Fairly well known on HN by now but Krita is also excellent and simple image editor and painting app like Photoshop was 20 years ago https://krita.org/en/.

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3 months ago

Well, there is Serif’s suite: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/ (There’s also a Photo and page layout app) or the open-source stuff: – https://krita.org/en/ – https://inkscape.org/ – https://www.scribus.net/.

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4 months ago

These are all valid alternatives with real world use, but none of them are Photoshop, and that’s kinda the problem we face. Krita – https://krita.org/en/.

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4 months ago

I migrated away from Adobe after Photoshop CS6 which I believe was the last release before they switched over to a subscription only pricing model. If you’re looking for a Photoshop alternative to break away from the incredibly user hostile relationship with Adobe I can heartily recommend either Krita (open source) or Pixelmator (Mac only). Pixelmator Pro is my daily driver for image related work and is incredibly…

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4 months ago

Check out Krita[0]. It’s what I used after leaving Windows – a little different, maybe 25% more complicated, but has everything you need. If you just want a MS Paint replacement, KolourPaint[1] is the way to go [0] https://krita.org/en/.

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6 months ago

The entire KDE project, which not only includes the Plasma Shell but also Projects like Krita [0] and Kdenlive [1] and some other great applications that work cross platform. [0] https://krita.org/en/ [1] https://kdenlive.org/de/.

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7 months ago

I’ve been using Krita for a year or so now. At first I found the UI very confusing, but after learning the top bar is just as important as the side bar it really works. YouTube videos of pros using it will blow your mind. It’s really powerful. https://krita.org/en/.

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7 months ago

Through the years I’ve learned how to use some Open Source design tools like Inkscape, GIMP and Krita. While I’m not an expert on this area, I’ve used these tools to create graphics for some of my personal projects, and recently the logo of Let’s Talk! Open Source, that I created using Inkscape.

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8 months ago

Looks like it’ll work, mint is Ubuntu/Debian based and I know there are drawing pads out there that work well with Mint also. If you like drawing, I’d suggest checking out Krita.

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10 months ago

I dunno what they used, but Krita with Krita AI is pretty easy to set up and use.

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10 months ago

The current Paint.NET is really good and obviously has much more features compared to since the version from 2009. But it’s not FOSS which can be a deal breaker for some. If FOSS then Pinta [0] is the best option imo. GIMP is not bad either but feels very janky and all over the place sometimes (lacking some elementary features while overblown in other departments) Krita [1] is the other one I’d recommend though…

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about 1 year ago

It’s real, but I recommend Krita from the playstore if you want a full mobile drawing/gimp experience. https://i.imgur.com/k7QfUDA.png it’s more packed with stuff, (except the basic ai tools gimp has), works by using KDE for Android, so it feels nice to use with out the Virtual Machine layer the Android GIMP app uses, also works with s-pen and supports bundles from the community to enhance the experience even…

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about 1 year ago

I use Krita for drawing, I have an assets file for it, each frame is one image I put alphabetically in a folder and Krita uses tabs for each image so you can see comparisons easier and an animated gif maker puts it together where you can choose timings and stuff.

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about 1 year ago

Gimp is an awesome free photostop alternative program! So is krita! (You can definitely tell I dabble in this stuff XD).

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about 1 year ago

As far as resources, not really. You’d need to do this in an image editor. Assuming you’re not going to pay for photoshop, you can use photopea (with ads on the side) or the free and open source krita or gimp. All three can do the job. My personal opinion is to try photopea first, as there’s nothing to install and it has the most tutorials. Since it’s a webapp, there’s an extension that lets you have photopea…

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over 1 year ago

Nice, great to hear that you’re already on the way. The drawing program I use is Clip Studio Paint. It is now at $50, but I’d recommend getting it only when it’s on sale (I got it for $30), so a good free alternative would be Krita, as I myself have made the jump from Krita to CSP.

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over 1 year ago

Krita is free and quite powerful. Definitely worth trying before you try any paid apps.

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over 1 year ago

Some closing links to edit images, just because I dislike Adobe as a company :P.
Https://krita.org/en/ – a great and free image editing tool, focused on painting but very much funtional in many ways you would also find in Photoshop.
Https://www.photopea.com/ – an online alternative of Photoshop.
Https://www.darktable.org/ – A free lightroom alternative to edit raw photos with.
Http://rawtherapee.com/ – Dito for…

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over 1 year ago

I use Photoshop since I’m more used to it, but imo if you want to do concepts like these Krita or Gimp are 100% free and should get the job done just as fine ^^.

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over 1 year ago

Thanks! I can give you a overview of the process. So my friend Ravajava sketched the outline of the continents and islands as well as cities in Clip Paint Studio. I then traced over them using Inkscape and looked to other maps for aesthetic inspiration. Specifically this masterpiece: https://imgur.com/frNyH

Some of the flags were created by other people in our Air Fortress group (Enshaw, Shirudo, TDI) while most…

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over 1 year ago

I dont know about easiest but Krita is free and works great.

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over 1 year ago