I'm a very strong advocate of Open Source Software, and all things Linux as well. I've used Gimp, Inkscape, and others... but sometimes you just need to get wo

I'm a very strong advocate of Open Source Software, and all things Linux as well. I've used Gimp, Inkscape, and others... but sometimes you just need to get work done, and the closed source proprietary application is what you need, I'm sorry to say. Donating thousands of dollars to Gimp today isn't going to put it on par with Photoshop today... I wish it would. Maybe it could be in a few years... but I need to get work done right now. Sometimes you do need a commercial interest behind something to drive it's progress. That doesn't mean it has to be closed and proprietary, but they often are, sadly.