But I knew them, so there's a lot of familiarity to get over and muscle memory to unlearn and relearn. I never particularly liked Photoshop, I don't think it has a particularly good UI, same for Illustrator. So just practice around and let the flow work itself way out.”

It can be quite intimidating, but once your know your way around it. But like any other software, empty your head and explore it first. Now that leaves us with GIMP - Is it good? Yes. I've used it a lot and its pretty awesome as well. If you're into vectors - inkscape is all you need. His fellow Linux redditors responded with their thoughts:īull500: ”Well if you're into painting, i would recommend Krita.There is no limits to what its capable of now and into the future. I'm fine with the rest of the software stack on linux for my needs, the only issue is Photoshop, I'll be using gimp for texture editing and general graphic design stuff. Now I have used gimp a few times, I've edited photos fixed things up, I just havent spent a massive amount of time on it and used it in production.īit of a background, I'm a 3D artist. So my question is has anyone one switch fully over from photoshop to Gimp and inkscape? How was the transition, do you feel limited, any other comments or thoughts. my Mac died a few months ago and I'm looking at going full linux for a desktop workstation. 🥺 Was this helpful? Please add a comment to show your appreciation or feedback.I'm looking at getting a new home computer. Join the nixCraft community via RSS Feed or Email Newsletter. He wrote more than 7k+ posts and helped numerous readers to master IT topics. Vivek Gite is the founder of nixCraft, the oldest running blog about Linux and open source. Good to see google is helping out wine developers 🙂 This is fantastic news for hardcore photoshop users. Gimp is good but it is without many professional features such as cmyk and others. We look forward to further improvements in this area.Īccording to Novell, Photoshop is the most requested non-Linux application that Linux users would like to run. Perhaps not coincidentally, apps like Flash 8 are now starting to work in Wine, too. Photoshop is one of those applications that Desktop linux users are constantly clamoring for, and we’re happy to say they work pretty well now. Perhaps the biggest news is that we hired Codeweavers to make Photoshop CS and CS2 work better under Wine.

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