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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (5 children)

What are some other good open alternatives to GIMP?

Having been in the design trade for 20 years, I’ve mastered countless design applications, but GIMP’s UI is something I have always struggled with.

My goto these days has been photopea when I need something fast and free… but it’s not open and it’s ad supported.

[–] Beryl@jlai.lu 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Try Krita, it doesn't do everything GIMP does but depending on your workflow it might do the trick for you.

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[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I've heard

https://photogimp.com/

mentioned as a more familiar UI, for those moving over from locked-in software.

[–] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Isn’t JavaScript technically open source? Does photopea use WASM? Maybe there’s a way to self host and remove ads?

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

The ads are shit, but I’m inclined to let the ads run because the entire app is built by one Ukrainian dude who basically cloned the creative suite himself.

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[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago (11 children)

The weirdest part is the name. Is there any way I can use the software without typing that BDSM term?

[–] Zink@programming.dev 6 points 3 days ago

In Mint right now if I hit the menu and type "photo" I get five options and GIMP is one of them. But it doesn't say GIMP on my screen, it says "GNU Image ..." next to the icon.

If I type "image" then GIMP is second in the list after photo viewer.

Normally though I just hit super - g - i - m - p - ENTER. Because I wanna run GIMP damn it!

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[–] tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Big Ups JEHAN PAGES!
also big ups RawTherapee FOSS for RAW image edits.

[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

I think it's because I suck at Photoshop to begin with and using both tools incorrectly.

[–] lemmyausmister@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago
[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

I doubt Adobe execs know who he is, and if they did they wouldn't care. They don't talk in "millions" lol

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Just wait till you hear about QGIS

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[–] Shanmugha@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I like it, we need more posts like this. Thank you :)

[–] maxxadrenaline@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Gimp was nice but the color balance always made images look dirty.

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[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

This troll again?

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