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Reid Hannaford
@reid.work

Honestly I think I could probably daily drive GIMP over Photoshop for a lot of my graphics work if I could resize a text layer without it rasterizing the text. So, smart objects. That would solve most of my complaints. #foss #gimp #indiedev

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Reid Hannaford
@reid.work

I'm on Linux so Affinity isn't an option for me, but I also just don't trust Canva any more than I trust Adobe. Canva could choose to remotely shut down Affinity Studio at any time and then you wouldn't be able to open any of your files.

Callum Isaac Moscovitch
@callumisaac.art

Yeah, I save things as PSDs as often as I can. I don't trust Canva particularly either, but I think I can rationalize why they want to acquire more professional tools. I have the V2 apps that I paid for and use them all the time still. I'd be curious to pick your brain about better Linux options

Reid Hannaford
@reid.work

For your illustration work, Krita is a fantastic drawing/painting software. Personally I use HEAVYPAINT for 2D painting which is browser based so works on any operating system.

Reid Hannaford
@reid.work

Overall Linux is great for creative work! Blender and Godot both run beautifully (better?) on Linux. Davinci Resolve and Houdini both officially support Linux, though Resolve needs a tiny bit of work to get running on the distro I'm on. I use 3DCoat instead of Substance Painter and REAPER for sound.

Reid Hannaford
@reid.work

Krita is a fantastic painting/drawing program but its really not built for proper graphics work. I find working with text in Krita pretty clunky, but you're right it can resize! What is gimp doing?? haha

docthunder09.bsky.social
@docthunder09.bsky.social

Could you do your text work in Inkscape and import it as a layer over your Gimp file? I used to work in comics, and I would do my PS for the artwork/ Illustrator for the text, import the .ai file into PS. Similar work flow? .svg --> .psd