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GIMP is legendary. One of the first FOSS projects I ever used. I pirated Photoshop soon after trying it. Krita (https://github.com/KDE/krita https://github.com

GIMP is legendary. One of the first FOSS projects I ever used. I pirated Photoshop soon after trying it. Krita (https://github.com/KDE/krita https://github.com/KDE/krita | https://krita.org/en/ https://krita.org/en/) is a more intuitive UX imo.

wetpaws 4y ago
Krita is better in any conceivable way.
- t-writescode 4y ago
  running "Curves" on a photo?
  - zorgmonkey 4y ago
    Krita can do that though https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/filters/adjust.html#color-adjustment-curves https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/filters/adjust.ht...
- DiggyJohnson 4y ago
  Can’t I just choose any feature available in Gimp and not in Krita and disprove your point. Sorry if I’m missing obvious hyperbole.
  - karaterobot 4y ago
    Not if those features don't provide value. Just having a feature isn't necessarily a benefit if that feature doesn't work, or doesn't work well, or leaves the user frustrated.
    - bscphil 4y ago
      A feature that doesn't work well can still provide value.
      - pessimizer 4y ago
        I haven't run into a feature in the GIMP that didn't work well.
      - karaterobot 4y ago
        I didn't say it did.
  - selcuka 4y ago
    You can, but that would be inconceivable.
    - johnhenry 4y ago
      You keep using that word...
- HKH2 4y ago
  Krita is great, but you can't print in it. GIMP is the only image program I have seen on Linux that shows a preview when printing, and it lets the user freely scale the image to get the desired size on paper.
- npteljes 4y ago
  They even have a healing tool I like to use: https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/tools/smart_patch.html https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/tools/smart_patch... Nice.
  - npteljes 4y ago
    EDIT: I tried the heal tool, it's pretty shit :( Seems to clone random parts which kind of fit, but the tool edges are always visible. Resynthesizer for GIMP works much better (and Adobe's stuff works very well of course).
- smallstepforman 4y ago
  I use GIMP as a software engineer in game development for modifying assets created by artists. My workflow is typically cropping / resizing, merging images, repositioning, running batch scripts, etc. I never touch a paint brush, but do all sorts of other modifications. GIMP is perfect for my workflow. Simple tasks like resizing selected regions is a chore with Krita. And did I mention that GIMP is scriptable? I've been using GIMP professionally since 2008.
Cyberdog 4y ago
> One of the first FOSS projects I ever used. I pirated Photoshop soon after trying it. Oh… okay. Did you also steal a car right after you learned how to drive?
- DoktorDelta 4y ago
  You wouldn't download a car
  - Oxidation 4y ago
    I would if I could and, now apparently as cars are going to subscriptions for everything, I might eventually need warez for the car.
    - HeckFeck 4y ago
      Cruising down the street with my sweet keygen music, thinking not everything that results because of proprietary software is evil.
  - macksd 4y ago
    "You know what? I would steal a car. If it was as easy as, like, touching the car and then 30 seconds later I own the car. And like, I would steal a car if by stealing the car, the person who owned the car they got to keep the car. And uh, I would also steal a car if no one I had ever met had ever bought a car before in their whole lives." -- Mindy Kaling
    - Cyberdog 4y ago
      I had no idea who this person was so I searched her name. Apparently she grew up in Massachusetts, went to elite private schools, and became a Hollywood actress and writer. Somehow I have a hard time believing she had to pirate Photoshop just to barely scrape by at any point in her life.
      - hackyhacky 4y ago

wetpaws 4y ago

Krita is better in any conceivable way.

t-writescode 4y ago
running "Curves" on a photo?
- zorgmonkey 4y ago
  Krita can do that though https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/filters/adjust.html#color-adjustment-curves https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/filters/adjust.ht...
DiggyJohnson 4y ago
Can’t I just choose any feature available in Gimp and not in Krita and disprove your point. Sorry if I’m missing obvious hyperbole.
- karaterobot 4y ago
  Not if those features don't provide value. Just having a feature isn't necessarily a benefit if that feature doesn't work, or doesn't work well, or leaves the user frustrated.
  - bscphil 4y ago
    A feature that doesn't work well can still provide value.
    - pessimizer 4y ago
      I haven't run into a feature in the GIMP that didn't work well.
    - karaterobot 4y ago
      I didn't say it did.
- selcuka 4y ago
  You can, but that would be inconceivable.
  - johnhenry 4y ago
    You keep using that word...
HKH2 4y ago
Krita is great, but you can't print in it. GIMP is the only image program I have seen on Linux that shows a preview when printing, and it lets the user freely scale the image to get the desired size on paper.
npteljes 4y ago
They even have a healing tool I like to use: https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/tools/smart_patch.html https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/tools/smart_patch... Nice.
- npteljes 4y ago
  EDIT: I tried the heal tool, it's pretty shit :( Seems to clone random parts which kind of fit, but the tool edges are always visible. Resynthesizer for GIMP works much better (and Adobe's stuff works very well of course).
smallstepforman 4y ago
I use GIMP as a software engineer in game development for modifying assets created by artists. My workflow is typically cropping / resizing, merging images, repositioning, running batch scripts, etc. I never touch a paint brush, but do all sorts of other modifications. GIMP is perfect for my workflow. Simple tasks like resizing selected regions is a chore with Krita. And did I mention that GIMP is scriptable? I've been using GIMP professionally since 2008.

Cyberdog 4y ago

> One of the first FOSS projects I ever used. I pirated Photoshop soon after trying it. Oh… okay. Did you also steal a car right after you learned how to drive?

DoktorDelta 4y ago
You wouldn't download a car
- Oxidation 4y ago
  I would if I could and, now apparently as cars are going to subscriptions for everything, I might eventually need warez for the car.
  - HeckFeck 4y ago
    Cruising down the street with my sweet keygen music, thinking not everything that results because of proprietary software is evil.
- macksd 4y ago
  "You know what? I would steal a car. If it was as easy as, like, touching the car and then 30 seconds later I own the car. And like, I would steal a car if by stealing the car, the person who owned the car they got to keep the car. And uh, I would also steal a car if no one I had ever met had ever bought a car before in their whole lives." -- Mindy Kaling
  - Cyberdog 4y ago
    I had no idea who this person was so I searched her name. Apparently she grew up in Massachusetts, went to elite private schools, and became a Hollywood actress and writer. Somehow I have a hard time believing she had to pirate Photoshop just to barely scrape by at any point in her life.
    - hackyhacky 4y ago