You heard #Adobe. Deep down you knew this was coming. Now all your art are belong to them. Time to move on to better things…
Kreative Suite
* Krita is your new design/painting app
* Kdenlive will give you video-editing powers
* glaxnimate adds 2D vector animations to you videos
* digiKam organises your collection images
https://kde.org/for/creators/
Also:
* Inkscape - create sophisticated vector-graphic designs
* Scribus - layout like a pro
* GIMP - need we say more
* Blender - ditto
Thank God … I’ve been on Gimp and Scribus for the past 15 years, mainly because I could never afford Adobe products for the little bit of work I needed them for.
I was open source a long time ago because I just couldn’t afford paying for stuff for the little time I needed software. Now I’m happy to be fully open source and even contribute with donations to the projects I like the most. I donate annually now to projects like Wikipedia, Libreoffice, Scribus and Fediverse developers and projects.
This is one criticism I’ll always have with open source supporters … if you want open source alternatives, contribute with donations to them. Give anything you can afford … $1, $2, $10 … because they need money to survive and stay engaged and committed to their project.
If we all just stand aside and take advantage of free open software and not give anything, then we are no better than the corporations we were trying to avoid. Instead of corporations taking advantage of us, we are taking advantage of developers.
So if you want these open projects to live and survive, contribute to them with whatever you got. If we all just gave a dollar each to these projects, no matter what they are, the developers would have more than enough to maintain their work.
I like to support by buying merch. My Blender Hat got me so many thumbs up by strangers, it feels like bikers or Westphalia 0r brotherhood’s signing each other’s.
Great idea because the merch acts as an advertisement to support the project and create awareness. It’s the main reason why corporations like Adobe are so successful - they have a pervasive marketing campaign. We should do the same and wearing a hat, t-shirt or bag would help do that.
Now you got me thinking about what to buy from the projects I like to support. Thanks
@[email protected] @[email protected] this has been clarified by Adobe.
For artists, the most important parts are probably in the “Adobe’s continued commitments” section at the bottom.
https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/06/06/clarification-adobe-terms-of-use
@alexskunz
I don’t trust it. To me, it seems like they are pulling back stuff after public backlaah.
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Now all your* art belongs* to them.
Crazy to think it might be you who doesn’t get it, and not the person you’re smugly correcting
ok ok… It’s no big issue. really. Adobe is the bad guy here
Crazy to think that maybe you are being a smug little jackass rn.
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First correction ✔️
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Second one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us
A reference to a meme that’s over 17 years old? I hope you guys feel old now.
Yes, from before your birth ;)
We do 😩
It’s only 17 years old? You suddenly made me feel younger!
I thought it was from the 90s or something. Hold on let me go change my diaper from the senior kind to the toddler kind.
Throws old man cane to the side and starts dancing
Hooray I’m young again!!!
From the wiki link its from 1991, so rest assured that its over 30 years old.
Throws old man cane to the side and starts dancing
Hooray I’m young again!!!
… breaks hip because he is actually still old
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No no, its correct. Its a reference to the ‘All your base are belong to us’ meme.
You have no chance to decline make your time.
It’s a reference to the old meme “all your base are belong to us”
@Darohan @Rustmilian It’s based on a quote from an old computergame, where the typo made it into the final version: “All your base are belong to us”.
https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us
YouTube would be smart enough not to advertise Adobe creative cloud in the pre-roll ads of this video, right? Right???
@[email protected] @[email protected] well it appears as though #youtube has now become a “gated community” the #YT frontends are not working. It prompts a login to prove you’re not a bot:(
@[email protected] @[email protected] now do Substance Painter
Gimp might be allright but I prefer pixlr (an online app) as an alternative to photoshop.
I have been searching for good alternatives to AE and Premiere for a while now. I have messed with DaVinci a few times, but always bounced off. Any suggestions. Bonus points if anyone can point me in the direction of a Lightroom alternative.
For video editing, Kdenlive is the best alternative I found so far, although it takes some time to get used to. For something AE related, check out Blender. It might be a bit overkill for most projects, but it is very powerful. As a lightroom alternative there’s Darktable. All of the mentioned software also has the advantage of being free and open source.
I am super impressed by Blender, but there’s not really a substitute for After Effects yet, open source or otherwise.
there’s not really a substitute for After Effects yet,
Have you tried Natron? This software still needs some serious love, but maybe you can appreciate its potential as tool for people used to AE.
Very interesting! I’ll check it out. Thanks for the recommendation.
I can vouch for Krita, Kdenlive, Inkscape and Blender. They are awesome, hell… Bender became a Hollywood staple.
But GIMP has a horrible UX/UI, and Scribus can’t even do a 5-fold. They are way behind the rest of the pack.
@warmaster @kde
I tried gimp once and within five minutes I wanted to murder everyone involved in making it.It’s really not that bad. Depending on what you are doing. Personally I always seem to be learning new software, My goal is to not pay a monthly sub. I’m mostly using Clip Studio, which… yes, it’s a sub, so… dumb. But GIMP isn’t super user friendly, it does get a lot done though.
Gimp is super useful
But the learning curve is insane (especially if you’re not already familiar with digital art/ photo manip)
It’s fine for a user who needs specific things not that often. I always have to look up how to do anything anyway, and by the next time I do it I’ve either forgotten or the software has updated.
If youre making art for them to control they should be paying you for it
@[email protected] @[email protected] Also Affinity Photo has now 50% discount :)
@[email protected] @[email protected] Nothing to replace Audition? Y’all should strategerifically partnershippify with QTractor
@[email protected] @[email protected] Glaxnimate really needs some love, though it’s pretty powerful.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Don’t forget Darktable to fill-in for Lightroom!
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@penpot is also an excellent, open source alternative