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Katsunami · 09-03-2017, 07:25 AM

Here we are again with an open source related software rant, confirming that user-facing open source software will never be a thing for normal people, let alone professionals, if it is anything outside the realm of software or web development. (The one exception I've encountered is LibreOffice, at least up until version 5.3.x, which I've been using since 2007; to escape the Microsoft Ribbon. Whomever thought up that atrocity should be shot.)

As I wrote before, I've been jackassing around with GIMP to try and get some graphics work done. (Like: creating a map for a world I intend to write stories in.) The map is 12 megapixels, so I can print it at A4... and GIMP can _barely_ handle it, because it doesn't have any hardware acceleration. Have you ever seen quite a powerful computer (6700K @ 4 GHz, 32GB RAM, GTX 1070) that can run something like The Witcher 3 while half alseep, struggle with moving a layer of pixels? No? Don't. It looks ridiculous, as if moving a window in Windows 3.1 on one of the first 486 computers in the early 90's.

Can't wait to test Serif's Affinity Photo 1.6 when it appears with its new light GUI (I dislike dark interfaces). I did find ONE thing I need (want) that it doesn't do, because they (Serif) think it's a differentiating factor between a raster package such as Affinity Photo and a vector package such as Affinity Designer: Photo can't draw paths nor put text on them. Designer can. I need that function for lettering maps and drawing banners.

So, I looked into Inkscape to see if I can use that for this one feature. Well... it's at version 0.92 right now, and hardware acceleration is planned for version 1.5, due for release somewhere in 2068, if the current development speed is maintained. This piece of software will be as slow as GIMP. Besides, it needs tricks left and right for positioning text, where programs such as Illustrator allow you to just drag it.

You know? I'm going to re-install my old Photoshop CS5 version (from 2011) to tide me over until I've tested Affinity Photo and Designer, and if like them, I'll just get both of them if there are no major roadblocks. I'm not going to torture myself any longer with GIMP or Inkscape.

09-03-2017, 07:25 AM	#30784
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	Here we are again with an open source related software rant, confirming that user-facing open source software will never be a thing for normal people, let alone professionals, if it is anything outside the realm of software or web development. (The one exception I've encountered is LibreOffice, at least up until version 5.3.x, which I've been using since 2007; to escape the Microsoft Ribbon. Whomever thought up that atrocity should be shot.) As I wrote before, I've been jackassing around with GIMP to try and get some graphics work done. (Like: creating a map for a world I intend to write stories in.) The map is 12 megapixels, so I can print it at A4... and GIMP can _barely_ handle it, because it doesn't have any hardware acceleration. Have you ever seen quite a powerful computer (6700K @ 4 GHz, 32GB RAM, GTX 1070) that can run something like The Witcher 3 while half alseep, struggle with moving a layer of pixels? No? Don't. It looks ridiculous, as if moving a window in Windows 3.1 on one of the first 486 computers in the early 90's. Can't wait to test Serif's Affinity Photo 1.6 when it appears with its new light GUI (I dislike dark interfaces). I did find ONE thing I need (want) that it doesn't do, because they (Serif) think it's a differentiating factor between a raster package such as Affinity Photo and a vector package such as Affinity Designer: Photo can't draw paths nor put text on them. Designer can. I need that function for lettering maps and drawing banners. So, I looked into Inkscape to see if I can use that for this one feature. Well... it's at version 0.92 right now, and hardware acceleration is planned for version 1.5, due for release somewhere in 2068, if the current development speed is maintained. This piece of software will be as slow as GIMP. Besides, it needs tricks left and right for positioning text, where programs such as Illustrator allow you to just drag it. You know? I'm going to re-install my old Photoshop CS5 version (from 2011) to tide me over until I've tested Affinity Photo and Designer, and if like them, I'll just get both of them if there are no major roadblocks. I'm not going to torture myself any longer with GIMP or Inkscape.