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I used to use Gimp for photoshop type operations but it's become unusable for me due to slowness, even with a M1 native build. No idea what's up. Tried Krita
by pmayrgundter 3y ago
I used to use Gimp for photoshop type operations but it's become unusable for me due to slowness, even with a M1 native build. No idea what's up.
Tried Krita and it works great
- scetron 3y agoAgreed. Just made the switch over to Krita from Gimp for some simple workflows. Everything feels much faster across Mac, Windows, and Linux. Also the tools somehow make a bit more sense out of the box.
- jonnycomputer 3y agoI may start doing the same, at least when the tool-sets overlap. Any experience using it's python scripting tools? I've done some scripting with gimp, but the documentation is really really poor and it was a much more frustrating experience than it ought to have been.
- scetron 3y agoHaven't delved into the scripting just yet.
- hallarempt 3y agohttps://scripting.krita.org/lessons/introduction https://scripting.krita.org/lessons/introduction might help.
- optymizer 3y agoI use photopea for the simple stuff
- Wistar 3y agoPhotopea is pretty darn good. Especially if you are or have been a Photoshop user.
- hirako2000 3y agoSame. I find gimp even lagging behind photoshop which itself can be a clog. A shame since Gimp is a fantastic app. Krita is a complete replacement at this point. And, its features caters to drawing/painting to a greater degree than photoshop, by far. The brush engine is phenomenonal and just for this has become my favorite drawing tool. Two tools into one. Snappy fast even on OSX, and feels very much native visually. Tip: Veikk manufactures great 8192 pressure sensitivity A4 size tablets for about 40 to 60 bucks. Packed with extra nibs and everything . Krita and this obscure made of tablets plugged onto a commodity laptop is the best value artist station for all sort of digital work.
- cynthedesign 3y agoHow many of us are in the boat where we have thousands of hours on adobe products to unlearn in order to be able to use GIMP without pulling our hair out?
- thomastjeffery 3y agoThis is precisely why Adobe, Microsoft, and Autodesk give colleges and universities free licenses for their products. The entire industry of digital tools has hung itself on these magic words: "industry standard". All the while, free software like Krita, Linux, and Blender have become viable, if not substantially better, alternatives to their proprietary incumbent counterparts. Practically every need that the industry has can be met using free tools. The hardest part is simply convincing people to use them.
- 29athrowaway 3y agoGimp has not yet been converted to GTK 3 and now GTK 4 is out. Gimp looks pretty bad in HiDPI and the GTK 3 build is not yet stable.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoArdour has not yet converted to GTK 3 and now .... does it matter?
- snvzz 3y agoMost of the work has gone into the development head for several years now, so the stable 2.x releases would seem slow and clunky. The good news is that the 3.0 release is expected to finally happen this year, and hopefully they'll adopt a more frequent release strategy thereon.