[geeks] super gimp

joshua d boyd geeks at sunhelp.org
Tue Aug 14 11:17:00 CDT 2001


On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 06:33:17PM -0400, dave at cca.org wrote:
> jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu writes:
> 
> >Besides, we really need to replace the gimp with something
> >better.  Something that can take advantage of GL.  Something that can use
> >more than just indexed color and RGB.  Something that can use better than
> >linear color scales, and even more importantly, something flexible enough
> >to allow brush plugins that actually simulate the hairs of the brush.
> 
> Ah-ha! CFD! Simulate the flow of ink off a pen, or paint off a brush,
> into the complex paper surface. Wicking and other weird surface-tension 
> issues.
> 
> Now you do need a Cray. :-)

Or a multinode of SX-5s.  Oh wait, in the US those are also crays.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd
http://www.cs.millersville.edu/~jdboyd/



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