snazzyq, 6 months ago

@ernie If Affinity moved over, I might consider Linux full-time.

ernie, 6 months ago

@snazzyq Affinity works more or less perfectly in WINE, so we're closer than you think

mediageek, 6 months ago

@ernie +1

manualdousuario, 6 months ago

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ernie, 6 months ago

@manualdousuario Affinity works via Wine a lot better than Adobe does, so there may be hope.

manualdousuario, 6 months ago

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ernie, 6 months ago

@manualdousuario It would be ideal, sure, but good stability goes a long way. (I will note I had to compile Wine specifically for Affinity.)

driph, 6 months ago

@ernie 100%. For me, it’s the Adobe suite and SpamSieve.

ChartreuseK, 6 months ago

@ernie I think Krita fits much of that niche even if it's only typically recommended as a drawing tool rather than image editing

Adam, 6 months ago

@ernie Yeah, GIMP & Krita are still missing a lot compared to today's Photoshop. There's still nothing close to AfterEffects on Linux either. Even Outlook x86 is still far better than Evolution or Thunderbird for PIM.

geerlingguy, 6 months ago

@ernie creative software: audio, video, bitmap, and vector. All passably good but not great on Linux

ernie, 6 months ago

@geerlingguy Yeah, I think things are slightly better on the video and motion graphics end, but print design—the field I spent the first half of my career working in—particularly feels like an afterthought sadly

zachnfine, 6 months ago

@ernie People just need to spread the word about Emacs Image Manipulation Mode. https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsImageManipulation

plsburydoughboy, 6 months ago

@ernie Krista is already there. the big holdout is not software, but driver support

ernie, 6 months ago

@plsburydoughboy like Krita but I asked about a feature and a dev was like “this doesn't fit in our scope.”

You're right, it's close, but it seems insistent on not being a general purpose app sadly

plsburydoughboy, 6 months ago

@ernie there's a few others out there, but I think, more important than what software is available, is that driver support still isn't there yet that artists would be willing to use Linux as a daily driver OS

I strongly hold the opinion that WiNE can make up for the difference to make Windows programs just run in Linux, like Steam could make it seamless on SteamOS, but that work won't be possible without seamless driver support