On Mi, 26 mai 21, 16:41:09, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > 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. Possibly.
> 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 Ok, that sounds similar to some of the "holy wars" in Unix/Linux. It seems every area is susceptible to these. > 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). Thank you, that's a useful start. For your site I would suggest to maintain information like this somewhere, e.g. in the form of a table with links to more details about the differences. > 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. It seems you are assuming it matters to them, or even should. Tinkering with the OS is fun for me, but I also accept that it may not be for everybody (or even a vast majority), not even for all debian-user subscribers. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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