Quote Originally Posted by Rono64
Photoshop = The Gimp/Kooka
Illustrator = Sketch/Karbon14/Scribus
Indesign/Quark= Scribus
OOO! This is just the info I need. Thanx for the info on desktop publishing apps for linux!

Now I take it that you use these linux apps professionally and you like them as much or better than the commercial versions. Is that so?

Also, it seems that you have extensive experience with the commercial versions, did that make it easier or harder for you to transition to the linux apps? I guess my question really is: if I have no desktop publishing experience as yet, what kind of learning curve am I looking at to use say The Gimp/Sketch/Scribus?

So, you used to use Adobe Photoshop/Adobe Illustrator/Quark Express? Can I realistically replace these with The Gimp/Sketch/Scribus?

I hope I'm not bothering you, but here's one last question. What exactly is the function of each of these apps (Photoshop/Illustrator/Quark) and why do you need to use them in combination?

BTW, I've been studying LyX and find that it does all the typesetting and layout work that I need to do and can even output *.tex, *.ps and *.pdf files. :P

TIA,