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Adobe Photoshop Is Coming To Linux, Through Chromebooks
sfcrazy writes Adobe is bringing the king of all photo editing software, Photoshop, to Linux-based Chrome OS. Chrome OS-powered devices, such as Chromebooks and Chromeboxes, already have a decent line-up of 'applications' that can work offline and eliminate the need of a traditional desktop computer. So far it sounds like great news. The bad news is that the offering is in its beta stage and is available only to the customers of the Creative Cloud Education program residing in the U.S. I have a full subscription of Creative Cloud for Photographers, and LightRoom, but even I can't join the program at the moment.
...I went with GIMP years ago. I was able to use many of P-Shop's brushes and actions as-is, and I learned GIMP's actions and interface.
Mind you, I'm not a graphics pro by any means (though I am a heavy hobbyist in CG graphics, and GIMP is invaluable to me for postwork and touch-ups.) Even when I moved to using a Mac for most of my farting-around, the first thing I went for was GIMP for OSX. Just as most actual professionals stick with Photoshop (in spite of the brain-dead subscription model they have these days) because they learned on it, I do the same thing with GIMP... and it works just fine for me.
Now in the professional realm, PShop makes sense to have a Linux port. Strange thing though - a huge percentage of professional CG work is done in Linux nowadays, and has been for awhile, so I'm surprised that it's taken them this long to get around to it.
(now if only the hobbyist CG software shops (I'm looking at *you* Poser and DAZ|Studio!) would get off their asses and make a Linux port...
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
The issue is that people learn Photoshop, they don't learn the fundamentals for the tool.
So they switch to GIMP and then find it's horrible because their skills don't transfer and they cry on the internet that "GIMP SUX" because they don't want to relearn anything. This is even worse in a business situation because relearning things pushes back deadlines and impacts quality.
Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
You ignore the fact that there have been many many in-depth criticisms of GIMP over the years, from people who have taken the time to ensure they understand that its the tool that is lacking rather than their understanding.
No. He just doesn't take Lemming trolls at face value.
Most people whining about GIMP and putting Photoshop on a pedestal are amateurs and consumers that would never actually pay for a copy of Photoshop ever.
Photoshop is a lot of cost for questionable marginal benefit.
A Pirate and a Puritan look the same on a balance sheet.
Photoshop is a lot of cost for questionable marginal benefit.
Spoken like a 100% amateur consumer. GIMP simply doesn't come close to Photoshop for professional photographic work.
Anyone who notices the flaws in GIMP are adobe shills now? Slashdot gets dumber and more paranoid by the day.
I'm a graphics editing pro, and I can assure you that there is no comparison. I've used GIMP in the past for free classes I've taught for beginners (mostly just because it was free). But I stopped after I started getting complaints from users about the name (VERY unprofessional and immature, BTW) and about the shitty interface (and it is *epically* shitty, make no mistake about it) and the buggy implementation.
So GIMP is a joke for pros (don't even make me laugh by even beginning to compare it to Photoshop for professional use). And it's a joke for beginners (shameful name, shit UI, and buggy).
Just go Adobe. Don't let your political/social ideology, cheapness, and pride get in the way of your goddamn common sense.
I still am not ready to buy into the Adobe CC thing, I don't like the idea that if I have a lot of PSD files, I've done work on, I may refer back to, say as templates for my business albums, etc...that if I quit paying rent, that I can no longer open and use my files I created.
I bought into the CS6 Production Premium Suite of tools...and so far, I've not see anything Adobe has done or added that is so groundbreakingly compelling that I would give up my standalone as long as I want them (in VM's if need be for OS changes) and use them.
I'm actually wondering if Adobe keeping the 'deals' running for so long is and indication that not quite as many have flocked to CC as they imagined. But regardless of that, I don't wanna rent my software, who's to tell when once they have you hooked, they start raising the prices? Also, what's to keep the fire lit under them to innovate once everyone is paying monthly and there is no stand alone option any more?
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........