I’ve been striving for years to use more Open Source programs when applicable, especially when it comes to production purposes. I was happy when I could happily say that I no longer needed to install Premiere Pro when I stumbled onto Shotcut as a worthy free and Open Source alternative. Now I think I’ve possibly found an alternative for my Photoshopping needs.
I’ve been bouncing back and forth between GIMP and Krita for a number of years now, and I could never really get used to GIMP, and I preferred Krita in terms of layout and additional options that are very similar to Photoshop IMO (and in some cases even better). I’ve been using it for basic image resizing, playing with filter options, and tonight I did some slight retexturing to a model in SFM. I’ve also been meaning to set aside time to try playing around with Krita and my Wacom tablet. Linux has support for Wacom drawing peripherals, and Krita seems to have a good target focus on drawing; they even have options for comic panels!
Even when I’m in Windows I’m using it Krita in place of Adobe. In fact; under Windows I don’t even have Photoshop installed; kinda funny considering I have CS5 installed and working under Manjaro. I highly recommend checking it out if you’re looking for an Open Source alternative, or if you want to ween yourself off of Adobe’s overrated swag.