• JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org
    198·
    10 days ago

    I’ve never had any trouble running adobe software on Linux.

    I’ve also never tried, but still the statement is technically correct.

  • tiramichu@lemm.ee
    1351·
    10 days ago

    The answer is very much “Don’t run Photoshop”

    (Fuck Adobe. There, I said it)

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        561·
        10 days ago

        It’s never unethical to pirate Adobe, but it’s always more ethical to use Free Software instead and deny Adobe the mindshare.

        • 474D@lemmy.world
          13·
          10 days ago

          Well the obvious answer would be all the professional Photoshop capable things man, we can love Linux and still admit there’s areas for growth

        • Anivia@feddit.org
          5·
          10 days ago

          If you want to edit photos then Affinity is passable, and GIMP is a joke.

          If all you want to do is draw, then Krita is a very capable alternative to Photoshop, but being good at only a specific subset of Photoshop capabilites doesn’t turn it into a replacement for it

      • Ketchup@reddthat.com
        1·
        9 days ago

        Yeah, it’s kind of true. I’ve tried a bunch of Lightroom and Photoshop alternatives. Pixelmator and Photomator for iOS and macOS are my absolute favorites. I wish I could get around Affinity software better, but I can do 95% of what I need in Pixelmator. And I love some of the select tools. Bonus: Davinci Resolve is a big switch for Premiere users— but worth it, and even CapCut’s free features can help with the basics.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      10 days ago

      Fuck I’d love an actual equivalent alternative on Windows too. GIMP, while great in the past, is nowhere near modern Photoshop, it’s closer to modern Paint, which is just sad.

      There’s a ton of people and businesses that hate Adobe, the lack of real alternatives is fascinating.

  • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
    25·
    9 days ago

    Say what you will, this is an efficient and elegant way to store your adapters. I’m envious.

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 days ago

      Until you need one and your OCD having ass can’t break the chain so you buy a new one …

  • Smokeydope@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    10 days ago

    Photoshop cs2 is free to download and probably works well on wine as its old as hell.

    Edit: Correction. You used to o be able to download cs2 from adobe website. This is no longer the case.

    GIMP has always been able to do what I needed more or less. Its got a learning curve and sometimes I still dont 100% how something works but for basic photo editing, meme making, and converting photos to different file types (why is .webp not universally supported yet?) Its pretty good.

    When theres a problem doing something in GIMP it always felt like the issue was my own understanding of the toolset conbined with not-great documentation being given. I never felt like I encountered the limits of the program itself.

    I’m sure if you are a professional graphics person who needs advanced tools theres things only PS can provide and its user interface is probably more friendly. But for me, the average joe schmo, GIMP gets the job done 95% of the time with little to no headache.

    • folkrav@lemmy.ca
      7·
      10 days ago

      Some people do overestimate how much of the software they’re actually using, and how far back some features go. I learned the little PS I know using a 7.0 license my father bought, I used it for years doing 2D graphics and web “design”, and still basically still have the same workflow with minor differences to avoid destructive changes.

  • prime_number_314159@lemmy.world
    18·
    9 days ago

    You can skip 3 of these adapters if you upgrade to the latest libraries, downgrade your microcode, turn off WiFi, and bench press a goat. It turns out it was the goat involved I’m the process, rather than the sacrifice, that made that stuff work.

    • passepartout@feddit.org
      7·
      10 days ago

      Krita is a different kind of tool used for drawing, but still really good. I don’t even know the adobe way to do this lol.

      Gimp would be image post processing software like photoshop is. Also Inkscape is a vector graphics software like adobe illustrator.

      • Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world
        21·
        9 days ago

        Oh you wanna do a pdf? Use Libreoffice and export as pdf. Krita is a open source alternative to photoshop as is gimp. Gimp has came a long way and is a functional replacement for photoshop these days without all the ugly AI stuff.

          • Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world
            2·
            9 days ago

            I think I read that but I’ve never tried. I mostly use gimp for image format conversion. My daughter on the other hand can make both Krita and Gimp do all kinds of tricks.

            • Ziglin@lemmy.world
              2·
              9 days ago

              It opens each page as a layer, which makes sense to me but I’m not sure it’s what you’d expect.

              I also do really like finding proud parents on Lemmy btw :3