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Post by Slinger on Mar 5, 2021 15:02:56 GMT
I'm publishing this "as is," and I've only tried a couple of the software offerings myself, but if, like MartinT you believe that Photoshop is the spawn of Satan, and has a personal vendetta against you, then there are some paid (and free) alternatives here. www.creativebloq.com/photoshop/alternatives-1131641If you're happy with the complexities of Photoshop, and just fancy buggering around with something new to pass the time in lockdown, I can recommend GIMP. It's well established, with regular updates, and id free for Linux, Windows, and Mac. |
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Post by ChrisB on Mar 5, 2021 16:19:30 GMT
GIMP is great.
The makers pronounce it as 'Jimp' which is a handy hint to avoid getting yourself into compromising situations involving exotic practices. But if you don't have a problem with that, I don't see any reason why consenting adults can't wear what they want while they're manipulating images.
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Post by Slinger on Mar 5, 2021 16:51:06 GMT
GIMP is great. The makers pronounce it as 'Jimp' which is a handy hint to avoid getting yourself into compromising situations involving exotic practices. But if you don't have a problem with that, I don't see any reason why consenting adults can't wear what they want while they're manipulating images.  There are plenty of tutorials on the web showing how to use GIMP masks. Some of them are even about this software. |
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Post by petea on Mar 5, 2021 18:26:47 GMT
How on Earth do they pronounce Gnu then?!  I have tried (and own copies of) pretty much all of the main editors, mainly for photography though, but not Affinity. I originally started with Corel Photo-Paint (PP) and then made the transition to Photoshop (PS). This was quite painful (and I still think the PP clone tool to be superior). However, once I had climbed the learning curve, PS has become second nature and never gives me problems even wen editing multiple large images. I did play with early versions of GIMP, but PP was more powerful at the time. Ina has a copy of GIMP on her laptop and uses it to make simple corrections to things. It has certainly grown up, but I find PS easier to use, probably because I am so familiar with it. I usually launch PS from Lightroom (LR) to which I import images, index and sort them, make basic / batch corrections and edit using the Nik (now owned by DxO - much to my relief it was 'rescued' from Google) suite of plugins (they also run in PS). For me LR serves as a useful and powerful cataloging tool tool and even though I preferred others in the past, it has become the dominant one. As a raw editor I actually prefer CaptureOne and do use that for images from our PhaseOne backs and if I want to tether a camera. Other bits of image editing software that I find useful are: Helicon Focus and ZereneStacker for image stacking (the latter is especially useful if you use a stepper controlled imaging system). DxO Photo Lab is powerful and useful at times and their FilmPack offers one of the best film simulations out there (especially B&W). ViewPoint is probably the best way to correct perspective etc although to be honest I'm usually to lazy to launch it and use the Distort function in PS. |
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Post by Slinger on Mar 5, 2021 19:56:15 GMT
Same here as regards Photoshop, Pete. I started with Corel, PSP, a few other bits, and then I was lucky enough to get a long contract in a 3D art studio that afforded me plenty of paid downtime. I got shown the basics of Photoshop by the pros, which was brilliant. When the 3-month contract was up I got a nice "going away" present of several CDs-worth of software, including Photoshop. That was the best part of 20 years ago, and I've used it almost exclusively ever since. The only other really useful piece of software I use is MS Paint, believe it or not. It's great for quick and dirty image cropping and resizing (not to mention saving in a different format) for one-off jobs where it's not worth loading up Photoshop.
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Post by MartinT on Mar 5, 2021 20:11:54 GMT
I used to use Paintshop Pro many moons ago. Then I learned Photoshop Elements from a good trainer and the non-intuitive nature of it started to make sense. Since I get a licence for all of Adobe's software from work, I use Photoshop and Acrobat on my everyday computers.
I still say that Photoshop is more prone to crashing than other 'big' software like Office 365, regardless of which computer it's running on.
Oh, I thought GIMP was truly horrible. But then again, I thought the same about Photoshop at first.
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