Any Linux Users?

[DanSir]

I have just had to reformat my whole computer, and so now i am currently using Linux. I need it for school as well so it works out good. But as far as picture editing and stuff.. does Adobe Photo-shop work... or do i need to find another photo-editing software - and if so which one is most recommended?



thanks
Danny

[IABoomer]

Photoshop could work under Wine, although I'm not sure how well 3D accelerated features would work. GIMP is the open-source raster image editor most people would turn to, although it's a destructive editor like Photoshop and not a non-destructive one like Lightroom.

I'd ask what distribution you setup, but I'm not in the mood to start a distro flame war. The Mac/PC and Nikon/Canon ones are bad enough.

[BuddhaPi]

Originally Posted by DanSir

I have just had to reformat my whole computer, and so now i am currently using Linux. I need it for school as well so it works out good. But as far as picture editing and stuff.. does Adobe Photo-shop work... or do i need to find another photo-editing software - and if so which one is most recommended?



thanks
Danny

pretty sure GIMP has a linux version

[fire-eyes]

I'm a very heavy linux user. The only time I boot up windows is lightroom and photoshop.

Photoshop does not run on linux, and it also does not run in WINE which is windows emulation within linux. Us linux users are really hoping for native versions of both lightroom and photoshop for linux some day...

In linux your only real options are gimp for photo editing, which as was said before, is destructive. It also can't deal with above 8bpp, though some people claim some addons do it, but I've never seen it.

If you do raw, ufraw is what you'll want. Ufraw is apparently technically great, but the user interface lacks a lot.

It takes time to get used to entirely different applications that do everything completely differently, you will need patience.

[jml79]

Gimp for editing. UFRaw or Rawtherapee for Raw conversion. I prefer Rawtherapee. You want the Beta of version 3.

I'll ask because I am pretty distro neutral, what flavour did you choose?

[i speak in math]

Originally Posted by fire-eyes

Photoshop does not run on linux, and it also does not run in WINE which is windows emulation within linux. Us linux users are really hoping for native versions of both lightroom and photoshop for linux some day...

Very misleading. While a native version of PS would be great, I have Photoshop CS2 running on my linux machine via WINE perfectly fine and have had it there for a few years now. No problems at all.

[fire-eyes]

Originally Posted by i speak in math

Very misleading. While a native version of PS would be great, I have Photoshop CS2 running on my linux machine via WINE perfectly fine and have had it there for a few years now. No problems at all.

Not intentionally misleading, nor with malice. I should have said recent versions.

[wulf]

The Gimp is quite ubiquitous on Linux. I think all the distros I've tried either make it available as part of the standard installation or, with smaller distros, it can easily be installed. I don't know what level of photo-editing you need but I find it works fine for all my (admittedly web- rather than print-focused) needs.

Wulf

[Ubergeek]

Originally Posted by fire-eyes

I'm a very heavy linux user. The only time I boot up windows is lightroom and photoshop.

Photoshop does not run on linux, and it also does not run in WINE which is windows emulation within linux. Us linux users are really hoping for native versions of both lightroom and photoshop for linux some day...

In linux your only real options are gimp for photo editing, which as was said before, is destructive. It also can't deal with above 8bpp, though some people claim some addons do it, but I've never seen it.

If you do raw, ufraw is what you'll want. Ufraw is apparently technically great, but the user interface lacks a lot.

It takes time to get used to entirely different applications that do everything completely differently, you will need patience.

Wine is not a Windows emulator in fact WINE actually stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator. Its actually a re-implementation of the Windows API.

I use Ubuntu and gimp only use Windows 7 for Photoshop and Lightroom although i do prefer gimp as i find it easier to use.

[Mr Guy]

I'm a Linux user, but Lightroom 3 caved me into dual booting. I was getting by alright using Bibble until the Lightroom 3 Beta tempted me in and won me over. My main problem with Bibble was a lack of stability. I still use Gimp on both OS and prefer it to photoshop entirely due to long term familiarity. I've found stuff that Lightroom 3 makes easy that Bibble doesn't handle well, but I haven't honestly found something someone can do in photoshop that I can't do in Gimp.