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>I cut the Adobe cord a long time ago and don't even miss it anymore.

You're clearly not a commercial designer, then. Pixelmator (while it has some interesting features) and GIMP don't even cut the mustard on the most basic level. Non-destructive editing, for instance. I wish it wasn't true, but it is.

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> You're clearly not a commercial designer, then

Grandparent was specifically talking about hobby use, not commercial/professional designing:

> Photoshop is something I use a lot on a hobby basis

For non-destructive editing, the new Acorn4 beats the crap out of Adobe products. Pile on layer styles/effects, re-order them and re-parameterize them on the fly with live preview.

Also you can have the same effect multiple times. For example, you could have 3 or more separate non-destructive drop shadows on one layer.

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