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ramif's avatar

Can I use Gimp on Mac OS 10.4.11?

Asked by ramif (4points) December 18th, 2008

It requires X11 and I can not find it for 10.4.X but only for 10.5.X

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ben's avatar

Yes, it’s just a pain to find X11 for 10.4. I believe you need the original Tiger cd, and then you can install it from Additional Packages.

You might also want to check out Seashore, a port of Gimp for OS X.

ncanderson42's avatar

This should answer your question, it’s on the official Gimp site, so it should provide all the information you need.

http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/

btko's avatar

Gimp… blah I hatez that program.

ncanderson42's avatar

@btko It’s a really great program if you’re willing to put in some time to learn how to use it. But it’s not for everyone.

Cardinal's avatar

Sorry, I’m a techno loser. What is Gimp? Never mind, I just pulled up ncanderson42’s link and didn’t understand 10% of what I read. FER GIT IT!

ncanderson42's avatar

@Cardinal :) That’s alright, it’s for editing pictures, it’s kind of a free, open source photoshop.

btko's avatar

Fair enough ncanderson – actually I tihnk i’ll try that seashore port of GIMP, I’ve only tried gimp on windows and really couldn’t get a handle on how they changed the naming of everything. (Compared to Photoshop). And I think that’s a issue with a lot of the open source projects out there (like Open Office) is that they stray to far away from the “normal”.

IMHO

ncanderson42's avatar

@btko I haven’t bought software in a couple years, so I’m used to it, but I think you’re right, it scares away alot of people.

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