12-18-2014, 10:57 PM
Honestly, I wish that there was a solid competitor for Adobe Photoshop, because in all honesty, it really is about commercialism and profit.
I tried Gimp, and though I liked it... It lived up to its name in comparison to PS. Especially considering the limited selection of brushes. With PS, I can get brushes from my favourite artists to experiment with, to try things in a different way. With Gimp, that's not an option, because everyone is using PS.
If everyone was using Gimp, there'd be more brushes, I'm sure, and more workarounds, and more work being done on that project.
I think the only reason people use photoshop is because people use photoshop. It's kind of like why people use Windows, rather than Linux. Accessibility, ease-of-use, convenience, and easier to do gaming. Well, maybe not that last one.
Opensource stuff is getting better, though, and I hope that it starts to measure up to these big names, but it's difficult to do a lot without a lot of money to fund it, I think. Sad, but true.
I tried Gimp, and though I liked it... It lived up to its name in comparison to PS. Especially considering the limited selection of brushes. With PS, I can get brushes from my favourite artists to experiment with, to try things in a different way. With Gimp, that's not an option, because everyone is using PS.
If everyone was using Gimp, there'd be more brushes, I'm sure, and more workarounds, and more work being done on that project.
I think the only reason people use photoshop is because people use photoshop. It's kind of like why people use Windows, rather than Linux. Accessibility, ease-of-use, convenience, and easier to do gaming. Well, maybe not that last one.
Opensource stuff is getting better, though, and I hope that it starts to measure up to these big names, but it's difficult to do a lot without a lot of money to fund it, I think. Sad, but true.