YESSSSS ive been saying this for the last two years. as a professional GD, shit like GIMP DOES NOT come close to the power that I can get out of Krita. But because Krita's marketing is focused on painting, people overlook it. But holy shit, does Krita really take PS to town with its parity of features. One of the big things Krita can do that GIMP cannot, you did not even touch on: smart objects. Like photoshop, Krita, can be used to make templates where you can have layers that are other editable files. this is really important for production work.
Krita rocks! When I dumped Adobe 8 years ago, I needed a high quality digital painting program and GIMP was just too slow with large file sizes. So I gave Krita a try and it runs circles around GIMP for painting/drawing. I still use GIMP for image editing, but Krita is great for art creation.
Finally some love for Krita. I always hated the gimp recommendations cuz technically it does the photo shop things but Krita looks. More like it and does a few things extra. Perfect for digital drawing imo
Krita is an interesting case in that it offers nearly everything GIMP is missing at the moment (adjustment layers, vector shapes, RAW editing, CMYK), but doesn't perform nearly as well on core image editing vs GIMP. If GIMP 3.0 ever gets released, we may see Krita's advantages disappear fairly quickly and GIMP will once again become the uncontested best free Photoshop alternative. But Krita is a great alternative also and I hope it continues to improve!
I use the Acly plugin with Krita as well to give Krita the equivalent of Photoshop's Generative Fill thanks to the use of Stable Diffusion running locally on your machine!
With Krita it's important that you have GMIC which is in appimage or flatpak version. I also work with Inkscape alongside Krita where I copy-paste from one to another. Sometimes I use Blender, Figma and online AI tools (bg ai remover, dall-e and midjourney). From my experience, you can create ANY kind of design/art with Linux apps: Krita, Gimp, GMIC, MyPaint, ImageMagick and Blender!
YESSsSsS! Krita > GIMP I will die on this hill. People sleep on Krita because it is a “drawing app” but it can pretty much do anything that isn’t RAW photo processing. But If I wanted to deal with RAW I might still rather look more into stuff like Darktable or Raw Therapee than go GIMP… ugh
In my opinion, the question is not if Krita is better than GIMP, but if Krita is better or at the same level of Photoshop. Maybe GIMP is inferior to Krita, but it opened the ball back in the day. Nowadays, the free open source environment is full of improved software that can replace the older programs. What we need are programs that can replace the proprietary ones.
Ciao, i'm using The Gimp since late 1998, created my first desktop wallpaper under debian with it.. so here we go, in 2023 i've created my newest desktop wallpaper again with? the Gimp 😂 many greetings from brunswick in germany and please stay safe 🙃
I’ve been using Keira for a few years now for drawing and I love it! I never thought to recommend it to you like the solo because well like you said it’s for drawing not image manipulation. I love Keira so much I supported them by buying it on steam! Good content my man!
I have found Photopea to be an excellent alternative to Photoshop. It is firstly completely free to use (like Krita) and secondly shares a very similar look and feel to Photoshop (unlike Krita). In fact, I find it easier to use than GIMP, especially since it has superior selection tools as well as incorporates adjustment layers.
Apart from the Qt interface which I heavily dislike, even as a drawing-centered raster editor, its UI/UX feels superior to GIMP. If it wasn't for PhotoGIMP, I would also be using Krita as my main graphics editor.
The open source area misunderstands standards. We don't use Photoshop or Office because we like Photoshop or Office. We use it because it's the standard. This might not be an issue in personal use, but for work it is. You don't get to choose what software you use. The company/customer uses the standard, you use the standard, because it's the standard. Only Blender has broken this paradigm because it was simply so much superior compared to alternatives, companies switched to it, so did the customers, and finally everyone. _Note: I fortunately don't have to use the cancer named Photoshop because Figma exists and it fulfills my job needs. I sincerely hope something else overtakes Photoshop so we can be done with Adobe._
A lot of people do use Photoshop because they like it, or at least it's all they know. Obviously there's little reason to advertise open source alternatives towards people who have no choice, but hobbiests and self-employed artists might find value in it. Especially with PS's subscription bullshit
Exactly. Companies have the biggest influence over users. If they require Windows, proprietary software and whatnot, then it makes sense for people to buy the same stuff for personal use as well. Industry standards in that regard are often cheaper if you don't wanna deal with development and maintenance yourself. Can you make the Linux Desktop work competitively. Yeah, sure you can. But it takes a lot of engineering, training courses and a severe change how people operate their PC, and no one wants to take the time and money to figure that out.
I love Inkscape and Photoshop. As someone who prefers open source software I use Inkscape privately and Photoshop for work related stuff, okay, sometimes I retouch some of my taken photos with them as this is the best use case for Photoshop. Never used Krita before, but heard of it, so might give this program a try soon. Thanks for sharing this video.
I was actually needed a program that could do vector graphics a couple of weeks ago when I was modifying old flash games. Wish I would have known about this.
What? Kirta doesn't take anything from Gimp. I'm self prefers Gimp UI over Ps / Krita. Inkscape is for SVG. In gimp you can press "/" to show up Command Pallet - a pop up window that allows you to search in gimp menus. Command Pallet is also possible in Inksape by pressing "?" (shift + "/") For me every app should have command pallet.
Photopea is ok if you get used to it's own workflow. I'm personally missing some functionalities like drag and dropping colors and I don't like it's interface personally. It's kind of hard to find stuff like how to move layers around if you are new.
I use Krita instead of Gimp, the only problem I've had are few specific features, but overall I love it. Select by colour doesn't seem to work for me for example.
Which GIMP plugins would you recommend for photo editing (if you think it's necessary to install them in the first place)? Thank you for the video, btw! I wish I could learn how to use both right now, but I'll stick to GIMP since I'll focus on photo editing
Krita InKscapenand Kdenlive are really great editors that can cover image, vectors and videos. I think KDE only needs an audio editor to cover every media content editor.
There's a problem: Krita is meant for Digital Painting, heck, even the devs themselves state it. the GNU Image Manipulation Program(GIMP) is meat for Image Manipulation. Krita is only suitable for you if you do Digital Painting, it also works for traditional animations, Story Board, Comics, and more.
My only complaint about krita is that the text editor is a little clunky. This doesn't mean gimp is better, gimp is a tad dated. I like Medibang for it's text editing, for being simple and convenience focused, though you can do more in krita.
Yeah, but Gimps is also a bit weird. I for example still find it awkward that you can't resize it properly, even if it's still in it's editable Text state. Rasterized Imaging and all that yeah, but Text needs to be handled a bit differently
Nice video but my curiosity is pretty strong; what Window decoration in KDE are you using throughout the video? It looks fairly similar to Colloid / Adwaita.
I want to switch to Linux one day, so I've been looking for the alternatives for the apps I'm using. I've been using Photoshop for over 10 years. One of the most powerful tools in the psd is the content aware fill tool. If you're a digital artist that paints everthing then you might not need it. However if you do photomanupilation, it's a must-have sometimes. And since Krita doesn't have a such a thing. It's useless for me.
I would suggest you use a combination of both. Gimp has a very powerful photo editing tool that Krita lacks. In the same breath Krita has professional work flow tools like non destructive editing, cmyk, layer styles and preinstalled filter plug in Gmic. With that said, Gimp has a plug in called Resynthesizer which is a perfect replacement for content aware fill tool you need. The problem that open source alternative have is that all the tools you need are available as a plug in or are available in some other opensource app. My opinion is that it is better to teach professional work flow rather than tools in an app.😀
For me, Krita has a much slower startup time, but I'm going to need vector graphics for my game, so I'll give it a shot and see how well I can learn it. From the half second interrogation of the menus, it appears as though Krita uses Python for scripting, and while I hate Python, I hate it less than LISP, regardless of which variant GIMP is using, because I hate all LISP's.
I guess Krita compares more to Illustrator than to Photoshop but yeah. It seems like drawing programs in general are way more widespread, since it depends a lot more on hand gestures of the artist, rather than program features
Hi, I've been using PDN for 15 years and I'm looking for a drop in replacement as I don't like be locked to windows. What can you recommend? Edit: So After digging out I found out Gimp is the right tool for me to learn how to use. Glad theres plenty of options. Also i forgot to mention this but that thumbnail for this video is nice!
gimp was just confusing. it wenr worse than the first time i used photoshop. and with krita, the only problems i had was options being hidden away, only usable with shortcuts. and the text tool sucks
GIMP is great and v3 is going to be better, yes Krita is extremely good and worthy! Inkscape, darktable and Blender are some of the best software out there!
I believe you are pronouncing Krita incorrectly should be like Kreta. I love its user interface. It is highly underrated for its photo capabilities in the latest versions. Also, G'MIC filters are included by default in Windows. Stable Diffision plugin for AI capabilities comparable or better than Photoshop. Someone, please tell me what I can do in Gimp that I can not in Krita.
Unless Adobe finds someway to natively support Linux, had been using Krita as a good alternative. For game development and graphic design tasks, it's been been pretty good. The only downside I have with Krita is that when it comes to rendering stuff like Normal Maps, I have to go to GIMP to make one. GIMP on the other hand unless if it's something basic I have to do, I'm not using it... A feature I would like Krita to have is to import Photoshop drawing brushes, Clip Studio Paint found a way to import them.
Krita IS NOT a vector graphics app. Krita is primarily a drawing application focused on raster imaging meant to be used with a graphic stylus (think Wacom and the likes). It has _some_ vector graphics capabilities but they're very limited compared to a dedicated, full fledged vector drawing application like Inkscape.
I use Pinta for light photo editing. It's all I need 99% of the time. Very easy. I really have no desire to put someone else's face on a photo of make otherwise fake ones, which seems to be the main use of Photoshop. Yuck.
While appreciating literally all other videos so far comparing DTP applications as a "layman" isn't exactly helpful. GIMP in no way replaces PS, as it's very foundation, ideology and outdated legacy origin inhibits any sort of replacement: Even most basic interface and procedures are usually overly complicated. I guess they "needed" to be so "different" to not only have an entirely different interface, application-design but also entirely different default shortcuts compared to PS. That's where "ego" and stupidity comes into play: How could anyone seriously think that would be a good idea, to impose complete usability and habitual roadblocks for anyone remotely professional to seriously consider or at least try out Gimp. They willingly "gimped" themselves from the get-go. Application-name meaning and conspiracy confirmed? Clearly seems like typical programmer "perspective", without a mere minute of at least some sort of practical/professional DTP consultation. Krita isn't comparable to classic raster-based image editor but Vector/Illustration, or technically more correct: a "drawing" application. It's matching "comparison" would be Adobe Illustrator, et al. You are literally comparing an apple with ... idk, a paperclip? The most direct, "free" (but not foss?) comparison would be web-app based "Photopea". That dev shows how it should be done; It's literally a very close recreation, including interface, shortcuts, functionality and everything. Sadly the focus on monetization or exposure to third-party ads doesn't exactly instill much confidence. Affinity products are unfortunately not much of an option either when it comes to the DTP suite or Indesign. Mediocre and "casual-oriented" at best. Nothing serious to be considerable for reliable, semi-professional use. Aside from misfocused Photopea and it's Advertisement focus/risk; The other indirectly related and very recommendable mention is foss "darktable" for RAW-development. It's procedural workflow blows anything PS, lightroom etc. out of the water when it comes to power, potential and efficiency. Hopefully Photopea just dies with their infested ads asap to hopefully become FOSS. So from a deeper, more practical perspective: Things are currently still not looking too great at all. Unfortunately. We need a serious, foss DTP suite for a meaningful majority to finally free their shackles from greedy subscriptions; Akin to Blender or Godot. Individuals and companies would surely provide reasonable, financial support.
@@qunas101Pretty sure that GIMP 3 won't change the fundamental way you edit images so it'll probably have the same learning curve. Although I do believe it makes using some powerful features easier along with having a lot more features, but I haven't personally tried it yet
@@mgord9518 they are promising to add vector layers and non-destructive workflow for filters or smth, maybe not on 3.0, but at least around 3.2. Though I really need layer effects. Just making an outline around an object feels like you're a caveman on GIMP
@@qunas101 I think they're mainly focusing on updating the UI to use newer versions of GTK and revamping the app core to use modern features such as GPU capabilities that even the puny Intel integrated GPUs can deliver these days. GIMP was created for a different bygone time in computing and pretty much uses the CPU for everything, severely limiting its ability to scale and handle larger file sizes. The initial work with the GEGL plug-ins was a good start; many GEGL-capable plug-ins completely trounce their legacy counterparts. Now they just need to extend that to the rest of the app. Easier said than done considering that GIMP has less than a handful of developers working on it full time.
Gimp is in no way close to photoshop... thinks like good text manipulation and AI based object manipulations are something most people who use PS use everytime which gimp still can't provide.... i truly wanted open source to win, but it's not there yet...
@@vaisakh_km Ever heard of this handy feature of gimp called being open source? If you're really that concerned about something like that you can just fix it yourself, it's that simple.
YESSSSS ive been saying this for the last two years. as a professional GD, shit like GIMP DOES NOT come close to the power that I can get out of Krita. But because Krita's marketing is focused on painting, people overlook it. But holy shit, does Krita really take PS to town with its parity of features. One of the big things Krita can do that GIMP cannot, you did not even touch on: smart objects. Like photoshop, Krita, can be used to make templates where you can have layers that are other editable files. this is really important for production work.
Also, don't overlook what you can get out of darktable when it comes to processing photos.
You’re certainly right about that! I saw Krita as a digital art/painting program rather than this.
😮
This looks amazing!
Krita is meant for Digital Painting, not Image Manipulation, even the devs state it.
GIMP is the actual Image Manipulation Program
@@RandomFandomOfficialThat's because it's meant essentially for that, Digital Painting.
is gimp that bad
Krita rocks! When I dumped Adobe 8 years ago, I needed a high quality digital painting program and GIMP was just too slow with large file sizes. So I gave Krita a try and it runs circles around GIMP for painting/drawing. I still use GIMP for image editing, but Krita is great for art creation.
Krita is meant for digital painting
GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program
Finally some love for Krita. I always hated the gimp recommendations cuz technically it does the photo shop things but Krita looks. More like it and does a few things extra. Perfect for digital drawing imo
Digital Painting is the main target of Krita, not Image Manipulation
i love the variety of brushes offered in krita. 🥰
Krita is an interesting case in that it offers nearly everything GIMP is missing at the moment (adjustment layers, vector shapes, RAW editing, CMYK), but doesn't perform nearly as well on core image editing vs GIMP. If GIMP 3.0 ever gets released, we may see Krita's advantages disappear fairly quickly and GIMP will once again become the uncontested best free Photoshop alternative. But Krita is a great alternative also and I hope it continues to improve!
I use the Acly plugin with Krita as well to give Krita the equivalent of Photoshop's Generative Fill thanks to the use of Stable Diffusion running locally on your machine!
Ah, that's interesting. I need to take a look at that plugin
Krita is simply the BEST open source software for digital painting out there
With Krita it's important that you have GMIC which is in appimage or flatpak version.
I also work with Inkscape alongside Krita where I copy-paste from one to another.
Sometimes I use Blender, Figma and online AI tools (bg ai remover, dall-e and midjourney).
From my experience, you can create ANY kind of design/art with Linux apps:
Krita, Gimp, GMIC, MyPaint, ImageMagick and Blender!
Penpot is pretty neat too
your videos are getting better day by day, keep up, we support you.
YESSsSsS!
Krita > GIMP
I will die on this hill. People sleep on Krita because it is a “drawing app” but it can pretty much do anything that isn’t RAW photo processing. But If I wanted to deal with RAW I might still rather look more into stuff like Darktable or Raw Therapee than go GIMP… ugh
In my opinion, the question is not if Krita is better than GIMP, but if Krita is better or at the same level of Photoshop.
Maybe GIMP is inferior to Krita, but it opened the ball back in the day. Nowadays, the free open source environment is full of improved software that can replace the older programs.
What we need are programs that can replace the proprietary ones.
Ciao, i'm using The Gimp since late 1998, created my first desktop wallpaper under debian with it.. so here we go, in 2023 i've created my newest desktop wallpaper again with? the Gimp 😂 many greetings from brunswick in germany and please stay safe 🙃
I’ve been using Keira for a few years now for drawing and I love it! I never thought to recommend it to you like the solo because well like you said it’s for drawing not image manipulation. I love Keira so much I supported them by buying it on steam! Good content my man!
Is Keira a different program, or did you mean to say Krita?
I have found Photopea to be an excellent alternative to Photoshop. It is firstly completely free to use (like Krita) and secondly shares a very similar look and feel to Photoshop (unlike Krita). In fact, I find it easier to use than GIMP, especially since it has superior selection tools as well as incorporates adjustment layers.
It's online-only, so no way.
Apart from the Qt interface which I heavily dislike, even as a drawing-centered raster editor, its UI/UX feels superior to GIMP. If it wasn't for PhotoGIMP, I would also be using Krita as my main graphics editor.
Yea I PhotoGIMP is perfect
I love Krita! I mainly use it for digital art but it can be used for image manipulation as well.
The open source area misunderstands standards.
We don't use Photoshop or Office because we like Photoshop or Office. We use it because it's the standard. This might not be an issue in personal use, but for work it is. You don't get to choose what software you use. The company/customer uses the standard, you use the standard, because it's the standard.
Only Blender has broken this paradigm because it was simply so much superior compared to alternatives, companies switched to it, so did the customers, and finally everyone.
_Note: I fortunately don't have to use the cancer named Photoshop because Figma exists and it fulfills my job needs. I sincerely hope something else overtakes Photoshop so we can be done with Adobe._
A lot of people do use Photoshop because they like it, or at least it's all they know.
Obviously there's little reason to advertise open source alternatives towards people who have no choice, but hobbiests and self-employed artists might find value in it. Especially with PS's subscription bullshit
Exactly. Companies have the biggest influence over users.
If they require Windows, proprietary software and whatnot, then it makes sense for people to buy the same stuff for personal use as well. Industry standards in that regard are often cheaper if you don't wanna deal with development and maintenance yourself.
Can you make the Linux Desktop work competitively. Yeah, sure you can. But it takes a lot of engineering, training courses and a severe change how people operate their PC, and no one wants to take the time and money to figure that out.
You know that Adobe bought Figma, right?
@@HarryPujols You know that the deal fell through, right ?
Wow, excellent video. I really like how you structured this! I feel informed.
I love Inkscape and Photoshop. As someone who prefers open source software I use Inkscape privately and Photoshop for work related stuff, okay, sometimes I retouch some of my taken photos with them as this is the best use case for Photoshop. Never used Krita before, but heard of it, so might give this program a try soon. Thanks for sharing this video.
Got an ad for photoshop just before this vid LOL
I got into drawing as a hobby, I use Krita and it is amazing, easy to learn, easy to use, simple and to the point.
Yeah i actually loved krita since the first time i saw itt its the best Photoshop alternative i ever used
I was actually needed a program that could do vector graphics a couple of weeks ago when I was modifying old flash games. Wish I would have known about this.
I dream one day Clip Studio Paint will be available on linux
Love the tux thumbnails 😂
What? Kirta doesn't take anything from Gimp.
I'm self prefers Gimp UI over Ps / Krita. Inkscape is for SVG.
In gimp you can press "/" to show up Command Pallet - a pop up window that allows you to search in gimp menus.
Command Pallet is also possible in Inksape by pressing "?" (shift + "/")
For me every app should have command pallet.
I don't do any complicated editing so I'm fine with Photopea.
Photopea is actually better than Krita for image manipulation so you are more than just "fine" with Photopea, you have a solid application to use. :D
Photopea is ok if you get used to it's own workflow. I'm personally missing some functionalities like drag and dropping colors and I don't like it's interface personally. It's kind of hard to find stuff like how to move layers around if you are new.
Personally I use Photopea, its just works. I tried GIMP, and its so hard to learn.
I use Krita instead of Gimp, the only problem I've had are few specific features, but overall I love it. Select by colour doesn't seem to work for me for example.
Krita is one of my favorite FOSS apps along with Inkscape.
Both are great. I actually prefer Inkscape over Krita for drawing, but that's because I'm used to it
Which GIMP plugins would you recommend for photo editing (if you think it's necessary to install them in the first place)?
Thank you for the video, btw! I wish I could learn how to use both right now, but I'll stick to GIMP since I'll focus on photo editing
The Darktable plugin definitely.
Darktable as a stand-alone is a very powerful tool for developing and correcting images.
@@MichaelNROH thank you so much!
you should look at graphite on github, it's a nice alternative too, written in rust too.
Krita InKscapenand Kdenlive are really great editors that can cover image, vectors and videos.
I think KDE only needs an audio editor to cover every media content editor.
There's a problem:
Krita is meant for Digital Painting, heck, even the devs themselves state it.
the GNU Image Manipulation Program(GIMP) is meat for Image Manipulation.
Krita is only suitable for you if you do Digital Painting, it also works for traditional animations, Story Board, Comics, and more.
My only complaint about krita is that the text editor is a little clunky. This doesn't mean gimp is better, gimp is a tad dated. I like Medibang for it's text editing, for being simple and convenience focused, though you can do more in krita.
Yeah, but Gimps is also a bit weird.
I for example still find it awkward that you can't resize it properly, even if it's still in it's editable Text state. Rasterized Imaging and all that yeah, but Text needs to be handled a bit differently
Nice video but my curiosity is pretty strong; what Window decoration in KDE are you using throughout the video? It looks fairly similar to Colloid / Adwaita.
It's mostly from the Lavanda Sea theme, with Cantarell as the main font. Icons are still Breeze
I want to switch to Linux one day, so I've been looking for the alternatives for the apps I'm using.
I've been using Photoshop for over 10 years.
One of the most powerful tools in the psd is the content aware fill tool. If you're a digital artist that paints everthing then you might not need it. However if you do photomanupilation, it's a must-have sometimes. And since Krita doesn't have a such a thing. It's useless for me.
I would suggest you use a combination of both. Gimp has a very powerful photo editing tool that Krita lacks. In the same breath Krita has professional work flow tools like non destructive editing, cmyk, layer styles and preinstalled filter plug in Gmic. With that said, Gimp has a plug in called Resynthesizer which is a perfect replacement for content aware fill tool you need.
The problem that open source alternative have is that all the tools you need are available as a plug in or are available in some other opensource app. My opinion is that it is better to teach professional work flow rather than tools in an app.😀
@@armstronglesabeer9884 Ahh this was 2 months ago. I've already switched to Linux recently. 😄
For me, Krita has a much slower startup time, but I'm going to need vector graphics for my game, so I'll give it a shot and see how well I can learn it. From the half second interrogation of the menus, it appears as though Krita uses Python for scripting, and while I hate Python, I hate it less than LISP, regardless of which variant GIMP is using, because I hate all LISP's.
I like how the world has forgot about painshop pro lol even tho they still put out updates to this day.
while most professionals preffer photoshop over gimp for image manipulation i found that most people who draw preffer krita
I guess Krita compares more to Illustrator than to Photoshop but yeah. It seems like drawing programs in general are way more widespread, since it depends a lot more on hand gestures of the artist, rather than program features
@@MichaelNROH krita comes with tons of pencils with tons of options to configure then, i think that is the killer feature that artists like on it
Hi, I've been using PDN for 15 years and I'm looking for a drop in replacement as I don't like be locked to windows. What can you recommend?
Edit: So After digging out I found out Gimp is the right tool for me to learn how to use. Glad theres plenty of options. Also i forgot to mention this but that thumbnail for this video is nice!
thanks
gimp was just confusing. it wenr worse than the first time i used photoshop.
and with krita, the only problems i had was options being hidden away, only usable with shortcuts.
and the text tool sucks
GIMP is great and v3 is going to be better, yes Krita is extremely good and worthy! Inkscape, darktable and Blender are some of the best software out there!
I would love Krita if it had a GTK4 theme
probably you can look after MyPaint, which is GTK equivalent of Krita, but much like Gimp, it's like lesser capable than Krita even in the same field.
@@kouki1973 Yeah MyPaint is not nearly as capable unfortunately..
4:51 touhou hijack lol
long live to Photopea
Gimp desperately needs an UI/UX designer to contribute with the project.
I believe you are pronouncing Krita incorrectly should be like Kreta. I love its user interface. It is highly underrated for its photo capabilities in the latest versions. Also, G'MIC filters are included by default in Windows. Stable Diffision plugin for AI capabilities comparable or better than Photoshop. Someone, please tell me what I can do in Gimp that I can not in Krita.
Unless Adobe finds someway to natively support Linux, had been using Krita as a good alternative. For game development and graphic design tasks, it's been been pretty good. The only downside I have with Krita is that when it comes to rendering stuff like Normal Maps, I have to go to GIMP to make one. GIMP on the other hand unless if it's something basic I have to do, I'm not using it...
A feature I would like Krita to have is to import Photoshop drawing brushes, Clip Studio Paint found a way to import them.
wdym "finds someway"? They just don't want to and that's all
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KRITA IS Photoshop + After Effects?
Well after After Effects is for videos, so not really
What about Inkscape? How does it compare to Krita, since both are vector graphics software?
Krita IS NOT a vector graphics app. Krita is primarily a drawing application focused on raster imaging meant to be used with a graphic stylus (think Wacom and the likes). It has _some_ vector graphics capabilities but they're very limited compared to a dedicated, full fledged vector drawing application like Inkscape.
@@RogerioPereiradaSilva77 I see
I use Pinta for light photo editing. It's all I need 99% of the time. Very easy. I really have no desire to put someone else's face on a photo of make otherwise fake ones, which seems to be the main use of Photoshop. Yuck.
While appreciating literally all other videos so far comparing DTP applications as a "layman" isn't exactly helpful. GIMP in no way replaces PS, as it's very foundation, ideology and outdated legacy origin inhibits any sort of replacement: Even most basic interface and procedures are usually overly complicated. I guess they "needed" to be so "different" to not only have an entirely different interface, application-design but also entirely different default shortcuts compared to PS. That's where "ego" and stupidity comes into play: How could anyone seriously think that would be a good idea, to impose complete usability and habitual roadblocks for anyone remotely professional to seriously consider or at least try out Gimp. They willingly "gimped" themselves from the get-go. Application-name meaning and conspiracy confirmed? Clearly seems like typical programmer "perspective", without a mere minute of at least some sort of practical/professional DTP consultation.
Krita isn't comparable to classic raster-based image editor but Vector/Illustration, or technically more correct: a "drawing" application. It's matching "comparison" would be Adobe Illustrator, et al. You are literally comparing an apple with ... idk, a paperclip? The most direct, "free" (but not foss?) comparison would be web-app based "Photopea". That dev shows how it should be done; It's literally a very close recreation, including interface, shortcuts, functionality and everything. Sadly the focus on monetization or exposure to third-party ads doesn't exactly instill much confidence. Affinity products are unfortunately not much of an option either when it comes to the DTP suite or Indesign. Mediocre and "casual-oriented" at best. Nothing serious to be considerable for reliable, semi-professional use.
Aside from misfocused Photopea and it's Advertisement focus/risk; The other indirectly related and very recommendable mention is foss "darktable" for RAW-development. It's procedural workflow blows anything PS, lightroom etc. out of the water when it comes to power, potential and efficiency. Hopefully Photopea just dies with their infested ads asap to hopefully become FOSS.
So from a deeper, more practical perspective: Things are currently still not looking too great at all. Unfortunately. We need a serious, foss DTP suite for a meaningful majority to finally free their shackles from greedy subscriptions; Akin to Blender or Godot. Individuals and companies would surely provide reasonable, financial support.
I am waiting for a new RUST based new image editor that has AI tools that can rival Photoshop..
Check out the Stable Diffusion plugin for AI in Krita. Seems comparable if not better than Photoshop.
What distro you use with Plasma?
Debian 12
GIMP is based.
GIMP is terrible, We need something better for Photo Editing that's not GIMP.
I guess it depends on what you want to do with them. For pure photo development, darktable is very powerful
fingers crossed for GIMP 3 to actually be good
@@qunas101Pretty sure that GIMP 3 won't change the fundamental way you edit images so it'll probably have the same learning curve.
Although I do believe it makes using some powerful features easier along with having a lot more features, but I haven't personally tried it yet
@@mgord9518 they are promising to add vector layers and non-destructive workflow for filters or smth, maybe not on 3.0, but at least around 3.2.
Though I really need layer effects. Just making an outline around an object feels like you're a caveman on GIMP
@@qunas101 I think they're mainly focusing on updating the UI to use newer versions of GTK and revamping the app core to use modern features such as GPU capabilities that even the puny Intel integrated GPUs can deliver these days. GIMP was created for a different bygone time in computing and pretty much uses the CPU for everything, severely limiting its ability to scale and handle larger file sizes. The initial work with the GEGL plug-ins was a good start; many GEGL-capable plug-ins completely trounce their legacy counterparts. Now they just need to extend that to the rest of the app. Easier said than done considering that GIMP has less than a handful of developers working on it full time.
First.
GIMP is literally identical to Photoshop without the pointless features
you are so wrong
No at all.
Did you ever try to add Text in GIMP? It is horrible compared to PS
Gimp is in no way close to photoshop... thinks like good text manipulation and AI based object manipulations are something most people who use PS use everytime which gimp still can't provide.... i truly wanted open source to win, but it's not there yet...
@@vaisakh_km Ever heard of this handy feature of gimp called being open source? If you're really that concerned about something like that you can just fix it yourself, it's that simple.