Peter FalkinghamI am sick of trying to find good alternatives, and I really really want to install photoshop (have sub through work) but I really really _really_ don't want to install creative cloud.
Adam S. Smith@PeterFalkingham Is Gimp not up to the task? I ask because I also miss Photoshop, which I don’t have on my new computer, so I’m trying (but failing) to give Gimp a chance. I can’t work out if it’s just a learning curve I need to get over or if it’s fundamentally inferior.
@AdamStuartSmith I've never got on with Gimp. Affinity Photo is a fine replacement, but is crashing on my sony ARW raw files, and lacks the cool ai filters of photoshop.
John Conway@PeterFalkingham @AdamStuartSmith What OS are you on? Because I’ve used a couple of Mac-only alternatives.
@john @AdamStuartSmith Windows 11. I think the problem is Affinity does all the basic stuff for composition/edits, but lacks the ai filters (resize, recolour, refocus etc) and the good raw editing. The latter I might just need to use some janky open source like RawTherapee (which is OK, but ugly), and the former (ai filters) I'm just not going to get.
@PeterFalkingham @AdamStuartSmith You’re in Photoshop-land for sure.
@john I'm interested what you use other than photoshop (do you do most stuff in photoshop?)
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I do a lot of stuff on an iPad now, because the pen experience is so much better (half the latency of a Wacom). The best painting app is Procreate.
On my computer I use Photoshop, although Affinity Photo and Pixelmator Pro both work for me. Painting is not really demanding in terms of features, they basically just have to avoided screwing it up.
Jens Lallensack@john @PeterFalkingham Did you try Krita? It made huge progress recently, and it's free.
@JensLallensack Krita is awesome, but no good for RAW files I think. Affinity Photo covers most of my JPG editing needs well enough.
@PeterFalkingham Yes, Krita is for drawing specifically.