Is Photoshop pivotal in producing quality dota 2 assets?

[Jewish Privilege]

I truly hate everything about GIMP in comparison to photoshop, but is it sufficient? Would it be bad to use pirated photoshop until I could make enough money to purchase photoshop?

I dont have money for photoshop at the moment but I'm wanting to try my hand at making Dota 2 assets...

Any advice would be appreciated.

[Moby The Duck]

I have been using both GIMP and Paint Tool SAI.

While I like SAI for being easier to do stuff on it and being Wacon Tablet-friendly, it lacks some stuff such as editing channels and making normal maps, where GIMP does that.

I've tried to get Photoshop, but it was such a hassle to find it that I gave up. Last time I got it I also gave up because it was confusing me.

Still, I guess if you know how to use it, Photoshop is the best one for that.