05-14-2015, 06:37 PM
Haha, I guess I am a proponent of open source, mostly because it has really worked for me and I do like to look at other models behind the often followed mainstream pushed ones.
I can't argue really that any software is better than another, because it mostly really is a subjective thing especially when it comes to something like painting. Are we going to suggest that Photoshop is better than a stick of burnt wood, when you put the stick of burnt wood in the hand of a DaVinci? My approach is that I truly only see a tool as a tool, and I work within the limitations of any particular tool be it opensource or not.
I suppose then all that remains is the idealism of what I consider a better or alternative model to things. i.e passion over profit can get things done despite the constant barrage of propaganda that this isn't the case; that greed and capitalism is the only model that can possibly create a successful balance in society. ummmm yeah about that...in case you haven't been looking.....we are the 99% people.
I personally have now transitioned to Krita from GIMP because it has a very powerful brush engine, but also has usability pluses that gimp seemed to not have quite solved. There were always a couple of things I knew PS had that Gimp didn't and I made do, but now I don't really have those with Krita. I absolutely love it. I use it for client work with great results! I very much recommend Krita to anyone out there reading this.
I still happily and successfully used GIMP for almost 3 years and would still do so. I will be backing every Krita crowdsourced development project, coming up because I WANT to support the people that do such great work out of passion, not because it is some companies bottom line on profit. But also I have gone onto their forums, and the developers are highly responsive to requests and bug submissions, more so than GIMP appeared to be.
Basically I like to believe that the world might be better with other more democratic models of thought, like opensource, than the tried and (not so true) dominant models that are running the planet into the ground.
:)
I can't argue really that any software is better than another, because it mostly really is a subjective thing especially when it comes to something like painting. Are we going to suggest that Photoshop is better than a stick of burnt wood, when you put the stick of burnt wood in the hand of a DaVinci? My approach is that I truly only see a tool as a tool, and I work within the limitations of any particular tool be it opensource or not.
I suppose then all that remains is the idealism of what I consider a better or alternative model to things. i.e passion over profit can get things done despite the constant barrage of propaganda that this isn't the case; that greed and capitalism is the only model that can possibly create a successful balance in society. ummmm yeah about that...in case you haven't been looking.....we are the 99% people.
I personally have now transitioned to Krita from GIMP because it has a very powerful brush engine, but also has usability pluses that gimp seemed to not have quite solved. There were always a couple of things I knew PS had that Gimp didn't and I made do, but now I don't really have those with Krita. I absolutely love it. I use it for client work with great results! I very much recommend Krita to anyone out there reading this.
I still happily and successfully used GIMP for almost 3 years and would still do so. I will be backing every Krita crowdsourced development project, coming up because I WANT to support the people that do such great work out of passion, not because it is some companies bottom line on profit. But also I have gone onto their forums, and the developers are highly responsive to requests and bug submissions, more so than GIMP appeared to be.
Basically I like to believe that the world might be better with other more democratic models of thought, like opensource, than the tried and (not so true) dominant models that are running the planet into the ground.
:)