[nmglug] Photoshop alternative

[Brian O'Keefe]

Great info

On 9/9/19 7:42 PM, Akkana Peck wrote:
> GIMP is the closest FOSS app to Photoshop, and I believe it can read
> layers from a PSD file, though very Photoshop-specific effects like
> adjustment layers won't work, and I don't think text layers retain
> their text information. Likewise for going the other way: don't
> expect GIMP to be able to save all its info to PSD format. Keep in
> mind that PSD isn't an open or well documented format, so the
> PSD reader/writer in GIMP is mostly just whatever some developer
> has been able to reverse engineer. That said, you should be able
> to read basic layer information.
>
>          ...Akkana (who wrote a book on GIMP some years back but hasn't used PSD)
>
> LeRoy Diener writes:
>> Hi NMGLUG folks,
>>
>> I need to do some image editing.
>> At this moment, I have a layered image file in .psd format which a friend
>> created in photoshop that I want to edit some layers.
>> Any recommendations?
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> LeRoy
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