I hear ya. I’m a print designer and the biggest hole is scribus. It is impressive for how good it is in the last few years, but is no where close to where I need it to be for pro work compared to indesign.
But, I think Krita is definitely good enough to do what I need photoshop for… and Krita is better in some ways. Like for illustration work. Krita is better than GIMP for my uses because it has the strong color model functionality that GIMP doesn’t have. Mostly that would be the CMYK functionality. GIMP only exports to CMYK. You can’t work directly in it. You need that for print design.
Interestingly, the biggest problem is the whole “using Photoshop for over 20 years” (30 for me) thing.
After several years so much of what we do with these programs becomes second nature and we don’t have to think about it. Even if the other program is better, it takes a lot to get to that level with a new program. I’m trying to use Krita more and more and I still feel like I am no where close to that goal. albeit… somewhat closer…
While GIMP does have a clunky interface, I think part of that is that we just aren’t as familiar with it as the program we have been using for decades.
I don’t know what you use gimp for, but Krita might be worth a shot. Although I think if you only work in RGB and only do “photo shop” kind of tasks, GIMP may still be better.
I hear ya. I’m a print designer and the biggest hole is scribus. It is impressive for how good it is in the last few years, but is no where close to where I need it to be for pro work compared to indesign.
But, I think Krita is definitely good enough to do what I need photoshop for… and Krita is better in some ways. Like for illustration work. Krita is better than GIMP for my uses because it has the strong color model functionality that GIMP doesn’t have. Mostly that would be the CMYK functionality. GIMP only exports to CMYK. You can’t work directly in it. You need that for print design.
Interestingly, the biggest problem is the whole “using Photoshop for over 20 years” (30 for me) thing.
After several years so much of what we do with these programs becomes second nature and we don’t have to think about it. Even if the other program is better, it takes a lot to get to that level with a new program. I’m trying to use Krita more and more and I still feel like I am no where close to that goal. albeit… somewhat closer…
While GIMP does have a clunky interface, I think part of that is that we just aren’t as familiar with it as the program we have been using for decades.
I don’t know what you use gimp for, but Krita might be worth a shot. Although I think if you only work in RGB and only do “photo shop” kind of tasks, GIMP may still be better.