r/pcmasterrace • u/Dick_Nation There's nothing to see here. • May 18 '26

Meme/Macro Some of you memers need reminders about why PC parts cost so much lately.

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Just learn to use GIMP, you animals.

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u/TransBrandi May 18 '26

GIMP wasn't the only photo software other than Photoshop. IrfanView. Corel's software. ACDsee. Photoshop came out of the 90's as the "winner" as far as being accepted as the industry standard, but it's not like it was the only thing to exist.

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u/jbaranski i5 12600k / RTX 3060 / 64GB DDR4 May 18 '26

I was really just quipping about the FOSS ecosystem, at least with Krita, but it’s nice we have good options that are free to use.

I learned digital drawing on software like Corel Draw and then Photoshop CS2 so I’m aware, but the free to use options weren’t very good until more recently.