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Inkscape to Illustrator is what GIMP is to Photoshop. Glade someone brought it. For most common tasks is there really a point even using Photoshop and Illustr

Inkscape to Illustrator is what GIMP is to Photoshop. Glade someone brought it. For most common tasks is there really a point even using Photoshop and Illustrator now days? Especially with the cloud direction they are moving towards.

maaarghk 6y ago
because GIMP sucks, maybe, and also because most people are required to interoperate with the rest of the profession. i am very disappointed that photoshop et al cannot be run under WINE :(
- AbuAssar 6y ago
  I use GIMP regularly and find it more than enough for all my needs. I don't agree with you that it sucks.
- emayljames 6y ago
  I have done/still do complex composition and editing in both GIMP and Photoshop, and there is really no missing features in GIMP. If you go into using GIMP expecting it to be PShop, you will always be disappointed, but in reality that is only a good thing.
- pacamara619 6y ago
  It doesn't suck. It has nearly all features you could possibly need, and then some. People who expect GIMP to be identical to Photoshop suck.
- lowwave 6y ago
  For sure. If one (and myself included) use the to nicety of Photoshop Illustrator GIMP's user interface is left much to be desired. However, from a open platform perspective, do I really want many hours of editing work to be tight to a cloud platform to a proprietary format? Think not just about now or one year from now, but 10 years, 20, 50 years from now, 100 years? Open format and open source software is much desired for creation based software. There is the paradox of the making money for the open source software, and I don't have an answer for that. Seems like some kind of sliding scale payment will be needed for these software. May be also some kind of sliding scale payment for eventual money earned form the software up to a limit.
citizenkeen 6y ago
I've been incredibly happy with the Affinity Suite. Smoother and cleaner than GIMP/Inkscape/Scribus, and a desktop app for $50 ($25 during Covid), which makes it more palatable to me than the Adobe options.
- alok-g 6y ago
  Is this referring to Affinity Designer, to Affinity Publisher, or a bundle of the three apps (Photos, Designer, Publisher)?

maaarghk 6y ago

because GIMP sucks, maybe, and also because most people are required to interoperate with the rest of the profession. i am very disappointed that photoshop et al cannot be run under WINE :(

AbuAssar 6y ago
I use GIMP regularly and find it more than enough for all my needs. I don't agree with you that it sucks.
emayljames 6y ago
I have done/still do complex composition and editing in both GIMP and Photoshop, and there is really no missing features in GIMP. If you go into using GIMP expecting it to be PShop, you will always be disappointed, but in reality that is only a good thing.
pacamara619 6y ago
It doesn't suck. It has nearly all features you could possibly need, and then some. People who expect GIMP to be identical to Photoshop suck.
lowwave 6y ago
For sure. If one (and myself included) use the to nicety of Photoshop Illustrator GIMP's user interface is left much to be desired. However, from a open platform perspective, do I really want many hours of editing work to be tight to a cloud platform to a proprietary format? Think not just about now or one year from now, but 10 years, 20, 50 years from now, 100 years? Open format and open source software is much desired for creation based software. There is the paradox of the making money for the open source software, and I don't have an answer for that. Seems like some kind of sliding scale payment will be needed for these software. May be also some kind of sliding scale payment for eventual money earned form the software up to a limit.

citizenkeen 6y ago

I've been incredibly happy with the Affinity Suite. Smoother and cleaner than GIMP/Inkscape/Scribus, and a desktop app for $50 ($25 during Covid), which makes it more palatable to me than the Adobe options.

alok-g 6y ago
Is this referring to Affinity Designer, to Affinity Publisher, or a bundle of the three apps (Photos, Designer, Publisher)?