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NoiseColor@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

As a designer that uses figma every day, I have to say…

… I don’t care one bit. I have to subscribe and use Adobe software anyway, not only because everyone else uses them, but because that’s simply the best graphic software out there and I’ve tried it all. Not too mention that the full Adobe subscription, that you can usually get 50% off, is not that expensive anyway, compared to many saas that are buggy and just do one simple thing. So yeah, I don’t hate Adobe anymore, everyone is doing what they are doing and most of the software out there is complete garbage and even more expensive.

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hswolf@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I have to disagree with the “best software out there”.

You said you are a designer, that you used It all and currently uses Figma right?

Adobe has a Figma competitor, Adobe XD, and It seems you’re not using It, even though It should be better like you said.

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- NoiseColor@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Sorry, I thought everyone will understand that I’m taking about photoshop, illustrator, indesign, AE and not that every single Adobe product ever made is absolutely better than every single other product that has ever been made ever… Next time, I will try to be more precise. I deeply apologise
  
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PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I also have to subscribe to and use Adobe software but suggesting it’s less buggy and less expensive than other apps is delusional.

The moment you try and do anything outside of basic image editing, Photoshop immediately shits the bed.

It’s riddled with features that were half developed or half removed. Tried using any of the 3D stuff? It pops up a box saying “We’ve abandoned this and it probably won’t work, but go ahead and try because we haven’t properly removed it”. Using artboards? Probably not, since half the app seems to break with them, including their brand new features like Live Gradients that rearrange themselves when you save.

Looking for a filter? Well there’s 2 places to look since they seem to have lost interest in the filter gallery half way through, then piled mediocre AI filters on top. It’ll be a slow search, since for some reason some popup windows take fully 3 seconds to open, probably due to their 4 different UI systems in various states of abandoned.

Photoshop is widely used today because it was good 15 years ago. If someone hasn’t already creating a leaner, more stable, better designed, more ambitious piece of software, it’s only a matter of time until they do.

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- NoiseColor@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Delusional? I’m sure you just mean to capture my attention, but you dont have to try like that.
  
  I’m not here to defend Adobe or praise their products. For the last 2 years I have done my best to get rid of them and finally, about a month ago I conceded and payed for the subscription again.
  
  Let me tell you, there is no software (none, 0), that can do half what photoshop can do and is less buggy. That doesn’t say, photoshop or any other Adobe product is not buggy and doesn’t have issues, it’s just a fact there is no competition.
  
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  - foofiepie@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Hmm. I was about to wade in on this one but fair enough.
    
    Personally, I’m probably not enough of a power user to need the sort of functionality you do but I said ‘Fuck Adobe’ some years ago and never looked back.
    
    I am, however, still on the hunt for a decent replacement for Aperture.
    
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    NoiseColor@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Good luck. Really, I hope you find something. I’m working on these products for hours daily, I can’t afford to use something that will increase that time.
    
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  - dreamer@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    What I don’t understand about people who say things like there are alternatives and point to open source software. Like I understand that most people have used nothing but Adobe since forever, but have you even tried using alternatives for actual work? It’s a frustrating experience.
    
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    NoiseColor@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yes! It’s just not as good and more importantly, it’s not good enough. At first I thought it’s because I’m not as familiar, but no, they are just not set up as good as Adobe. That’s the bottom line. Why waste time.
    
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  - Jakdracula@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Have you tried Affinity Pro?
    
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    NoiseColor@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yes. Bought the whole package. I decided that this is the software for me and tried to use it. After two months, I gave up. It’s not bad, it’s just not as good. It just takes an extra click here and there, a function less here and there, an illogical here and there and that culminates to my work being done slower and me being annoyed. Affinity designer being the worst, missing auto tracing and messing up svg exports.
    
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