Beginner Is there a free Photoshop alternative that works on Ubuntu or Chrome OS?

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I'm currently learning Photoshop on my digital arts course, but I gather the full version's expensive, and downloading the 30 day trial and cracking it once the 30 days expires would obviously be illegal.

I know about and have used GIMP, but I want something similar that's easier to use.

Can anyone help?
 
Does PhotoShop Express work on Chrome? IIRC it works on Android (but I could be wrong).
 
AFAIK Adobe used to have student prices for PS and other programs. The only constraint as I recall reading about was that you had to provide evidence of being a student and that once the course was completed there was a special price to upgrade. NB though some comments I think I read that that latter step was not policed but that was in the pre-CC days :thinking:
 
If you are a Linux user, freebies include the well regarded Darktable and RawTherapee, both competent packages.

For simple image tagging, resizing, colour changes etc, the package gThumb is an easy editor with a limited range of features.
 
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darktable and Rawtherapee are the clear choices. Both are quite excellent, I just prefer darkatble (objectively it is probably a bit better, too). As both are free, try them and see what you think. But GIMP is a vital tool for "trad" airbrushing, etc....and has some seriously cool features once you find them.

Go enjoy the amazing things OS people make available for free. Why they do, I have no idea, but......
 
if you really are a student - then Photoshop 2022 is very reasonable in price

Les :)
 
MrRichAllen1976 said:
Above.

I'm currently learning Photoshop on my digital arts course, but I gather the full version's expensive, and downloading the 30 day trial and cracking it once the 30 days expires would obviously be illegal.

I know about and have used GIMP, but I want something similar that's easier to use.

Can anyone help?
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Pinta is worth a look and is in the software store. It has layers and levels but will lack many of the advanced features in Gimp.
In the store:
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For photography it's still worth discovering how to use the more advanced tools in Gimp.
Photoshop 2022 will not work according the Adobe.
 
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