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I want to switch to Linux but there are a few major hurdles.
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That doesn't really matter. It's like telling a game developer to use Godot over unreal. There really is no comparison.
I'm not saying it's impossible. I am saying there are also scales of professional work and different work environments. Unreal is made for mid-to-large games. Godot is made for small-to-mid games. Trying to make a large-scale multiplayer game in Godot just isn't possible right now. Equally, making a 2D game in Unreal is not truly possible either. You pick the tool for the job. Not the tool because you want to feel superior.
It is valid. You just don't see Gimp as for what it is.
Full CMYK support (Gimp finally got a working version last year and it still has a bit of work to do to get it to Photoshop's quality). Working with Raw and PSD files. Tight integration with other software to be updated 1:1 without saving and loading a file. There are lots of reasons you'd pick Photoshop over gimp, especially when working on a team. It's really not reasonable to say "just move to gimp." when specifically the OP said, "these do not work for the industry I am in." So respect that.
No, that's the entire trend I'm seeing on Lemmy lately when talking with Linux users which seems to be more prevalent on Lemmy than Reddit.
literally, no one is saying it's not possible to use gimp as a professional. People are saying not all professionals can use gimp.
which to me says "Yes, you could do this profession in Gimp and Inkscape but most places in this industry won't allow it." This is likely what they meant. Golden standards don't mean that something else can't be used. It means that if you try to use them you'll be going against the desires of your whole team.
Yeah, enjoy your strawman arguments.
The problem is, sometimes while you might be open to using certain software, the people you need to work with and collaborate make that hard. For instance, Early 2000's, I was tasked with making some weekly magazines. I used Scribus. The people at the printer, of which I had no control over unless I wanted to foot the bill, made life pretty damn miserable because I wasn't using whatever adobe product they were used to. Things worked, but it was a time that I would much rather leave in the past as I can't describe the frustration caused.