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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s handy! Thanks. As for photoshop though, I use it daily at work and I rely on specific tools that I couldn’t find on any other software out there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Photopea is surprisingly capable

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

You did the right thing!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what prrograms did you choose to replace them with?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Da Vinci Resolve seemed to have everything I need, so that was my choice!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes! That's what I picked!

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

What distro and what GPU? Asking... for a friend

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ubuntu 23.04, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti and AMD Ryzen 5 4600H processor.

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

What replacements did you settle on?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I decided to go with Da Vinci Resolve for video editing and I might migrate to something to replace Lightroom in future, can't now, because I have all my Lightroom catalogues at work.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't Darktable work for you?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mostly use photoshop to remove objects from photos, place in images rendered with blender and retouch them to look like they were part of the photo, I think Darktabke doesn’t have tools similar to healing brush and patch tools in photoshop. Although photoshop is working perfectly so far, it would be nice to find a native application that is up to the task. I haven’t really tried hard to look for linux alternative that can do that.

EDIT:

Wait, I just looked into it and there are such tools! Thank you for suggestion! I might try it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Haha no problem. My 50%-pro photographer friend has used Linux only since 2018 and that's why I asked.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, @[email protected], what alternatives did you try before settling on Resolve/WIne?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wine was the first and only one I tried! I think it’s the most popular choice, haven’t really looked into others. Are there better options?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Are there better options?

Honestly, that's too subjective a question for me to answer. There are other options but I won't say they're drop-in replacements for what you're used to. Each alternative comes with its own investment in time and effort, like setting up and learning new apps do. If that set-up works for you, rock and roll!

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

What version of Lightroom did you install and how?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I am on Ubuntu and I have an AMD processor.

Here are the steps:

If your system is 64 bit, enable 32 bit architecture (if you haven't already):

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Download and add the repository key:

sudo mkdir -pm755 /etc/apt/keyrings sudo wget -O /etc/apt/keyrings/winehq-archive.key https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key

Select your Ubuntu version and download the WineHQ sources file:

For Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster):

sudo wget -NP /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/dists/lunar/winehq-lunar.sources

Install one of the following packages:

Stable branch:

sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

I also changed wine to windows 10 compatability mode with a command which opens a window where I selected the option:

winecfg

Then I just ran adobe installers with Wine by double clicking them and installed everything with no problem except After Effects and Premiere Pro.

Photoshop: https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=12019334

Lightroom: https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=12022938

Illustrator: https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=12021637

I haven't tested fully, but everything seemed to work when I was poking around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hold up, ps and ai work on wine now? Cc?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So sad the Affinity suite isn’t on Linux

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I didn't even know about Affinity. Had to google. Their software looks really cool and capable, something I would actually buy if it ran on linux.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I mostly jumped headfirst into Affinity because it wasn't subscription based!