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I was wondering if there were any Ubuntu users out there. I just switched from Windows and now doing all my photo editing with Rawtherapee/Gimp. I totally support a free OS and apps!  Nov 05 12 11:01 pm Link Matthew Braney wrote: Wait till your work flow swells and your quality drops..see how you feel about freeware then. GREAT if you write your won stuff for rendering and the likes but Gimp is no CS6. Maybe YOUR work can stand the limitations. I tried it for the knowledge a few years back and quickly said screw that! Nov 05 12 11:10 pm Link I once loaded it onto a laptop and played around with it for a few hours. It's a pretty polished OS, but since I already have a fully usable Windows ecosystem on my existing computer, I saw no reason to continue goofing around with it. I am, however, a little surprised that the tablet market didn't embrace an extremely stripped down linux distro for their OS choice. I think it's fully ready for that sort of application. Nov 05 12 11:10 pm Link Well I still have Windows 7 and I'm just trying out Ubuntu for fun to see how it can stack up with my workflow. Again it's not the tools you use but how you use them. At the end of the day the viewers won't be able to tell what camera you shot on, what type of computer or software you used. To me the most important thing is what you're capturing Nov 05 12 11:20 pm Link Matthew Braney wrote: Yes, there are many Ubuntu users out there, but are you looking for Ubuntu users or Rawtherapee/Gimp users? since both also run on windows. Nov 05 12 11:24 pm Link I like Ubuntu but use Mint KDE 12 and other distros more. Photoshop is wonderful and I have it on a Windows machine but nothing wrong with Opensource software. In fact many of the tools and features in CS6 come from GIMP. Use what works is my view. Someone mentioned Linux on tablets. Several big name tablets support Linux. The Touchpad and others. Its just never taken off. Maybe with Unity it will start to grow but most consumers will stick with IOS or Android or Windows 8. Nov 05 12 11:28 pm Link Good Egg Productions wrote: Android is Linux Nov 05 12 11:48 pm Link Garnet Thomas wrote: Well color me stupid. Nov 05 12 11:50 pm Link I use a derivative of the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distro that has all the non-free parts stripped out.  My workflow consists of a combination of dcraw, the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), and ImageMagick. I've been itching to try RawTherapee. Nov 06 12 12:22 am Link Matthew Braney wrote: +1 Nov 06 12 12:22 am Link R Michael Walker wrote: GIMP, RawTherapee, and GNU/Linux distros like Ubuntu are not freeware -- they are free software. This is an important distinction. Nov 06 12 12:34 am Link Been using Ubuntu for the last several months I think its fantastic I like the UI a lot more than Win 8 or Mac I do just about everything non photo related on the Ubuntu box now. On the same hardware I think its faster than Win 8 as well Im not ready to start from Zero and learn Gimp though Hopefully one day Adobe will come out with a PS that runs on it. Nov 06 12 12:50 am Link I've used it a few times, but eventually got tired of the GUI. I end up using mostly the command line so I found a few lighter flavors and stopped booting up to the GUI. For example, I installed Bohdi on an old hand me down HP Mini just for command line usage through networks. Gimp is no different than the first Photoshops like 3.0 and 4.0, so I feel it's sufficient for most things. Nov 06 12 01:01 am Link been there, done that! does not pay! Nov 06 12 01:11 am Link In the software manager app, look for a program called WINE. It allows you to run windows programs on Linux. I haven't personally tested Photoshop but i believe there are some YouTube videos showing it running properlly. Nov 06 12 01:32 am Link Matthew Braney wrote: Never heard of them... and you say they are free... explain strange words,, Nov 06 12 01:55 am Link Nicholas Fischer wrote: Photoshop is one of the programs that should run very well through WINE, because WINE was largely funded by Disney and Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) for that very purpose. Both studios are GNU/Linux houses. Nov 06 12 02:28 am Link Harold Rose wrote: What do you mean I say they're free? They are free software. Period. That's just how Linux is, free OS and free software. I think it's heading in the right direction. I didn't enjoy Windows 8 and I'm looking for a slick alternative. I'm using an apple keyboard which most of the shortcuts on my keyboard work great in Ubuntu Nov 06 12 06:09 am Link Google gimp inspiration and photoshop inspiration and compare the images  Nov 06 12 06:34 am Link Joann Empson wrote: RawTherapee is a nice non-destructive organizing and raw processing software. I use to filter through my images and do all my adjustments of exposure, contrast etc. With one click you can also send each image directly to Gimp for touch ups! Nov 06 12 06:40 am Link  Moderator Note!This is not the soapbox. Please refrain from inflammatory rhetoric, and try to remain on-topic. Nov 06 12 07:33 am Link Point well said Nigerian scammer. So again has anyone used Ubuntu for photography and if so how has your experience been? Nov 06 12 08:31 am Link Although I found myself switching back to Windows because I need my Adobe apps. Having Photoshop, Bridge, Premiere Pro etc are the tools for what I need. If Linux had more support from software developers I would make the full switch. Nov 06 12 10:56 am Link I have Ubuntu installed on all my old desktops and laptops that are running old processors for years now. I even use it for my FTP server to send photos to clients. I wanted an OS where I didn't have to worry to much about viruses, malware, spyware, etc. I use Ubuntu to browse the net safely, but not for editing photos. I depend to much on my Mac to run Photoshop and Lightroom. Nov 06 12 04:28 pm Link Autodesk creative products are designed for linux as well, see if you cant find something that might aid you in there Nov 06 12 05:47 pm Link 
Photographer Posts: 10714 Syowa - permanent station of Japan, Sector claimed by Norway, Antarctica I use it from time to time, but I prefer Sabayon. Nov 06 12 06:05 pm Link Well I use Ubuntu alongside Windows. I keep Ubuntu strictly for my photography workstation. I find it more sleek than windows Nov 06 12 09:07 pm Link I only use GIMP on Linux/Ubuntu. Way more user-friendly than Windows, crashes less too, like zero times in the 6 years I've had it. Windows crashes every 6 minutes  Nov 07 12 01:05 am Link Can anybody who has run PS under Wine give a brief rundown on how difficult it is to run Im a Linux newbie but if it doesnt require a 12th level wizard to install I might give it a shot Nov 07 12 10:39 am Link RacerXPhoto wrote: Set up Wine and then install Photoshop, see instruction form Wine makers in the following URL. Nov 07 12 01:31 pm Link This page has more detailed installation instructions for Photoshop CS5 (in the HOWTO section): http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p … &iId=20158 Photoshop CS5 has been rated "Gold" by WINE users. Gold status means the application works "flawlessly with some special configuration." Here's a screenshot of Photoshop CS5 running on Ubuntu 10.10:  Photoshop CS6 currently has a "Silver" rating, which means there may be "minor issues that do not affect typical usage." Here's a screenshot of Photoshop CS6 running on Ubuntu 12.04:  Nov 07 12 06:37 pm Link I use Ubuntu and Redhat. Everything I want to do I can do on Linux based systems. There are some work related calculations I do which Windows doesn't have the horsepower to take care of. Ubuntu also doesn't have virus issues anywhere near as bad as Windows. The only two places I use Windows is at work (I run close to a dozen different computers) for common type work (word processing, presentations and that type of thing), and school. All of my photo work is done on an Ubuntu machine. Nov 07 12 07:35 pm Link Darktable and Krita are other alternatives. Nov 07 12 08:23 pm Link Rodrigo DD wrote: Joann Empson wrote: Thanks for the links guys Nov 07 12 10:12 pm Link RacerXPhoto wrote: Rodrigo DD wrote: Thanks for the links guys If I can do it anybody can. Ubuntu 12.10 is out. I'm not liking it though. 12.04 is LTS... Nov 07 12 10:36 pm Link Tony Lawrence wrote: Hahaha Im sure you are way ahead of me on the Linux learning curve Nov 07 12 10:50 pm Link RacerXPhoto wrote: I don't think so. You would have laughed at my struggles with Arch Linux. Canonical is doing some funky things with newer releases of Ubuntu. They are asking for donations. That's okay but other stuff. Take a look at the live CD of 12.10. Maybe every six months is too much. Users would be fine with once a year and stable. You may not know this but you can use a USB stick as system RAM. Not as fast as the computer installed RAM but it does work. Nov 07 12 11:44 pm Link Tony Lawrence wrote: I completely agree that Canonical (the company that puts together the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution) is doing funky things. They include nonfree software in Ubuntu -- programs that deny users the freedom to study its source code. These nonfree programs include binary-only drivers from ATI, Broadcom, and others. sudo apt-get remove unity-shopping-lens Source: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/rev … iew/page/2 Nov 08 12 01:46 am Link I use a Ubuntu derivative, MINT. Ubuntu and even Kubuntu feels to much like Mac for my liking, and I've been a windows user before. I started with Zorin OS and loved it, until gimp 2.8 came out and it couldn't run on that platform and I moved to MINT, which I love even more. What you can do with Windows in Photoshop takes 1/4 or 1/5 the time in Linux. If you're like me, using a 8 year old machine with 2 gigs of RAM, a super-heavy filter might take 3 minutes in Windows and less than a minute in Linux. I suppose if you're running a newer machine with a really fast processor and more RAM, it might be a matter of seconds for either one and the difference wouldn't be so discerning. Linux retouching pluses: Faster. Smoother. Allows you to do more at the same time without the machine getting 'bogged'. Just like with everything else Linux, way more bang for the power supplied to it. Windows retouching pluses: Runs Photoshop and Elements and filters like Topaz where Linux has issues. That's about it. My workflow for higher-end shots takes place in Windows, so I can use Topaz filters and develop my RAW files with Olympus Studio. Overall - GIMP is a way more powerful program than Photoshop Elements. Full Photoshop (which I don't have) I understand is way more powerful program than the GIMP. I will say the one thing Elements has on GIMP is the content-aware healing tool is slightly more intelligent than GIMPs. Workflow: 1) Open RAW in Olympus Studio, develop, save as TIFF. 2) Open TIFF in Elements. Spot heal obvious problems. Run Topaz filters if desired. Resave. 3) Open TIFF in GIMP. Here I do my main retouching. More healing, cloning, exposure, dodge and burn layers, selective sharpening, cropping. 4) Resave as TIFF and JPG for the web. https://photos.modelmayhem.com/photos/1 … e05aaf.jpg - Processed with that workflow, because I added a Topaz Adjust filter https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/p … 0#30347710 - Processed completely in GIMP, as there was no Topaz needed. Nov 08 12 07:05 am Link Nov 08 12 07:10 am Link |
