Photoshop or Similar

Nickj · 28-03-2020, 10:46 PM

If you've used Photoshop and look at gimp it is a bit of a mess, but it does way more than you need its just tougher to find the bits you need. But there is a more photoshop like varient of gimp called gimphoto which is friendlier to use on Windows and linux
Also consider Inkscape on the pc
I quite like krita but that's Linux only

Grumpy · 29-03-2020, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Nickj

If you've used Photoshop and look at gimp it is a bit of a mess, but it does way more than you need its just tougher to find the bits you need. But there is a more photoshop like varient of gimp called gimphoto which is friendlier to use on Windows and linux
Also consider Inkscape on the pc
I quite like krita but that's Linux only

Thanks to all for the tips.

I have no idea what most of the above means! But will find out!

Nickj · 29-03-2020, 08:55 PM

Photoshop is built around industry standard workflows, really the workflows were built around Photoshop so it is one of the industry standard graphics tools. So it's slick, refined and tidy which doesn't come cheap.
Now out in the real world a lot of people did't have the money for this and really didn't want to pay so they made their own paint program. Here you have to realise that people who code frequently have quite strong ideas about how things ought to look which can often be a little strange.
TA DA And there's GIMP, it does everything that photoshop does but does it through differet eyes. if it's your first real go with a paint package then it will be great.

28-03-2020, 10:46 PM	#1
Nickj Too much time on my hands member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Forest Of Dean Bike: S2r Posts: 3,196	If you've used Photoshop and look at gimp it is a bit of a mess, but it does way more than you need its just tougher to find the bits you need. But there is a more photoshop like varient of gimp called gimphoto which is friendlier to use on Windows and linux Also consider Inkscape on the pc I quite like krita but that's Linux only __________________ "The final measure of any rider's skill is the inverse ratio of his preferred Traveling Speed to the number of bad scars on his body." Song of the sausage creature

29-03-2020, 08:55 PM	#3
Nickj Too much time on my hands member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Forest Of Dean Bike: S2r Posts: 3,196	Photoshop is built around industry standard workflows, really the workflows were built around Photoshop so it is one of the industry standard graphics tools. So it's slick, refined and tidy which doesn't come cheap. Now out in the real world a lot of people did't have the money for this and really didn't want to pay so they made their own paint program. Here you have to realise that people who code frequently have quite strong ideas about how things ought to look which can often be a little strange. TA DA And there's GIMP, it does everything that photoshop does but does it through differet eyes. if it's your first real go with a paint package then it will be great. __________________ "The final measure of any rider's skill is the inverse ratio of his preferred Traveling Speed to the number of bad scars on his body." Song of the sausage creature