r/pcmasterrace • u/Away-Huckleberry9967 • 1d ago

Meme/Macro Let's check it out on Github

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u/seba07 1d ago

If enough people care for it to spend time (or token) to improve it. I also wouldn't be surprised if this project was dead in a month from now. Open source alternatives to Adobe software isn't exactly a new concept.

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u/SluttyAspergirl 1d ago

Tbf, this has a lot more momentum behind it than basically any predecessor. But some may also refuse to work on it. Remains to be seen

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u/alexthealex Desktop R5 5600X - 7800XT - 32GB 3200 C16 1d ago

Paint.net is good enough for me.

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u/SluttyAspergirl 1d ago

Im on Linux though

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u/alexthealex Desktop R5 5600X - 7800XT - 32GB 3200 C16 1d ago

Isn’t Pinta pretty much exactly paint.net for Linux?

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u/quaid4 Specs/Imgur here 1d ago

I moved to Linux and I am thinking about just going with GIMP. I loved paint.net for years and years though

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u/ImNotABotScoutsHonor Linux 1d ago

Then all of you will be thrilled to know that Rick Brewster has been working on WINE compatibility for it.

https://forums.paint.net/topic/134594-paintnet-52-beta-build-9772/

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u/quaid4 Specs/Imgur here 1d ago

As much as I have loved paint.net over the years I feel like i would just rather use something that runs natively on Linux rather than running it through Wine. Still is super cool what people have done the last few years to get windows executables to run in Linux!

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u/SluttyAspergirl 1d ago

Depends on the project. I mostly do thumbnails (hobby content creator) and have found krita more or less meets my needs.

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u/quaid4 Specs/Imgur here 1d ago

My main usage needs are making memes to send to my friends lol thats why paint.net was so perfect for me because it was basically paint with layers. Some other stuff comes in handy, like being able to outline objects, create gifs through agif file formatting, reasonable tooling, and of course the extensive user made plug-ins that I've used over the years.

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u/FormerlyGruntled 1d ago

Have you tried Krita?

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u/flooronthefour linux / tiling wm / tuis 1d ago

I use Krita over gimp, a lot closer to photoshop style interface

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u/Probate_Judge Old Gamer, Recent Hardware, New games 1d ago

GIMP is pretty good, better than photoshop for some things.

I heard there was a UI mod to make it feel like photoshop as well if that's what you're used to.

I would try it out but I'm really not using it(any image editing really) like I used to.

The very rare occasion I do, I've an old high seas version still installed so, eh...

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u/yugosaki i7 2700k | R9 Nano 1d ago

GIMP is great it's just really clunky to use. There have been some attempts to make it more intuitive but it's still just kinda meh.

As a casual user its great. If I was a graphic designer I'd probably be super frustrated with it.

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u/ThatOneVRGuyFromAuz 1d ago

Nah, not really - it's trying to fill the same gap by being sort of "the easy to use one", but it doesn't do that in a similar enough way to really be a replacement. It's a fine enough basic image editor, but it's just not the same app. Which is a real shame, because I'd love a real Linux version!

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u/ThrowAwayTau 1d ago

Crashes way too easily.

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u/sarded 1d ago

use GIMP with the PhotoGIMP frontend that turns it into Photoshop.

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u/WRX_RAWR 19h ago

What about photopea? I use that mostly these days.

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u/Brillegeit Linux 14h ago

If you need something really simple kolourpaint is available.

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u/Garetht 1d ago

Can't you get a windows emulator like W.I.N.E.?

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u/guska 1d ago

WINE Is Not Emulation

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u/Garetht 1d ago

Yay! Got one :)