At some point il will most likely buy a mac for photoshop and use linux on my laptop, but until them I have moved to linux. This had me face the challenge of finding a program to replace photoshop as I do semi professional graphic design. I had learnt of the new gimp, and installed the beta version or what its called. Now , compared to gimp 2 which was unusable unless you had 100 plugins for it, gimp 3 is actually pretty usable. In some ways (mostly tool customization) I kinda like it more Basically here is my opinion Photoshop Pros: more stable. More plug and play Cons: paid, not foss, and the fact that its made by adobe
Gimp 3 Pros: more easy access tool customization and advanced effects( as in no need to access 10 dif menus to do it) Easier on the eye once you get used to it Cons: ui has to have been the last thing they care about, as except the ease of access its basically dogshit. And I also really dislike the way the text tool works
I am however very pleased with gimp otherwise and will switch my workflow to it.
TLDR: unless you work for a megacorp you can most likely get by doing designs on linux
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