[olug] Newbie looking for GIMP help and Quicktime Help

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On Thursday January 8th 2004, Joe Gulizia wrote:

> I'm a newbie using the CD versions of Slackware Live,
> Knoppix or Cool-Linux.  How can I get graphics from my
> hard drive into GIMP for manipulation?

Make sure GIMP is installed, then type "gimp" in an xterm prompt.  File-> Open.  Or you can do 
"gimp <location of image>"


> Is there a way to use Quicktime via Linux?  I need to
> view video streams that use Quicktime (.sdp format if
> theat helps)

MPlayer seems to read everything -- I've had better luck with it than Windows Media Player.  I don't know if it reads .sdp movies, but it does a great job with .mov and everything else I've thrown at it.  See if you can grab a package for your distro, however -- compiling it can be a pain.

see http://www.mplayerhq.hu  (seems to be down at the moment)

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