PhotoGIMP

> mainstream apps (e.g. Microsoft Excel, Adobe Photoshop) then Linux is completely off the table Not at all. First of all, the vast majority of people who use the Office suite use only basic features, for whom, LibreOffice or OnlyOffice are more than capable replacements. Second, classic versioned releases of MS Office (eg Office 2016, 2019 etc) also mostly work fine under stock Wine. Third, now even M365 versions of Office also have started to work via Bottles[1], so advanced users who need it can still install it on Linux if none of the alternatives suit them. As for Photoshop, it's a similar situation to the above. Vast majority of the users don't even use all the fancy features of Photoshop, so GIMP (with optionally, the PhotoGIMP[2] mod), Krita and Photopea can already satisfy most needs. Advanced users can use alternatives like Affi

We're working on an extension platform, and once that's up and running we'll probably reach out to PhotoGIMP developers (https://github.com/Diolinux/Photogimp) and see if they want to host it there. Then people can easily download and install it directly in GIMP, hopefully making everyone happy.

Just use https://github.com/Diolinux/Photogimp in this case

I read on Twitter this week that someone made such an interface on top of GIMP. https://github.com/Diolinux/Photogimp

There's a third-party theme called PhotoGIMP which changes the layout and shortcuts to match Photoshop: https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP Longterm, we have a roadmap item for an Extensions platform: https://developer.gimp.org/core/roadmap/#extensions So basically, you could download plug-ins, themes, shortcut presets, etc, directly into GIMP. We have a lot of pieces done - we just need someone to focus on it to finish.

Neat: https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP

There is PhotoGIMP https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP patch intended to make GIMP UX mimic Photoshop's.

there's https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP but i'm not sure how well that mimics photoshop in day to day stuff. hopefully they make strides in usability because it wasn't there the last time i tried it.

There is PhotoGIMP[1] that copies the hotkeys and tool layout. It doesn't replicate behaviour exactly obviously but it does make it actually usable for me as someone who used Photoshop a lot in the past, and was eternally confused by GIMP. 1: https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP

I used to use PhotoShop heavily and still have a lot of the UI muscle-memorized. I switched to GIMP + https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP and found it mostly fits my needs for basic image editing.

I also can’t stand the gimp ui/ux. I haven’t tried it myself but I just googled this[0]. [0] https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP

There's also photoGimp: https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP But it's interesting if we can get FOSS Gui toolkits that allow for different approaches to menu/toolbar/discovery where the user can easily adjust and select how things should work - like readline Emacs/vi selection on steroids for Gui.

Slightly off topic, but for anybody looking to make the transition from photoshop to gimp, check out this extension: https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP It adjusts shortcuts and a bit of the interface to feel a lot more familiar. I’ve been using photoshop for a few years and just transitions to gimp a few months ago, and so far I did not miss any of the photoshop functionality. (I only do personal photography manipulation, no design or any sort of drawing that might need a tablet)