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PhotoGIMP - The Photoshop Like Experience on GIMP (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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A patch for optimizing GIMP 3.0+ for Adobe Photoshop users, including features like:

  • Tool organization to mimic the position of Adobe Photoshop;
  • New Splash Screen;
  • New default settings to maximize space on the canvas;
  • Shortcuts similar to the ones in Photoshop for Windows, following Adobe's Documentation;
  • New icon and Name from custom .desktop file.

https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP/blob/master/screenshots/photogimp_3_-_diolinux.png

Flatpak (Linux)

In order to install the newest version of PhotoGIMP on your Linux operating system using Flatpak, just follow this simple steps:

  • Make sure you already have GIMP installed from Flathub; (for Ubuntu/Mint user just select Flatpak below the install button in the manager)

  • Start and quit GIMP after you installed before you continue!

  • Download the files from this repository or just click here - > https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP/releases/download/3.0/PhotoGIMP-linux.zip

  • Extract the content of the zip file on your home folder (.config and .local - they are the important ones) and overwrite the files if needed; (if you can't see the file click Ctrl+H to see hidden files)

-You're done, enjoy it! 😄

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[-] arsCynic@piefed.social 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Liked, bookmarked, installed. Can finally start using GIMP.
On Arch Linux pacman -S gimp will do, run and close, and then overwrite as instructed above. No need for Flatpak.

[-] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 hours ago

Hey OP, please remove the photogimp[.]com from your post body, as it's not an official webpage of the project and could lead to something like clueless people installing viruses off of it. Thanks in advance.

(Also, for those who are Brazillian, or just speak Portuguese for one reason or another, I highly recommend the YouTube channel belonging to the people behind this patch –Diolinux (YT) (website))

[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

👍

[-] Core_of_Arden@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 hours ago

Much, if not all of this, you can set up yourself, without a lot of installing things...

But people really would be better of, getting used to GIMP as it is, because it will cause problems later on, on updates and if the project discontinues and so forth.

[-] demizerone@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

I'm glad this exists. I use standard gimp, but I am not a Pro used to Photoshop.

[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 10 points 22 hours ago

Now we need NotepadKwrite.

[-] rhon@lemmy.ml 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

What about https://notepadqq.com/ ?

[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

Seems decent. Presumably has the Windows shortcut scheme, seems theme-able, though that it has sessions and tabs makes it a bit too bloated to really be the same as Notepad.

[-] FG_3479@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

It's copying Notepad++.

[-] helix@feddit.org 10 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Kate, Geany and Micro are already pretty good.

I'd argue that they're even better than Notepad++. There's certainly no shortage of good text editors on Linux...

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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

shoutout to diolinux! dude is doing a lot of heavy lifting to help out new linux users over in brazil. and photogimp is quite useful everywhere.

[-] yum@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 21 hours ago

True. I don't watch him myself, but I enjoy seeing how he's managing to get more exposure to linux around here

[-] dis_da_mor@anarchist.nexus 73 points 1 day ago

krita is another foss editor

[-] Sektor@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Editor? It's a drawing software.

[-] Hackworth@piefed.ca 34 points 1 day ago

Of the 2, I've come to prefer Krita. Acly replaces most of Photoshop's generative tools cleanly and improves upon them with features like pose vectors and live mode.

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[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago

Thank you. Works well. I'm much happier with the interface I used for over 30 years in Photoshop, it's helpful to have that emulated somewhat in GIMP.

I also tracked down how to set the scroll wheel to zoom without the need for the Ctrl key, which was another annoyance. I've tried before to discover this, but failed. Maybe I was looking at the official documentation, which could use some work. Anyway, here's how to get the scroll wheel to zoom without the Ctrl key:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQoz__idQKM

[-] SatyrSack@quokk.au 27 points 1 day ago

To save anyone from having to watch a video:

Edit > Preferences > Input Devices > Input Controllers > Main Mouse Wheel

In this menu, double-click "Scroll Up", and select view-zoom-in-accel. Then do the same to "Scroll Down" with the value view-zoom-out-accel.

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