The photoshop competition was all on IRIX, and was a LOT better. Matador and Amazon were great applications, and better performers on 64bit MIPS hardware. Some got ported to Linux, but were then not maintained, or integrated into other codebases.
Old / dead image editors (with deep colour) better than Photoshop at the time:
* IFX Amazon
* Alias Eclipse
* Da Vinci or something? Not the Colour/DI suite.
* Deep Paint
* Avid Matador
* I actually used Combustion for years. You can keep your photo-pap!
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The photoshop competition was all on IRIX, and was a LOT better. Matador and Amazon were great applications, and better performers on 64bit MIPS hardware. Some got ported to Linux, but were then not maintained, or integrated into other codebases.
Old / dead image editors (with deep colour) better than Photoshop at the time:
* IFX Amazon
* Alias Eclipse
* Da Vinci or something? Not the Colour/DI suite.
* Deep Paint
* Avid Matador
* I actually used Combustion for years. You can keep your photo-pap!
Alive alternatives:
* Cinepaint (Yes it works fine)
* GIMP 2.9 or GIMP 2.10 when it is released
* Node based compositing apps i.e. Nuke.