Hey, I tried to get used to gimp as advanced image editor for a long time, but is just nothing I can work with, so I wanted to ask if you know some alternatives (for Windows).

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    1 year ago

    You’d have to explain how gimp doesnt suit your needs, because in the open source world its best in class for photo editing.

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      gimp is super unintuative coming from another image editor. steep learning curve. im sure a pro could use gimp faster than paint net or whatever but most people like having a rectangle tool

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      1 year ago

      I use lots of gimp and with time, surely you can get used to it, but generally, it’s not a simple photo editor.

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      1 year ago

      It’s complicated, I’m unable too understand it even with very good english skills and much experience using technical tools.

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    1 year ago

    I got here wondering wth was going on, it’d be weird to hear somehow that Gimp is anti-privacy, so, well, fortunately it’s not about that.

    (also,

    worrying about privacy

    on Windows

    )

    Now, IIRC, Krita does have a Windows version.

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      1 year ago

      I can also vouch for PhotoGIMP. It’s the closest thing to Photoshop I’ve used and certainly made things much easier for me when I transitioned.

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    1 year ago

    Well, GIMP is great but uneasy, not sure but Paint.NET on Windows is simpler but very user friendly and may be sufficient for your needs

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    1 year ago

    Inkscape is amazing and easy to learn for vector stuff, like Illustrator, but maybe Krita for image editing and drawing. (also i highly recommend at least dual booting linux)

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      also i highly recommend at least dual booting linux

      Dual booting is a pain in the ass though.

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        do you mean the installation or daily use? my biggest problem was shrinking the windows partition, but after i got that, the setup (linux mint) was pretty straight forward imo. i quickly stopped using windows altogether after a few weeks. you can always use a virtual machine or wine or whatever if you need windows-only programs

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          It’s a pain to constantly have to reboot to switch between them, you have less disk space, and Windows will sometimes interfere with the Linux installation. Plus there isn’t enough things I can’t do in Linux, that I can in Windows to justify it.

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      I’m thinking about getting Linux too on my device (can’t replace Windows, bc I need it), but I still currently did not find a Linux Distro I wanna use, I though about QubesOS, but I wanted to try it first before I install it and realize it’s unsuable for my workflow.

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        QubesOS is most likely overkill and it’s probably not a good choice for beginners. Try Fedora, Manjaro, Pop OS, Elementary, Mint, Garuda or other more friendly distros. Just avoid plain Ubuntu & it’s flavors. It’s cancer nowadays.

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        you can always try it out in a virtual machine :) i would personally recommend linux mint if you want something that works well out of the box. its ubuntu/debian based, so lots of package support and community, also very popular with beginners. endevouros is also good, tho slightly less beginner friendly, as it is arch based and has less preinstalled programs.

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          I tried with QubesOS in VirtualBox, but it breaked at some point :D In the startscreen. Okay, thank you I will try it out.

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    why not photoshop? use genp or whatever the alternative is for Mac to get it for free, you firewall the adobe genuine service anyways, they don’t get any personal info, and once ur done installing u can just firewall the entire thing so it runs 100% local

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    1 year ago

    I’ve heard good things about Photopea.

    ETA: No idea about privacy, etc.

    Edit2: I’ve been informed it’s not free software. Leaving it here for anyone that might find it useful, though.