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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (3 children)

For most use cases of Photoshop, GIMP is not an alternative at all.

Have you used GIMP seriously? And I don't mean installing it, getting confused because the menu layout is different to Photoshop and giving up in disgust after 10 mins.

I will readily admit that Photoshop is currently more capable and faster in some cases but to say GIMP is not an alternative is ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yes I have, but GIMP simply isn't aimed at the same type of work Photoshop and AF Photo are. GIMP feels much more of a hobbyist tool to quickly make a simple edit and that's done. And like the other comment said, it has no non-destructive editing at all, which is an enormous dealbreaker for any kind of professional work you might do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

but GIMP simply isn’t aimed at the same type of work Photoshop and AF Photo are

Look at the home page of GIMP's website, where it says "Whether you are a graphic designer, photographer, illustrator, or scientist, GIMP provides you with sophisticated tools to get your job done." If it's not aimed at the same things photoshop and affinity are then what is it aimed at? Music production? Video editing?

GIMP feels much more of a hobbyist tool to quickly make a simple edit and that’s done.

Why then are there so many transformation tools and filters and channel, selection and vector operations, icc profile management, scripting, etc etc etc? Just because you haven't learnt how to do something in GIMP doesn't mean it can't be done.

And like the other comment said, it has no non-destructive editing at all

This point has been valid for a long time unfortunately, however GIMP does now have non-destructive editing. You can check it out in their development version.

I know you and me are not going to agree on this but I think it's important to update and debunk misinformed statements, for the benefit of others.

[–] IllIIllIllIIIIl 4 points 4 months ago

I used to make graphic art in Paint.net myself, anyone who thinks photoshop has anything special is objectively wrong (we're going to ignore generative AI tools)

The benefit of photoshop is that's its more refined in what it does, not that it does anything extra that these foss tools can't do.

The tooling has years of iteration by paid developers and there are a shitload of high quality presets and brushes and, again, refined use case specific stuff, but yeah GIMP is just as viable as a software to achieve most of what photoshop users online who shit talk it can do. The only people whose opinion even matters is professionals who require photoshop to make money for their bills. Everyone else is just blowing smoke out their ass about it because they think having a better tool automatically makes them better.