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millie@beehaw.org 11 months agoI’m not kidding anyone. I might not have the same needs or standards as you do, but I absolutely do prefer GIMP and use it over Photoshop. Yeah, there are limitations. I didn’t say it was a better program. Yes, it can be kind of annoying to have to make changes to text. And yes, if your work flow requires you to have these tools it probably isn’t a solution for you.
But frankly, people don’t all need to do things the same way. I’m sure you’re capable of producing something that looks better than much of my output in half the time and have a much more efficient workflow. Cool. But that doesn’t mean I’m some kind of imaginary non-person because I actually enjoy using GIMP.
Why on Earth does that make you angry? It’s literally not even any of your business.
If I used a different kind of paintbrush than you, would that matter? Literally who cares?
Krita sounds cool and I’ll probably check it out, but chances are very good that I continue to use GIMP in addition to whatever else I might find useful simply because I like it and I’m comfortable with it.
Why in the world should that make anyone angry? It’s okay for people to like different things.
ParanoidFactoid@beehaw.org 11 months ago
millie@beehaw.org 11 months ago
I mean, personally, I make a lot of layers and save my work a lot, and I make use of that undo/redo stack. Again, like, it isn’t perfect, but I used to do pixel art in the Palace editor. Like, maybe my standards just aren’t very high.
I’ve been working on game assets using GIMP and it’s been totally sufficient. But like, maybe Krita could add to my workflow. I’m not opposed to the idea of tuning my work flow to get better results. I do have concerns about spending excessive time learning new environments for only marginal benefit considering how wide my net has to be, but if it’s a big time saver it might be worth it.
ParanoidFactoid@beehaw.org 11 months ago
I run Linux and no longer can use Ps or Affinity. And frankly, Affinity is really good and cheap. But it’s not on Linux.
GIMP has some things Krita lacks. For example:
Good clone stamp and smudge tools. You’re much better off recreating backgrounds behind cutouts using GIMP and G’MIC over Krita (which has gmic too).
Way better Guideline support. One feature in GIMP I use regularly is path guides. Any arbitrary path - like a cutout with the pen tool - can be converted to a guideline with snapping. This is a really useful feature.
But you can’t composite for a finished product.
I have a layers to export PNG script which I use to output everything in a project. Then import to Krita or Blender for composting or animation.
I’d pay for Affinity on Linux though. In a heartbeat.