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On Mi, 26 mai 21, 16:41:09, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2021-05-26 2:12 p.m., Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Mi, 26 mai 21, 05:08:52, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> >>
> >> I am planning to open a user group, with forums, place to share picture
> >> and tips, video chat server (Jitsi or something alike) and more.
> >>
> >> So this is a call to anyone interested.
> >>
> >> I am not limiting to photograph using Debian but caring for people using
> >> opensource software at large, with preferred operating system of Linux.
> > 
> > What is the state of photo editing software available on Linux?
> > 
> > My (admittedly dated) information is that while GIMP is "ok-ish", one 
> > still needs Adobe Photoshop (and/or Lightroom?) for anything "serious" 
> > (whatever that means).
> > 
> 
> Like you answered yourself "serious" (whatever that means), I could say
> the same thing about "state" of photo editing software.
> 
> There's a need to make a difference between those possibility :
> 1st : I don't want to use GIMP (or Darktable or Entangle or whatever
> software) because I am used to a specific workflow and this would
> require me much learning to change it or that I have work to do and this
> would require me much time to get to a pace where I can make money.
> 
> 2nd : The software is not able to do what I need.
> 
> The answer is much more closer to the 1st one than the 2nd.
 
Possibly.

> But we also have to take into account one thing : Photography is not
> only about technical but also an art.
> So for some person, the possibility to use let say "Luminar" to process
> sky and make them as they want is something they will not even think
> about letting go.
> In that case, your are in the same position as the person who needs a
> Windows computer for a specific application that is custom made for
> their trade, like a accounting program used to do medical billing with
> Quebec provincial health care billing agency.
> 
> > Of the three persons I know that are serious about photography two are 
> > using Windows and the other macOS.
> > 
> > The two Windows users are technically inclined power users and have used 
> > Linux (or still do) for other purposes. As far as I know they didn't 
> > find it very useful for photography.
> > 
> 
> Why don't you ask your two friend why are they so much in a need for
> Windows. They'll give you their opinion, as this is a bit like politics.
> 
> I don't know if you do photography, but when I got into it, I understood
> it was much like politics too. People will fight over opinion regarding
 
Ok, that sounds similar to some of the "holy wars" in Unix/Linux. It 
seems every area is susceptible to these.

> So on a technical point of view, yes all the software are available. Now
> the question is more one of workflow. For sure you don't have all the
> plugins and scripts for GIMP that Photoshop has, but there's many
> advantage of GIMP and speed is one.
> 
> We now have Darktable that work as a Lightroom equivalent (or Entagle
> that does the same).

Thank you, that's a useful start. For your site I would suggest to 
maintain information like this somewhere, e.g. in the form of a table 
with links to more details about the differences.

> Also, photography is a bit like all arts, there's level too.
> 
> I don't know what type of work your friends does and it's possible that
> it's not possible to do so on Linux.
> 
> > (the macOS user is generally quite happy with it and the Apple ecosystem 
> > in general, and is unlikely to even consider changing)
> > 
> 
> Regarding MacOS user, I won't comment, they are blindfolded person who
> don't know they are running Unix.

It seems you are assuming it matters to them, or even should.

Tinkering with the OS is fun for me, but I also accept that it may not 
be for everybody (or even a vast majority), not even for all debian-user 
subscribers.


Kind regards,
Andrei
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Opensource photo user group Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-05-26 11:10 +0200
  Re: Opensource photo user group Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-05-26 20:20 +0200
    Re: Opensource photo user group deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-05-26 21:00 +0200
      Re: Opensource photo user group Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-05-26 23:00 +0200
        Re: Opensource photo user group deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-05-27 00:20 +0200
        Re: Opensource photo user group Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-05-27 04:30 +0200
    Re: Opensource photo user group Dan Hitt <dan.hitt@gmail.com> - 2021-05-26 21:10 +0200
    Re: Opensource photo user group Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> - 2021-05-26 21:20 +0200
      Re: Opensource photo user group Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-05-26 22:50 +0200
        Opensource photo user group Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-05-26 22:50 +0200
    Re: Opensource photo user group Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-05-26 22:50 +0200
      Re: Opensource photo user group Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-05-27 12:20 +0200
  Re: Opensource photo user group Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-05-26 23:00 +0200
  Re: Opensource photo user group Simon Frei <freisim93@gmail.com> - 2021-05-27 10:40 +0200

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