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It do be like that (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Photoshop cs2 is ~~free to download~~ and probably works well on wine as its old as hell.

Edit: Correction. You used to o be able to download cs2 from adobe website. This is no longer the case.

GIMP has always been able to do what I needed more or less. Its got a learning curve and sometimes I still dont 100% how something works but for basic photo editing, meme making, and converting photos to different file types (why is .webp not universally supported yet?) Its pretty good.

When theres a problem doing something in GIMP it always felt like the issue was my own understanding of the toolset conbined with not-great documentation being given. I never felt like I encountered the limits of the program itself.

I'm sure if you are a professional graphics person who needs advanced tools theres things only PS can provide and its user interface is probably more friendly. But for me, the average joe schmo, GIMP gets the job done 95% of the time with little to no headache.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Some people do overestimate how much of the software they’re actually using, and how far back some features go. I learned the little PS I know using a 7.0 license my father bought, I used it for years doing 2D graphics and web “design”, and still basically still have the same workflow with minor differences to avoid destructive changes.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I've seen someone using Adobe Acrobat just for splitting PDF documents.