Free and Open Source Software @beehaw.org Pacrat173 @lemmy.ml 3 mo. ago

Looking for a good photoshop alternate

I’ve looked everywhere and I can’t anything any suggestions?

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Have you heard of GIMP?

If that isn’t what you need; this site may help you: https://alternativeto.net/software/adobe-photoshop/
- Yea I’ve tried it but I struggled with its UI and it just wasn’t what I was looking for
  
  If you struggled with the UI because you're familiar with Photoshop, you may want to have a look at PhotoGIMP.
  
  Otherwise Photopea.com is a free online photoshop clone.
  
  What are you looking for? If you are into painting, Krita might be worth a try.
  
  alternativeto.net Is a good place to look for software alternatives.
  
  Right but Photoshop has a horrible UI too. So maybe if you want similar features, you have to pay the price in time spent learning it.
  
  Of course if you don't need the features, great. Update your post with what you actually want to do.
Photopea. There will barely be a learning curve because it's designed to be exactly like photoshop.
Have you looked at Krita?
- I second Krita, its pretty intuitive also.
I use Affinity photo. Great program, and has a very affordable pay once model, no subscription crap.
Photopea -- online, but can be used as a PWA. One of the best! Answering here, as well. Saw your other post.
I'm quite fond of Paint.net on Windows, especially with the boltbait plugin pack.

It's powerful, easy to use and if it cannot do something, there are tons of user developed plugins.
There is Darktable and Digikam too. Little different direction.
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  Yes but it does have some editing and metadata management features. Personal opinion is everyone should start with a photo manager and then only use another program if you need more. On Linux Shotwell is another photo manager and Digikam is cross platform. I know my wife uses just Shotwell. She has never needed more. I use Digikam because it is a little more powerful and flexible but less elegant. My wife is into photos... me not as much too.
How extensive of editing are we talking? If you just need some of the more basic features, there is Paint.NET which is surprisingly useful for a lot more than you'd think. Definitely not as feature-rich as Photoshop though.
- Mostly basic stuff I am not really experienced in photo editing and I’m trying to practice and learn
  
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If you're on macOS, there's https://flyingmeat.com/acorn/ and https://www.pixelmator.com/photomator/
i use pixlr which is a lot like photopea
Another vote for GIMP, though I believe they still don't have full CMYK support yet. VIVA (?) I think has a Photoshop clone, but pretty sure not open source.
Another vote for Photopea
http://www.photofiltre-studio.com/pf7-en.htm Not open source but free.

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