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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Illustrator → Inkscape

Lightroom → Darktable/CaptureOne/Rawtherapee

They may need some getting used to if you come from adobe, but they are all very capable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Inkscape doesn't support typeface tracking which is a problem for me. I use Affinity Designer, which isn't free, but also isn't a subscription model.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn, I've been eyeing the Affinity suite for quite a while, but I still couldn't bring myself to buy it, because they don't have a Linux version. I do have a Windows on my computer, but it's only for Rocksmith basically. And I don't even remember the last time I used it. I don't wanna buy anything for Windows anymore.

For now I have to stick to Inkscape, which is amazing in functionality, but I wish it would crash less often when I'm handling large files.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Affinity generally is the closest you get to a proper publishing workflow,imho.

I absolutely love it. And their pricing is more than fair.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I can see how that might be a deal breaker for some applications. Good to know that there are alternatives around!