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Which proprietary software do you prefer over their open-source alternatives, and why? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 153 points 3 years ago (9 children)

Photoshop is easier to use than gimp. I don’t pay for photoshop, but if I needed something like that I would.

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  • [–] 64 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Krita is closer to Photoshop than Gimp, although still not up to it. Just in case you ever need PS, try krita first.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Thanks I’ll remember that just in case!

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Krita is excellent for painting, not very good for image editing though.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Hard disagree. I use it all the time for photo editing.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Well, there's better tools out there

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Again, just my opinion, but I prefer Krita to any FLOSS alternative. I've been designing professionally for over a decade, using Adobe for most of it; Krita is my preferred FLOSS tool for photo editing, and I've tried them all.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm surprised, I never managed to use it efficiently for that purpose. Perhaps AffinityPhoto spoiled me a bit. I love Krita for illustration work though, nothing compares... As far as commercial alternatives go, I haven't tried Clip Paint although everybody praises it- but I don't really feel the need to. Apparently it's excellent?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Yea, the workflow is a bit different. Not having a concept of fill opacity as separate from layer opacity forced me to change the way I do certain things, and having certain retouching tools grouped with the brushes was confusing at first.

    For years, I didn't use anything besides Adobe CC, because it's "industry standard," so I've never given anything like Affinity a go in earnest.

    With all FLOSS design tools, I had to have a bit of a reckoning with myself; like most people, at first I thought they were unintuitive, until I was able to have a bit of objectivity and found that most of the issues I had with them didn't arise because they were unintuitive; it was just because they didn't work like Adobe tools, which are themselves complex tools that you really can't just pick up on your own without some degree of instruction.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Hard to compare.

    The two apps just have a different workflow..

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Well yeah I was answering for me though, not the whole internet.

    Gimp has a work flow that I can’t get into, photoshop clicks better. For you, it could be the opposite and that’s great.

    I’m not selling photoshop, I don’t even use either anymore. It would be stupid not to try to make gimp work for you first.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Depends if you learn gimp or PS first.

    Like if you start life with Linux, windows seems weird

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    Idk, I learned GIMP first for years, and kept being annoying how unintuitive it was.

    Then I tried Photoshop on a friend's computer for a week, and found how much easier it was to use.

    I don't use Photoshop though since I use Linux

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  • [+] 13 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    They aim to introduce that in version 3.0, which they say will be a complete overhaul of the app.

    Non-destructive editing through live adjustment layers is definitely the single most useful feature any editing software can have.

    That alone makes life so much easier.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I remember people saying "3.0 is right around the corner" several years ago.

    I categorize GIMP 3.0 the same as ASOIAF, Star Citizen, and the Google Drive client for Linux. I'll be pleasantly surprised if I see it, but I ain't holding my breath.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    If you're talking about general ergonomy (as opposed to functionality), you may find Affinity Photo to be a breath of fresh air. It's close to Ps (on purpose) but it is so much better thought out, the way you interact with your documents. Really worth trying

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Same with Inkscape vs Affinity Designer.

    I really wanted Inkscape to work for me, though I was constantly fighting the UI and some weird artifacting Inkscape produced exporting SVG files.

    Affinity Designer was, and still is, especially since their licenses are perpetual/non-subscription, well worth the price and is a dream to use.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Same with Lightroom vs Darktable.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Darktable is pretty much a Lightroom replica in terms of the workflow. Its main issue is that Darktable reacts to slider changes in an unpredictable way. Small value differences lead to overblown changes to the image. Fine tuning the result is near impossible.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    How does Rawtherapee compare to that? Many people seem to prefer it over Darktable

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