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List of Alternatives to Adobe Programs (feddit.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Novocirab@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[+] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] tux0r@feddit.org 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

And UI usability.

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[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

It's in the roadmap. :)
https://developer.gimp.org/core/roadmap/#gui

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[–] tux0r@feddit.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I imagine Gimp users revolting if it ever improves a lot.

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[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Have users ever not revolted against change? :P

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[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

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[+] imecth@fedia.io 1 point 1 year ago

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[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I wonder if it would be feasible to create a different UI on top of the existing GIMP backend.

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[–] Novocirab@feddit.org [S] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Look into PhotoGIMP, afaik it precisely delivers Photoshop-like symbols, maybe even layout, and shortcuts

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[–] tux0r@feddit.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I thought they had stopped development? Have t checked them in a decade.

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[–] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Last release was in mars to make it work with GIMP 3.0
https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP/releases

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[–] YarrMatey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Last release was in mars

Which tech billionaire flew the dev team into space for this? /j

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[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

More than a decade on that. I would say the usability is so bad that they are not on track to catch up ever unless something changes. Every year or so I download GIMP and try to use it for something basic, and I always fail and give up.

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[–] Zink@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

I assume you are right. So then I ask myself, for my own occasional use, would a standalone version of Photoshop from 2015 cover my needs?

Yeah, I think it would!

I was always a much heavier user of Lightroom than Photoshop anyway. I still need to choose between the FOSS options there.

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