Hi, On 2021-05-26 2:12 p.m., Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 26 mai 21, 05:08:52, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: >> >> I am planning to open a user group, with forums, place to share picture >> and tips, video chat server (Jitsi or something alike) and more. >> >> So this is a call to anyone interested. >> >> I am not limiting to photograph using Debian but caring for people using >> opensource software at large, with preferred operating system of Linux. > > What is the state of photo editing software available on Linux? > > My (admittedly dated) information is that while GIMP is "ok-ish", one > still needs Adobe Photoshop (and/or Lightroom?) for anything "serious" > (whatever that means). >
Like you answered yourself "serious" (whatever that means), I could say the same thing about "state" of photo editing software. There's a need to make a difference between those possibility : 1st : I don't want to use GIMP (or Darktable or Entangle or whatever software) because I am used to a specific workflow and this would require me much learning to change it or that I have work to do and this would require me much time to get to a pace where I can make money. 2nd : The software is not able to do what I need. The answer is much more closer to the 1st one than the 2nd. But we also have to take into account one thing : Photography is not only about technical but also an art. So for some person, the possibility to use let say "Luminar" to process sky and make them as they want is something they will not even think about letting go. In that case, your are in the same position as the person who needs a Windows computer for a specific application that is custom made for their trade, like a accounting program used to do medical billing with Quebec provincial health care billing agency. > Of the three persons I know that are serious about photography two are > using Windows and the other macOS. > > The two Windows users are technically inclined power users and have used > Linux (or still do) for other purposes. As far as I know they didn't > find it very useful for photography. > Why don't you ask your two friend why are they so much in a need for Windows. They'll give you their opinion, as this is a bit like politics. I don't know if you do photography, but when I got into it, I understood it was much like politics too. People will fight over opinion regarding stuff as simple as UV filter are good or not. For the explanation, a UV filter is simply a piece of glass that blocks the UV. Because today the digital camera have UV filter built into them, they ain't much needed to prevent the blue effect we had on film. But they have another use, that is to protect the front of your lens. When you pay 1 000$&+ for a lens, it can be nice to put a little protection in front so if the lens touch the cake on a table, you only have to clean the UV filter and if something does leave a scratch then you change the UV filter (from 20$ to 100$). But people will argue and fight like republican and democrats about if it's worth to protect your lens because it everything you add to the light path will decrease it<'s quality. In my case, I consider that it's worth the small lost for the protection... But that's a mix of religion and politics. So on a technical point of view, yes all the software are available. Now the question is more one of workflow. For sure you don't have all the plugins and scripts for GIMP that Photoshop has, but there's many advantage of GIMP and speed is one. We now have Darktable that work as a Lightroom equivalent (or Entagle that does the same). Also, photography is a bit like all arts, there's level too. I don't know what type of work your friends does and it's possible that it's not possible to do so on Linux. > (the macOS user is generally quite happy with it and the Apple ecosystem > in general, and is unlikely to even consider changing) > Regarding MacOS user, I won't comment, they are blindfolded person who don't know they are running Unix. > Kind regards, > Andrei > -- Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development
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