Im still preparing myself mentaly to jump to linux the next year with the out of service of 10. Its hard because stop using adobe as graphic designer... I hope we have get real linux alternative at that moment.

[–] ampersandrew 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I believe in you! Personally, when I find someone charging me subscription prices for something that should have a one-time fee, I flip the bird and run to the nearest competitor, but I can't speak for your line of work. For my amateur needs, open source alternatives have gotten the job done, and I wish you the best.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

As a profesional i dont have an alternative. Anyway i use the 2023 ver. Pirated. I dont like all that IA integration.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

People will mention Gimp, but check out Krita as an alternative to Adobe

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Its hard because stop using adobe as graphic designe

Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and After Effects all worked when I tried them on Linux Mint 22 to see if they worked

Older versions from before the CC updates for those programs that you can use them for also work and work quite well, though I do understand that there are literally missing features for professional work in some of those older versions

A real Linux alternative (or proper fucking Support but fuck adobe) would be GREAT, but the change likely won't be as bad as you might be worrying

So far the hardest thing I've had to install was called YAD, and that was so I could install Morrowind mods specifically, a rather niche need all things considered, and I've made multiple audiovisual projects on my Linux workstation without having to do anything like that

I do keep a Win10 LTSC on a side boot drive for games with anticheat and any programs I might need there but so far that's literally only been handbrake, which I'm sure there's a Linux version/alternative for but I just haven't had to use it on that OS yet due to work flow

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

If you want to migrate to Linux, I would strongly suggest you set up a dual boot, and start playing with it to gain experience. Being able to switch back to something you know is a massive benefit when you are still learning.

While Linux has come a very long way, you are sure to experience some hitches along the way. If not because of Linux itself, then because you are not familiar with how to do "that one thing" on Linux.

[–] daggermoon 2 points 1 month ago

You can install Photoshop on Windows and copy it to Linux. It's a very involved process but it's doable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzZQV5CBsGE

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You might have some luck running it using Wine or Crossover.

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=17

https://linuxstans.com/adobe-photoshop-ubuntu/