Re:Why I switched from OS X to Linux
by Sir_Cmpwn on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @09:07PM
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Gimp has a learning curve just like everything else. It's _different_ from Photoshop, but for most tasks it's not actually _worse_. It needs to be learned. I learned it and it's comfortable to use.
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Re:Why I switched from OS X to Linux
by wildrhythms on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @09:57PM
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Does Gimp have any kind of smart object equivalent yet? I've been using Photoshop for years and haven't been able to move to Gimp because it's missing a lot of "non-destructive" editing features like smart objects, smart filters, adjustment layers, etc.
Re:Why I switched from OS X to Linux
by Sir_Cmpwn on Wednesday January 11, 2017 @10:06PM
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Not that I'm aware of. The workflow would be to make a copy of the thing before you do a destructive operation on it. You can put it in a hidden layer or something.
save your image state in git, you get non destructive editing with extra layer of control. But its not seamless.
Has the CMYK situation improved? For someone that needs to output files for offset printing, that is an instant deal breaker.
I don't know much about CMYK, but I found this summary on the current state of CMYK support in Gimp: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GIMP/CMYK_support