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As for a fully open-source Photoshop alternative, Krita [1] goes a long way. It does however have some major UX problems in minor areas. For example, yesterday
by Confiks 8y ago
As for a fully open-source Photoshop alternative, Krita [1] goes a long way. It does however have some major UX problems in minor areas. For example, yesterday I tried updating the font size of an existing text layer, and just couldn't get a proper selection on the text.
They had a funding crisis last year [2], but currently seem to be doing well with two paid developers. They could really use your (one-time) donation however [3].
[1] https://krita.org/en/ https://krita.org/en/
[2] https://krita.org/en/item/krita-foundation-in-trouble/ https://krita.org/en/item/krita-foundation-in-trouble/
[3] https://krita.org/en/support-us/donations/ https://krita.org/en/support-us/donations/
- orev 8y agoIsn’t Krita a drawing program? That’s akin to Adobe Illustrator, not Photoshop.
- gmueckl 8y agoNo, Illustrator is a vector drawing program. Inkscape or Corel Draw (if people even remember that) are direct competitors. Krita has to to be compared to Photoshop because both are working on rasterized images. While Krita emphasizes drawing tools in its UI while Photoshop exposes manipulation tools more prominently, both programs aim to cover both sets of features. And Krita's core is actually much, much more advanced than what you would expect from a drawing program. I would actually love to see a UI for Krita that focuses more on manipulation, just to placate the "it's just for drawing" crowd.
- e12e 8y ago> Corel Draw (if people even remember that) Apparently the latest release of CorelDRAW came out in April this year. I'm a little surprised - I thought they'd disappeared. But apparently you can both buy a license, and rent it by the month.
- zimmund 8y agoI agree, Krita is more aimed at drawing than image manipulation (but as others said it's not akin to Illustrator)