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• 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.

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  • 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.

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