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FOSS Image editor (discuss.tchncs.de)
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Funtions I look for:

  • Select image to edit
  • Paste images on top of other images
  • Doodle (customazible size and color)
  • Insert text and variety of fonts
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[–] cartmouse 43 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Might be a little overkill for what you're after, but GIMP has always been excellent for me!

[–] baggins 9 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Just cannot get on with it. Have tried a few times over the years.

[–] d3Xt3r 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If you're interested, there's a patch for it that makes it look and behave more like Photoshop.

[–] HumbertTetere@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

Had the same situation.

At some point I just got used to enough of it that it's quite functional.

I wish I could change some of the defaults, but for editing it fulfills most of my needs.

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[–] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

GIMP does just about everything you could ever need except basic shapes.

[–] Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago

And color management. Useless for photo editing, stuck with 8-bit sRGB.

[–] ono@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Have you tried Krita, or for something simpler, maybe Pinta?

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[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Not much for image tweaking, but maybe xournalppfor the rest?

[–] furrowsofar 4 points 2 years ago

You might look at Digikam. It is both a photo manager but has some editing functions. Not sure what they are.

The other one people talk about is Krita. I have not used that one. I would use GIMP myself but I hear you. Kind of understood the interface but now it has changed again so I struggle.

[–] bright_side_ 3 points 2 years ago

I found pinta useful. It was once forked from paint.net when it was still open source. easy to use

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 3 points 2 years ago

@Aopen a bit less active in development, but might LazPaint be a good fit for you?

[–] RickRussell_CA 3 points 2 years ago

Inkscape and LibreOffice Draw do all that, but they're not bitmap editors.

[–] mfat@lemdro.id 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://www.photopea.com/

[–] lud@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not open source though.

And it's a web app which is fairly annoying. Otherwise it's pretty good.

[–] storm_koala 2 points 2 years ago

I mostly use GIMP.

I am also enthusiast about the https://graphite.rs/ project which is working in browser (love it or hate it for that).

Krita is amazing for drawing but may be intimidating.

I like MyPaint that I use as a whiteboard. It is easy to use and convenient