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warmaster ,

For PS your only options are:

  • run an ancient version of PS on Wine
  • Subscribe to creative cloud and run PS online-only web version which has 80% of the features
  • Use Photopea which has 95% of the features but it’s online only
  • Use GIMP (horrible UX/UI but it’s offline and has 90% of the features)
  • Use Krita (not the same, but some features are there)

I went with CC PS web, since I work for a company that requires the use of PS.

nix OP ,
@nix@merv.news avatar

Why not use a modern version of PS without creative cloud so it doesnt break it?

warmaster ,

They crash or are painfully slow.

PoliticalAgitator ,

I can’t even get the stability I need out of it on Windows.

gregorum ,

My need for the Adobe CC Suite professionally is what keeps me from switching to Linux as a daily driver (currently on macOS). If I could get the latest version running reliably on Linux, I’d love to switch.

I’ve tried the alternatives, and they’re just not good enough for me. I really wish Adobe would port their stuff to Linux.

jimerson ,
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The best we can ever hope for are CC browser versions. They’ll never create a native Linux port. At least not in the next 10 years. :(

gregorum ,

Boo!

cosmicrookie ,
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I feel like Pixlr is very very close to being a browser based version of photo shop. But still not quite the same

warmaster ,

I went in hard.

I’m using Photoshop creative cloud on the web, switched illustrator for Inkscape (the CC version is in alpha stage). Davinci resolve and kdenlive, Scribus sucked so hard that I gave up my InDesign tasks.

gregorum ,

Cheers to you, mate, really. I might fiddle with photoshop web…

But I’m on a production timeline most of the time, and I need everything to work and interoperate seamlessly in my workflow, which is part of why CC is so great for me. Plus, I don’t pay for it. If I did, this would be a very different conversation, lol!

communism ,
@communism@lemmy.ml avatar

I completely get why you’d stick with MacOS if you need CC software. That being said I am very glad about the general lack of anti-user software like Adobe’s suite on Linux and I hope they don’t port their CC software to Linux. Instead I hope FOSS alternatives get better to the point where most PS/CC users can reasonably meet all their needs with free (as in libre) software. GIMP is pretty decent these days although I find it a lot more clunky and awkward to use than PS. But hopefully either the gap can close or some new FOSS developer can create an even better alternative.

steeznson ,

It probably is possible to pirate an old version of photoshop and get it running under wine. Like other commenters have noted Krita and Gimp are becoming more viable all of the time.

My photo editing skills are too novice level to notice missing features in the linux alternatives but I’m sure they exist. Although part of me does wonder if some of the barrier to people adopting these is that they are photoshop “power users” who do a lot based on muscle memory… maybe the features aren’t all missing but the interface is just too different to feel “complete”.

demesisx ,
@demesisx@infosec.pub avatar

No there are still legitimately essential things that Gimp lacks like adjustment layers. I hear they’re releasing this exact feature soon though. So, hopefully it will have parity with minimum viable photoshop VERRRRY soon.

Ps. Fuck Adobe.

steeznson ,

Yeah I could believe that. Like I mentioned my knowledge of photo editing is basically 0!

cosmicrookie ,
@cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

Its funny but what i miss the most in Gimp is the ability to freely rotate the cropping tool. Its the one thing that breaks it for me

backhdlp ,
@backhdlp@iusearchlinux.fyi avatar

I’m so glad I started using Linux before getting used too much to something that doesn’t support it. (If you have the time to try out different things, give Krita a shot)

nix OP ,
@nix@merv.news avatar

I’ve tried Krita, it’s getting there but its still not great

webjukebox ,
@webjukebox@lemmy.world avatar

Using CS2 and works fine.

nix OP ,
@nix@merv.news avatar

Have you tried any more recent versions?

psmgx ,

I don’t know what you heard about me

It’s the motherduckin G I M P

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