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In addition to Gimp there are: - Paint.net - Pixen - Inkscape --- straight-forward vector editing - Seashore --- this is Mac OS UI overlay for GIMP - Krita

In addition to Gimp there are: - Paint.net - Pixen - Inkscape --- straight-forward vector editing - Seashore --- this is Mac OS UI overlay for GIMP - Krita --- vector editing with painting features - Scribus --- page layout - TeX/LaTeX --- batch/markup driven page layout which can do anything one can put together a TeX macro to achieve (I use it a lot and have written articles for TUGboat on it: https://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb24-2/tb77adams.pdf https://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb24-2/tb77adams.pdf - Blender -- 3D modeling - GraviT --- another vector editor, this is likely the one most like to Affinity Designer (since they were both modeled on Freehand) - FontForge

nacs 3y ago
I wish more people knew-of/promoted Krita - it's far more user friendly than GIMP and just as powerful if not more. Fantastic for photo editing, digital art/paint and vector tools. https://krita.org/en/features/ https://krita.org/en/features/
- jwells89 3y ago
  Krita is a close second to Blender in terms of well-run creative FOSS projects. Would love to see more projects take their approach.
- basisword 3y ago
  I thought they were different tools. GIMP == Photoshop, Krita == Illustrator.
  - ZiiS 3y ago
    Krita defaults to a "Paint Layer" behaving very like Photoshop; it can also add "Vector Layers" that behave like Illustrator. I think it is fair to say it replaces both for a lot of use cases. GIMP is much closer to just Photoshop (and say Inkscape is much more only Illustrator).
    - basisword 3y ago
      Interesting! I'll have to check it out.
jarek-foksa 3y ago
There is also Graphite (https://graphite.rs/ https://graphite.rs/) which, unlike Gimp, has a modern architecture and very ambitious goals (Blender for 2D basically).
- samuell 3y ago
  Looks awesome!
- Takennickname 3y ago
  Features: Written in Rust. Not really a feature. Also it has very little implemented right now. Kind of disappointing when I clicked through hoping to find a gimp alternative.
mattanimation 3y ago
Photopea as well (photoshop clone in browser)
- rcarmo 3y ago
  That’s not a real alternative for a high-res workflow.
rcarmo 3y ago
I used most of those (I paid my way through college with Photoshop 2.0 and Macromedia stuff). There is really nothing in the Open Source world that is good enough. Maybe Krita, but not for Illustrator-grade vector editing. I really miss Macromedia...

nacs 3y ago

I wish more people knew-of/promoted Krita - it's far more user friendly than GIMP and just as powerful if not more. Fantastic for photo editing, digital art/paint and vector tools. https://krita.org/en/features/ https://krita.org/en/features/

jwells89 3y ago
Krita is a close second to Blender in terms of well-run creative FOSS projects. Would love to see more projects take their approach.
basisword 3y ago
I thought they were different tools. GIMP == Photoshop, Krita == Illustrator.
- ZiiS 3y ago
  Krita defaults to a "Paint Layer" behaving very like Photoshop; it can also add "Vector Layers" that behave like Illustrator. I think it is fair to say it replaces both for a lot of use cases. GIMP is much closer to just Photoshop (and say Inkscape is much more only Illustrator).
  - basisword 3y ago
    Interesting! I'll have to check it out.

jarek-foksa 3y ago

There is also Graphite (https://graphite.rs/ https://graphite.rs/) which, unlike Gimp, has a modern architecture and very ambitious goals (Blender for 2D basically).

samuell 3y ago
Looks awesome!
Takennickname 3y ago
Features: Written in Rust. Not really a feature. Also it has very little implemented right now. Kind of disappointing when I clicked through hoping to find a gimp alternative.

mattanimation 3y ago

Photopea as well (photoshop clone in browser)

rcarmo 3y ago
That’s not a real alternative for a high-res workflow.

rcarmo 3y ago

I used most of those (I paid my way through college with Photoshop 2.0 and Macromedia stuff). There is really nothing in the Open Source world that is good enough. Maybe Krita, but not for Illustrator-grade vector editing. I really miss Macromedia...