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Why are there no open source standalone photo editor for Android? (lemmy.tf)

submitted 2 years ago by sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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There's a bunch of closed source ones, the best of which were brought by Adobe, but there's never really been a big open source effort.

GIMP say that the lack of separation between functionality and UI is why they're not behind an effort. That said they said they'd be happy to stick their name on an effort.

But this takes me back to my original question, why are there no open source photo editors, despite their popularity?

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[–] Nawor3565@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Likely because editing on desktop is much more common and so gets the majority of the focus. A comprehensive photo editor for a mobile platform is probably just too niche to attract enough developer interest

[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Amateur editing on a phone probably out weighs desktop by orders of magnitudes. Most people don't use desktops outside of work and education.

[–] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Unfortuantely, how I see it, FOSS devs are more likely to cater pro/enthusiast users who are more open to try and support desktop solutions. Meanwhile, indie Android devs are also likely to monetize their work. I can't blame them, though.

[–] MSugarhill@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Most people I know, including me, edit their photos with Google photos. The learning curve is just do much better.

[–] gasull@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I just found this. Haven't tried it.

https://www.f-droid.org/packages/com.burhanrashid52.photoediting/

[–] visnudeva@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I tried and kept it, very good and basic FOSS photo editor with filters, stickers, text... This one is also good https://github.com/T8RIN/ImageToolbox

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I saw that in Droidify as Image Resizer and ignored it. Silly me!

The UX is way overly complicated, but it's really powerful. Thanks for posting this.

[–] visnudeva@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Yes this one was not under image editor, not easy to find.

[–] skybox@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Oh my god finally found exactly the kinda thing I wanted with even more than I bargained for.

Yeah UI could use a tiny bit of polishing but it's still very fluid, damn.

[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

These are both really good. Now do video editors!

[–] visnudeva@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Yes, at least one good one of each like gimp, kdenlive, vlc...

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 1 points 2 years ago

This one feels a bit outdated, but thanks for sharing.

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 9 points 2 years ago

Krita is available, it may not be great yet as far as mobile friendliness in the interface, but I see they always do work a bit towards that in their release notes so hopefully it can grow to become the best one, it won't be as good as an actual photo editor maybe, but it'll be the closest we can get in the foreseeable future.
For simple edits there is still Simple Gallery Pro

[–] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

i dont think gimp should stick their name on their own product.