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In this increasingly "Software as a Service" world, it's nice to have a good alternative where you actually own the software you are using. Being FOSS is just i
by MarcellusDrum 6y ago
In this increasingly "Software as a Service" world, it's nice to have a good alternative where you actually own the software you are using. Being FOSS is just icing on the cake. Huge respect to the team behind Krita, and the KDE community as a whole.
- dsign 6y agoWhile I share your appreciation of Krita and FOSS in general (long live Gimp and Inkscape), I have to point out that there are good commercial software that are not a total subscription rip-off (I'm looking at you Adobe). Here are some I know of and have used (bugs and limitations and everything): - The Affinity suite - Corel Painter and perhaps a few others. They do their job of paying their developers, cultivating artist communities, doing R&D and pricing their products at something reasonable for the average artist.
- Fnoord 6y ago> [...] and perhaps a few others. I use Pixelmator (Pro) on macOS. Flat fee (buy to use), though I use it for basic things.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoYeah, I picked up Affinity a few years back and haven't regretted it. I don't do graphics work enough to justify a subscription. Affinity's products hit a good price sweet spot of being affordable, and they're well supported. I actually ended up more heavily switching to Krita though, just because I could install it on machines that weren't "mine" without worrying about the license, and it was enough for my purposes in most cases.
- KingOfCoders 6y agoYes, using Affinity to produce a YT channel and used for publishing two books. Can recommend them too!
- DylanDmitri 6y agoCorel painter has terrible UX, to the point where I deleted it from my computer after three hours attempting to follow tutorials. On Mac, I strongly recommend Pixelmator.
- S0und 6y agoOr just use "Photoshop" in the browser https://www.photopea.com/ https://www.photopea.com/ If I need any kinda simpler editing I just use this.
- polytely 6y agoYeah the Affinity programs completely cover everything I used to do with the Adobe Suite. I'm not a professional designer but I often have to do small photo editing / vector design tasks and Adobe always felt like such a rip-off, especially once they switched to their subscription model. Very happy there is some competition in this space.
- erikpukinskis 6y agoI also love Acorn on the Mac. It’s not as advanced as Photoshop, but I can do my layers, “curves”, selections, masks, etc. And I find the UI easier to manage than GIMP. I think it’s about $30 and you have to pay for major upgrades. I’ve paid twice I think in maybe 5 or 10 years.
- ldargin 6y agoI got Corel Painter 2020 for $30 through a Humble Bundle. It's quite enjoyable to use!
- Bluestein 6y agoIndeed, as featured here: - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24667093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24667093 (A pity the Corel Draw license in the bundle is for a -subscription- model license.- ... not a lifetime license.)
- fanatic2pope 6y agoMost of those products do not run on Linux (or other) FOSS platforms.
- BryanLegend 6y agoGet a real OS!
- craftinator 6y agoI've gone to a lot of trouble trying to get the Affinity Suite working in wine, and it's still mostly not functioning.
- LuvSauce 6y agoCriminal you didn't mention paint tool sai! He just made the 2nd version after more than 10 years. It's free for the Sai 1 owners.
- stevenicr 6y agoFeel the need to point out that "Photoimpact" is still available and works well for me. Started using it years ago - corel bought it I think, and they did not kill it thank goodness. It's easy for me, easy for me to teach other complete noobs how to do most things with it, and no subscription for internet required to work.
- skrowl 6y agoIf you're on windows, you may also want to check out https://www.getpaint.net/ https://www.getpaint.net/ It's great and free (as in beer) even for commercial use.