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So tired of Adobe. They're part of the problem. (images4.imagebam.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/3376057

I held off on Windows 10 for as long as I could until my job required it. Now this nonsense. I hope this isn't the start of them joining on the web DRM bandwagon.

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[–] 41 points 3 years ago (27 children)

There isn't anything that Adobe charges money for that you can't find an open source alternative.

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  • [–] 19 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    No real replacement for After Effects unless if you want to juggle between 5 programs and then lose clients because they can't open your project files

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Blender

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    You can't animate text on a video clip without spending a lot of time, something which is 2 clicks on after effects

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Fair point, Blender isn't for the weak of heart but it's free and getting better and better. It does particles and other things too. After Effects has a steep learning curve too though, you just know it.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    We have to stop confusing compositing and motion design, Blender is great for compositing, absolutely not 2D motion design. The only software that could efficiently replace After Effects on some aspects would be Cavalry, but it’s still on early development.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    Im REALLY trying to make myself learn Affinity Photo, but I just keep falling back to PhotoPea which is like an in browser Photoshop clone

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Krita? Not good enough?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Not for photo editing or pixel art. Krita is a painting tool.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Wym not photo editing? You can do everything aswell in Krita. Changing hues, retouching, selection, layers, saturation, tone balance. All there.
    And you can most definitely use it for pixel art. Even if you don't want to use Krita there exist paint.net, aseprite, piskel or pixelorama. No need for hundreds of dollars for PS.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Got stuck in hospital for a few weeks recently and used the opportunity to finally learn Affinity.

    I'm now really liking it. Takes a few tries to get into it though.

    I particularly like it on the iPad with the Apple pencil. A bit less so on my windows laptop.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    The GIMP is superior to Photoshop in every way. Fight me.

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  • [+] 16 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children)
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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    Pro retoucher here. What would you recommend? I've tried to switch to Affinity a few times but not tried anything else.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Krita > GIMP

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Honestly ever si ce I discovered Krita I never went back to GIMP. Maybe gimp is more customizable at the base level but fuck me if Krita doesn't make transitioning out of Photoshop a breeze. Changing from PS to Krita is like switching from a metal baseball bat to a wooden one. Switching from PS to Gimp is like switching out your metal baseball bat for an unfelled pine tree.

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