• JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org
    239·
    2 months ago

    I’ve never had any trouble running adobe software on Linux.

    I’ve also never tried, but still the statement is technically correct.

    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
      151·
      2 months ago

      I’m laughing way too hard at this.

      Honestly this is the best answer.

      Like, use the tools that work for your use case?

      I fucking hate macs but man using a video editor on windows was a pain back in the day. Where I would rather set up a server on Linux, than use whatever the hell windows servers operate.

  • tiramichu@lemm.ee
    1641·
    2 months ago

    The answer is very much “Don’t run Photoshop”

    (Fuck Adobe. There, I said it)

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        711·
        2 months ago

        It’s never unethical to pirate Adobe, but it’s always more ethical to use Free Software instead and deny Adobe the mindshare.

        • Remotedeck@discuss.tchncs.de
          486·
          2 months ago

          It’s far more ethical to make the company lose money

          Minimum amount for photoshop is 22$/month

          Pirate photoshop

          Delete it

          Pirate again

          Repeat 30 times

          Adobe looses 660$

          If everyone does this adobe will loose so much

          • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
            121·
            2 months ago

            They don’t care as they have a massive profit margin. What matters more is the market share. You got to break the standard way of thinking industry wide.

          • Rinox@feddit.it
            83·
            2 months ago

            That’s not at all how piracy works. They don’t lose any money by me not buying their product, the money was never theirs to lose. They can earn money if I buy it, but if I don’t, then nothing changed. It’s not like every company is entitled to my money.

            Pirating or using Gimp or Krita instead, has the exact same effect on them, ie me not buying their product.

        • x4740N@lemm.ee
          3·
          2 months ago

          Gimp is behind on features and ui optimisation and krita is art focused

        • 474D@lemmy.world
          15·
          2 months ago

          Well the obvious answer would be all the professional Photoshop capable things man, we can love Linux and still admit there’s areas for growth

        • Anivia@feddit.org
          5·
          2 months ago

          If you want to edit photos then Affinity is passable, and GIMP is a joke.

          If all you want to do is draw, then Krita is a very capable alternative to Photoshop, but being good at only a specific subset of Photoshop capabilites doesn’t turn it into a replacement for it

      • Ketchup@reddthat.com
        1·
        2 months ago

        Yeah, it’s kind of true. I’ve tried a bunch of Lightroom and Photoshop alternatives. Pixelmator and Photomator for iOS and macOS are my absolute favorites. I wish I could get around Affinity software better, but I can do 95% of what I need in Pixelmator. And I love some of the select tools. Bonus: Davinci Resolve is a big switch for Premiere users— but worth it, and even CapCut’s free features can help with the basics.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      2 months ago

      Fuck I’d love an actual equivalent alternative on Windows too. GIMP, while great in the past, is nowhere near modern Photoshop, it’s closer to modern Paint, which is just sad.

      There’s a ton of people and businesses that hate Adobe, the lack of real alternatives is fascinating.

      • variants@possumpat.ioEnglish
        12·
        2 months ago

        Krita, rawtherapee, dark table, digikam, affinity. Just depends what you are trying to do. If you’re used to photoshop there’s nothing exactly the same and it will take effort to move but I think it’s worth it, I’m still on the journey of learning as a hobbyist and have mostly been using dark table for photo editing

        • BURN@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 months ago

          Darktable is fine as a hobbyist, but it doesn’t fully replace Lightroom when you get into semi-professional and professional workloads.

          I need to give it another try, but my 12TB raw file library is so unwieldy to manage that I haven’t tried importing it all there. Plus the AI generative removal and Denoising is pretty important to a lot of my workflows.

    • babybusEnglish
      241·
      2 months ago

      Don’t be ridiculous, mac users have neat and tidy usb hubs. iPhone users on the other hand…

    • NewAgeOldPerson@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 months ago

      Good faith response here so pardon me if it’s a swoosh moment. One of my devices is a fairly recent Mac. And it has a headphone jack. Which I appreciate greatly.

  • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
    90·
    2 months ago

    I was taking to my sister, who is an artist, about setting up Linux and warned them about poor Adobe support. Their response was “⭐ 𝒻𝓊𝒸𝓀 𝒶𝒹𝑜𝒷𝑒 ⭐” due to their AI shenanigans and high costs.

    So thanks modern Adobe for making it easier for people to switch to Linux.

  • blockheadjt
    741·
    2 months ago

    Are you trying to use a guitar as an input device for PhotoShop?

        • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
          2·
          2 months ago

          All we need to do is build a similar setup and then find a guitar and a CRT and see what happens

          Edit: actually, I’ve got a guitar and a CRT and maybe half of the pieces there. The big thing I’m concerned about is destroying the CRT. I have no idea how sensitive CRTs are or how much power is coming from a guitar.

          • HonkyTonkWoman@lemm.ee
            3·
            2 months ago

            I have no idea if it would work, but I do have a spare CRT monitor if you blow yours up.

            Maybe look into a direct box? I had to use one when recording to change the ohms between the instrument & the usb interface in the tower.

            • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
              2·
              2 months ago

              I’ll take a look at it. The CRT is a bit sentimental to me (it’s the same model as the one my first PC had, managed to find one on eBay in good condition after like, a year of searching) which is why I’m concerned about blowing it up. However, I might see if any electronics recycling places in my area have a shitty, beat-up CRT TV they’d be willing to part with. That said, I discovered recently that most of the remaining recycling places in my area are run by computer enthusiasts and tend to sell or hold onto anything with any value like CRTs though, so wish me luck.

              Kinda genius really. Into old PCs but don’t wanna pay eBay prices for them? Become an electronics recycler and then people will pay you to take their old SGI workstations and Sony BVMs.

              • MorkofOrk@lemmy.world
                2·
                2 months ago

                The only way you’ll blow your CRT is if you tried to plug that dongle monstrosity into the speaker output of a power amp haha, guitars have a high impedance signal. Direct boxes actually lower the impedance, so that definitely won’t help make your output safer. (Still safe) So I say go for it directly from the guitar, the worst that can happen is nothing, (which is likely) which probably means you actually do need to lower the impedance with a direct box. (Which I still doubt would work but who knows) An amp with a line out or a digital pedal board would be the most likely options for actually getting sound through.

                • Mossy Feathers (She/They)@pawb.social
                  1·
                  2 months ago

                  Do you know what the tolerances are on connectors like VGA, coax, and bnc? My monitor has VGA and BNC, so BNC might be easier to use (fewer intermediate steps, more control due to separate sockets for sync, r/g/b, etc). I’m curious if you might know how high the voltage can go before I run the risk of frying something.

                  Also, my guitar is an acoustic-electric with a preamp, which would probably make a difference.

  • LillyPip@lemmy.ca
    30·
    2 months ago

    Say what you will, this is an efficient and elegant way to store your adapters. I’m envious.

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      Until you need one and your OCD having ass can’t break the chain so you buy a new one …

    • 0x4E4FOPEnglish
      15·
      2 months ago

      As a challenge… for science 👀…

  • Smokeydope@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • folkrav@lemmy.ca
      9·
      2 months ago

      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.

  • prime_number_314159@lemmy.world
    20·
    2 months ago

    You can skip 3 of these adapters if you upgrade to the latest libraries, downgrade your microcode, turn off WiFi, and bench press a goat. It turns out it was the goat involved I’m the process, rather than the sacrifice, that made that stuff work.