Demersynth Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Hey guys, I'm thinking of switching to Linux and giving that a shot, only thing I would miss would be Photoshop and Lightroom (which I use almost daily). Is there anything thats even close to that on Linux? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperAFK Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 GIMP or Pixel for image editors, never used lightroom so not sure about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted April 15, 2008 Veteran Share Posted April 15, 2008 Hey guys, I'm thinking of switching to Linux and giving that a shot, only thing I would miss would be Photoshop and Lightroom (which I use almost daily). Is there anything thats even close to that on Linux? For Lightroom there are some RAW image editors in Linux but I have not used anyone. For Photoshop it depends, if you will use it for webgraphics then Gimp should be enough, if its for printing and design in a professional scale then there is nothing in linux that comes even close, your best shot its using Photoshop CS2 with Wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted April 15, 2008 Veteran Share Posted April 15, 2008 Lightroom offers their Linux version (in beta) for free. Oops, was thinking of LightZone GIMP does almost everything Photoshop can do, but cannot work in CYMK, so if you use paper print colorspace, GIMP will not cut it, I am afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elv13 Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 For managing, comparing and corecting picture, Digikam is probably the best tool. It has many functionalities from Apple Aperture and LightRoom and some other nice tool, including a flexible plugin system. To actually work with pictures and modify them, you still have a lot of choice, but none are close to PhotoShop (exept Pixel, but it is not free). The GIMP and Krita are probably what you will find of closer. But if you are looking for a replacement for Adobe Illustrator, you have Inkscape, which is great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foub Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Lightroom will actually install on Linux and run using WINE. I don't know how well it'll work after that, though. Are you using the latest version of Lightroom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redeemed Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 ^I was going to suggest that with the addition that you could also try Photoshop in WINE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foub Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 ^I was going to suggest that with the addition that you could also try Photoshop in WINE. Isn't Google working to make Photoshop run better under WINE as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redeemed Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 That's right. The WINE wiki for photoshop details some problems/issues, among them that CS3 can't be run yet under WINE. CS2 runs fine though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eangulus Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Or one could use VMWare and run whetever they want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcession Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 or RAWStudio (http://rawstudio.org/) maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 (edited) Or one could use VMWare and run whetever they want. Or actually use VirtualBox, because unlike VMware, they're not holding the cool features back, like seamless mode as seen in VMware Fusion. --edit: Well, I've tried it on WINE 0.9.60 and it appears somewhat functional. Catalogs are broken because a function used in the loading process is stubbed, and screen drawing is pretty slow, so you'd need Compiz to prevent redraws as much as possible. I didn't tinker too much with it. I guess I can try 0.9.61 as soon the Solaris patch is out. Due to broken catalogs, developing pictures doesn't seem to work either. Edited May 3, 2008 by Tom Servo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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