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I remember GIMP used to be the poster boy for the open-source alternative to Photoshop. But these days, I'm hearing more and more Krita, which is another popul
by samspenc 4y ago
I remember GIMP used to be the poster boy for the open-source alternative to Photoshop.
But these days, I'm hearing more and more Krita, which is another popular open-source and free photo editor. Curious how GIMP holds up these days against Krita (and possible other alternatives?)
- BeetleB 4y agoKrita is a much better paint tool. Gimp is a much better photo editor. Really: Although Gimp is far behind Photoshop, everything else is far behind Gimp if you're a serious photo editor.
- aquova 4y agoEven Photopea? That seems to be the program I hear more often as a recommended alternative to Photoshop.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4y agoI think GIMP has far more (and more powerful) features than Photopea. But when it comes to features you'll actually be able/willing to use, Photopea will likely win over GIMP because the UX of the latter is so terrible.
- hulitu 4y ago> Photopea will likely win over GIMP because the UX of the latter is so terrible. Photopea is online. Already lost.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4y ago99% of users care more about usability than about things like this.
- gkbrk 4y agoPhotopea is not open source, I don't think it's a real competitor to GIMP or Krita if it can be killed by one person without any hope of outsiders maintaining it.
- BeetleB 4y agoHard to see a full feature list for Photopea, but does it support automation and plugins? Examples of things I do in Gimp: - Smart object removal (select an object, remove it, but autofill it with the surrounding pattern - unlike heal which you have to tweak). - Automatic creation of luminosity masks (https://www.capturelandscapes.com/introduction-to-luminosity-masks/ https://www.capturelandscapes.com/introduction-to-luminosity...) - Equivalent of Liquid Rescale: http://liquidrescale.wikidot.com/ http://liquidrescale.wikidot.com/ GIMP had this before Photoshop :-)
- pjmlp 4y agoDarktable for photos.
- BeetleB 4y agoNo. And I say this as a heavy user of darktable. Darktable/Lightroom is in a separate category altogether - focusing on workflow - as well as RAW capabilities. I do most of my processing in Darktable, but when I need to do serious editing for a given picture, I have to drop into GIMP.
- jeroenhd 4y agoI wouldn't call Krita a photo editor, much like I wouldn't really consider GIMP and Krita to be real competitors. Krita is aimed at artists above all else, mostly working as a canvas for brushes. GIMP is much more oriented at editing photos. Both have features for both purposes, but I just wouldn't use Krita for any photo editing nor would I pick GIMP for drawing art. The real Photoshop competitor these days is probably Photopea.com, with its Photoshop-like UI and tooling. It's not open source, though.
- pjmlp 4y agoDarktable is what one wants to use for photos.
- bitwize 4y agoKrita is more an art tool. Think of it as an alternative to PaintTool SAI or ProCreate.
- wetpaws 4y agoNo it is not, it is general purpose image editing tool. It is much closer to PS than sai or procreate.
- wetpaws 4y agoKrita is better in any concievable way.