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mshi wrote:
I understand many hate freedom but love bondage.You're happy to send your payments sent to Adobe month after month. That's fine with me. Just like RAW Therapee, GIMP takes no payment from me. The OP is more interested in knowing how not to waste more money on Adobe, isn't he?
The OP's looking for a real PS alternative. I'd like one myself. The GIMP isn't it, and never will be, because the developers are more interested in playing with what interests them than delivering features that users want. Lots of toys in the GIMP, but basics like proper 16 bit support show up a decade late. My basic workflow, that I've been using for 10 years, only started being viable in the GIMP 3 weeks ago (RAW conversion->16bit TIFF, local edits, global sharpening & export to 8-bit JPEG at max quality). Heck, I could do that in PS Elements 5 years ago. The GIMP is a toy that can be useful for a basic workflow, but can't replace PS if you have any real demands on it.
BTW, did I ever say I pay Adobe monthly? I own lifetime licenses for LR5 and PS CS3, as well as a half-dozen other apps which I've tested out as alternatives. PS dominates the market because everyone else can only answer part of the workflow puzzle. PS/ACR and PS/LR answers the whole deal. Not bad for $120/year (CC for Photographers). It's actually cheaper than the only real competition (CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7, which is $27/mo or $219/year for subscription, or $550 for lifetime license with 1 year of updates)
BTW, you might want to check what bondage actually means. There's more restrictions on me using the GIMP than on me using PS due to how restrictive the GPL is in terms of library interaction. That greatly limits what you can do with plugins. PS may limit how I can alter the basic software, but I can do anything I can dream up in a plugin if I can figure out how to make the API allow it. And then I can do whatever I want with the plugin I wrote, which isn't an option with the GIMP where I'm restricted in how I distribute it should I choose to do so.
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