You heard #Adobe. Deep down you knew this was coming. Now all your art are belong to them. Time to move on to better things…
Kreative Suite
* Krita is your new design/painting app
* Kdenlive will give you video-editing powers
* glaxnimate adds 2D vector animations to you videos
* digiKam organises your collection images
https://kde.org/for/creators/
Also:
* Inkscape - create sophisticated vector-graphic designs
* Scribus - layout like a pro
* GIMP - need we say more
* Blender - ditto
It’s really not that bad. Depending on what you are doing. Personally I always seem to be learning new software, My goal is to not pay a monthly sub. I’m mostly using Clip Studio, which… yes, it’s a sub, so… dumb. But GIMP isn’t super user friendly, it does get a lot done though.
Gimp is super useful
But the learning curve is insane (especially if you’re not already familiar with digital art/ photo manip)
It’s fine for a user who needs specific things not that often. I always have to look up how to do anything anyway, and by the next time I do it I’ve either forgotten or the software has updated.