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.

  • BillTheTailor@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

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

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      2 years ago

      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 years ago

          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 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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      2 years ago

      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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        2 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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        2 years ago

        GIMP is very useful but I will fight you on that.

        There are other free and paid (non-subscription) solutions that are better at everything Photoshop does though.

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          2 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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        2 years ago

        Sorry, but fuck no. Not even close. I hate adobe, but photoshop is literally better than GIMP in every way. But like some said, there are better options than photoshop.