Photoshop alternative

[warden]

Well, not really in the same league otherwise the whole world would be using it, but certainly a good tool for limited hobby use.

Exactly. My needs are great now but will be comparatively small 10 years from now. So GIMP has that long to improve.

 

[runswithsizzers]

I don't see any reply from @Neil Grant since his opening post last August, so we don't know if he is still interested, but for anyone who wants
"a non-subscription alternative to run on Mac? I dont need all the bells and whistles of PS. Just normal image file editing..."
then the first thing to try is Apple's "Photos" app that came installed free on your Mac. It is very capable for most normal image editing.

 

[glbeas]

There's one more finesse to this - if GIMP knows you have RawTherapee, it will act like Camera Raw does for Photoshop - you open a raw file in RawTherapee and when you are done making edits, it passes the open file over to GIMP where you can keep working on it.

Im having real problems with my raw conversion. My Gimp came with Darktable and its refusing to load nef files from my D750. I downloaded Raw Therapee best I can tell in the right place and Gimp refuses to show it in the plugin list even though it shows it while loading presets when you open the program. What brick do I need to hit the darn thing with to make it work right? This is beyond aggravating.

 

[djdister]

Im having real problems with my raw conversion. My Gimp came with Darktable and its refusing to load nef files from my D750. I downloaded Raw Therapee best I can tell in the right place and Gimp refuses to show it in the plugin list even though it shows it while loading presets when you open the program. What brick do I need to hit the darn thing with to make it work right? This is beyond aggravating.

Raw Therapee doesn't work as a plugin, it is a lead-in app to GIMP.

Do this:
- In RawTherapee's Preferences > External Editor, you can set the path to GIMP to enable seamless workflow integration.
- Open your RAW image in RawTherapee for exposure, color, and lens corrections (alternatively you can make similar adjustments in GIMP).
- Use the "Edit current image in external editor" button in RawTherapee to send the image to GIMP.

 

[EricTheReddish]

Affinity photo is a one time $70 purchase and is also a very good alternative.

The Affinity suite is free now.

 

[koraks]

Im having real problems with my raw conversion. My Gimp came with Darktable and its refusing to load nef files from my D750. I downloaded Raw Therapee best I can tell in the right place and Gimp refuses to show it in the plugin list even though it shows it while loading presets when you open the program. What brick do I need to hit the darn thing with to make it work right? This is beyond aggravating.

When I shoot digital RAW, I edit with RawTherapee and mostly keep it at that. If I want to add something that's quicker to do in GIMP afterwards, I just take the exported JPG or TIFF from RT and open it in GIMP. IMO there's very little benefit in trying to integrate the workflow/tools.