. I know that
there are hooks whereby one can build your own graphical front
end. But are there any prebuilt graphical front ends for the
major platforms?
Many/most Windows users are frightened by the command line. So
they spend money on programs just to do simple RGB to CMYK
conversions. --
John Culleton
Wexford Press
"Create Book Covers with Scribus"
Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95
http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html

They chose the wrong OS so let them pay for the wrong programs. We
shouldn't interrupt into this process of natural selection.

We all began with mdsos or Win. Linux became available later. When I
write books such as the one listed below I have to assume a Windows
platform even though I do 99.9% of my work on Slackware Linux or hard
disk Knoppix (on the laptop.)

[Anthony Thyssen]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:55:31 -0400
magick-users-***@imagemagick.org wrote:
| On Sunday 12 September 2010 03:39:05 Hiisi wrote:
| > 2010/9/11 John Culleton <***@wexfordpress.com>:
| > > I know that IM is primarily a command line program. I know that
| > > there are hooks whereby one can build your own graphical front
| > > end. But are there any prebuilt graphical front ends for the
| > > major platforms?
| > >
| > > Many/most Windows users are frightened by the command line. So
| > > they spend money on programs just to do simple RGB to CMYK
| > > conversions. --
| > > John Culleton
| > > Wexford Press
| > > "Create Book Covers with Scribus"
| > > Printable E-book 38 pages $5.95
| > > http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
| >
| > They chose the wrong OS so let them pay for the wrong programs. We
| > shouldn't interrupt into this process of natural selection.
|
| We all began with mdsos or Win. Linux became available later.

WRONG....

I began with UNIX. Long before PC's even existed!!!
Linux is UNIX, just UNIX for PC's.

However if you want something that is primarily GUI with a image
library backend. Look at Gimp.

The problem with Gimp is that it is complex to start with
At least ImageMagick is simple to start with and simple to do most
common tasks. Where it excels is with batch processing with needing
any form of display.

However having said that I would like to see some method of linking
a GUI with the library back end. At least for things like picking
reference points and such like.


Anthony Thyssen ( System Programmer ) <***@griffith.edu.au>
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[David N. Lombard]

Post by John Culleton
We all began with mdsos or Win.

No, we didn't.

[Cristobal Navarro]

the command line mode is perfect for me at least.

however, its not a bad idea if someone could make a prototipe GUI using the
magick API for C++ or C and GTK, and show us how it looks like.

Post by David N. Lombard

Post by John Culleton
We all began with mdsos or Win.

No, we didn't.
--
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Rossmoor, Orange County, CA
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Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
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[John Culleton]

Post by David N. Lombard

Post by John Culleton
We all began with mdsos or Win.

No, we didn't.

I meant in the PC world. The first computer I ever wrote programs for
was an IBM 360-40 in 1968. The first gui I used was Windows 3. I did
fool with Xenix etc. in the early days but that was a thread that
didn't last on the desktop.