My digital camera connects via aUSBport, but the gtkam application didn't find it. What gives?
A1:
A few USB cameras do not speak to Linux like a camera at all, but rather like a hard drivea hard drive containing all the images you've taken. To see whether your camera is one of these, open a Terminal window and enter the following command:
cat /proc/scsi/scsi
This command lists all the SCSI and USB storage devices on your system. If you see your digital camera in this list, it is acting as a SCSI hard drive and contains a vfat file system. For details on how to mount and access files stored on external SCSI devices of this type, refer to the section called "Managing File Systems" in Chapter 29, "Command-Line System Administration."
Q2:
My camera has several differentUSBtransfer modes. Which one should I use with Linux?
A2:
If several modes are available on your camera, select the Mass Storage (USB Storage or Hard Drive) mode to work with Linux.
Q3:
I don't have a digital camera, but I have a scanner and some photos I'd like to scan. Does Fedora Core 4 support these?
A3:
If you have a USB or SCSI scanner, then yes, it's likely that Fedora Core 4 supports your scanner. Though we don't have enough room for a complete discussion of scanning here, The GIMP includes scanning software that works like most typical scanner software packages; you can access The GIMP's scanning system by choosing File, Acquire, Xsane from the main GIMP window.
Q4:
Is it possible to edit out blotches and other blemishes seamlessly using TheGIMP?
A4:
Yes. Although a complete discussion of photo retouching is beyond the scope of a book like this one, you can begin to experiment with your retouching skills using the Clone tool, which has an icon like a rubber stamp down the left side of The GIMP's main window. After selecting the tool, hold down Ctrl and click your mouse button anywhere on your image that you want to paint from; then release Ctrl and click anywhere on your image that you want to paint to. Getting used to the tool will take some time, but experimentation will yield results.
Q5:
Do any of The GIMP's tools have options like the tools in Photoshop do? Things like feathering or constraining?
A5:
Yes. Options for the currently selected tool appear in the lower half of the main GIMP window. If you don't see tool options in the lower half of the window, double-click on a tool to restore the tool options dialog.