Adobe: trying to connect creators (no not you, you’re too poor to buy our license)
Adobe Creative Curse
Submitted 1 month ago by greenfish@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 1 month ago
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
There are way more affordable options out there, some are free.
- For tablet painting: Krita and free
- For photoshop: I use affinity, but Canvas just bought them. Not sure how they’re going to be in the future. Canvas is evil. It’s around $125/2 or 3 years or so. I haven’t used Gimp in awhile, I might look at them again.
- For Premiere Pro, Audition and After Effects: Buy the studio version of Davinci Resolve, it has all of them. It’s a lifetime purchase and cheap if you think of that way. Don’t lose your code though.
- For 3D: Blender. It keeps getting better and better.
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Photopea is a great option for light photo editing! It’s free website with a decent layout
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 1 month ago
Real :3… I use krita for my art ^^ GIMP for photo editing (which I don’t do a lot of), kdenlive for video, and… blender for 3d stuff
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I love Procreate and Affinity Designer as Photoshop replacements! No subscription. I’m not sure what platforms they run on, though. I just use em on my iPad Pro (and Procreate Pocket on my phone)
thesohoriots@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I love Affinity but didn’t know Canvas got ahold of them. Shoot.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Armor Paint for Substance Painter
Material Maker for Substance Designer
makyo@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Still haven’t found a good replacement for InDesign and let me tell you how much I’m hankering to move on
k0e3@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Fuck, affinity got bought? God damn it, that sucks.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
didn’t gimp just roll out a major update? I’ve been using paint.net for a while, but i’m curious how the the new is
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
I’m not a professional, but I’ve been using Gimp 3, and it works great for my purposes (mostly making memes and weird net art, tbh).
Also Blender is S tier. So good. I even use it to make sprite sheets using 3D models as base.
joyjoy@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Adobe: “We’re here for all our starving artists”
Artist: Buys a Photoshop subscription instead of food
RedStrider@lemmy.world 1 month ago
For those not on Bluesky, Adobe got bullied so hard by basically every artist the site from this post that they straight up left. They were ratio’d out of existence. It’s hilarious.
bruhduh@lemmy.world 1 month ago
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I can’t keep getting this whiplash where I lose all faith in humanity and then humanity goes and does something awesome and hilarious like this.
ICastFist@programming.dev 1 month ago
Is there a link for the crater of whatever’s left of that thread?
BearGun@ttrpg.network 1 month ago
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Where you been man? That’s practically Ra’s day job, it’s not the 90s anymore
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Valuable cultural artefact (not joking)
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Its not an Articat type card tho 🤓 (joking)
parody@lemmings.world 1 month ago
Wonderful
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 1 month ago
It warms my heart to see all the Adobe hate and people switching to other things more and more. And I say that as a professional designer who has to pay my adobe tax every year to stay employed. Every person I see switch increases the chance I’ll get to kick them to the curb someday myself.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I found an open source replacement for Lightroom that finally worked (others I tried crashed loading my raws). While testing it, my subscription renewed (I can take criticism that I should have known and cancelled before renewal, but…) I then tried cancelling right after, but Adobe only gives a grace period on first purchase, not renewals. If subscription automatically charges, that money is gone.
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 1 month ago
They’ve gotten a lot of heat for that over the years. I can’t believe it’s even legal honestly.
shneancy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
nonono, go back there is a way. you have to battle through their FAQ, and then their AI assistant, when you finally arrive at the point of talking to a human being then they might be able to just undo that for you, i don’t know if there’s a deadline for giving back money after you’ve been charged, but if it was a day or two ago i’m sure it’s not too late
it worked for me with adobe and netflix, they barely even asked why aside from what is required of them “why r u leaving i need it for a survey” type of thing. it’s a sleazy move to hide that you can get your money back, they try to squeeze just a little bit more out of you, but you if embrace your inner Karen there’s a chance!
Rubanski@lemm.ee 1 month ago
What is the FOSS replacement that you chose?
snapcatcher@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
Which one do you use? Lightroom is the only adobe product that I still use.
Scrollone@feddit.it 1 month ago
I’d love if the Affinity suite was available for Linux. That’s the only thing I miss from Windows/macOS.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I use it on Linux with wine
floo@retrolemmy.com 1 month ago
What has Adobe done to fuel my creativity? 25 years of copyright protection on their apps. And in all of that time, I have never paid to use a legit version of their most current app. Why? Because they’re DRM is over engineered and full of weaknesses that can easily be exploited by even the most novice user
Thanks Adobe!
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They could crack down more on pirated Photoshop, but they don’t want to.
The money is in the commercials licensing, and people who can’t afford Creative Cloud pirating it and learning it is good for them when they need software for work later.
I’m a massive fan of FOSS. For my GIS work, I use QGIS over ESRI. For 3D modeling, I use Blender. For streaming video, I use OBS. Many FOSS solutions are extremely polished, and even for those that are clunky, they can be made to do what you need with a little work.
But when it comes to photo editing, the reality is Adobe’s overpriced market leaders also happen to be far and away the best products. It’s not even close. Photoshop and Lightroom are untouched by the competition, paid or free. They’re simply excellent products that provide functionality that isn’t replicated elsewhere.
toddestan@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I don’t think it’s incompetence, exactly. If you’re not going to pay for Photoshop (Lightroom, Audition, etc…), Adobe would rather you use a pirated Photoshop as opposed to learning something else. Because even a pirated version helps them keep their stranglehold on the market.
It’s the same reason Microsoft doesn’t really crack down on pirated versions of Windows.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
It’s also the same reason Microsoft pushed to get Windows in grade schools - even paying for the computers in some cases.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I’ve been legally using their shit for two decades. It’s a fucking nightmare. I have to use their app to login in conjunction to my pc because they restrict us to TWO machines at a time. I have 4 I regularly use, so it’s just a huge hassle.
I block their connections now to avoid this, and again, I PAY THEM, and I’m just ONE PERSON. Every person in charge at this company is a clown.
Lennnny@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I need to learn this superpower. I have tried alternates but I can’t really afford the slow down that comes with the learning curve, but I’m also unemployed and broke now…
Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
Their superpower is piracy, not using alternatives.
shneancy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
r/piracy has a megathread with an easy tutorial on how to make that work, it’s honestly so easy it made me feel dumb for ever paying for adobe. you just have to run like one app, and then make your firewall block all outgoing connections for each of the .exes, the only app that doesn’t work despite that is lightroom BUT lightroom classic is fully functional and the same if not better, so no loss there
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I fucking hate Adobe so much. One curse is not enough! More curses!
Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I cast Curse of Unicode!
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ColdWater@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I heard adobe steal artist’s works to train their ai
mke@programming.dev 1 month ago
That’s nearly every company making image generation AI right now. Stealing from creators is all the rage, and I’ve yet to see a single convincing defense of this by AI users.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Look you aren’t going to stop this bad thing going on, so why not just support the bad thing going on and stop complaining? Personally I have made a lot of money off this bad thing so I am struggling to see what is bad about it?
CalipherJones@lemmy.world 1 month ago
They also force you into a year long subscription but they pose it as month to month. Then when you try to cancel they force you to pay 50% of the remaining balance for the year. Fuck adobe.
fearpanic@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Ha, you seemingly did the same oopsie as me, lol. Got a 6 month membership for half price on black Friday. Redeemed ist and suddenly had 2 subscriptions, because they were not compatible. Had to pay a month extra for cancelling my yearly subscription. Never again. :D
Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Connect my balls to your forehead, Adobe.
lazyViking@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Y… you want them to headbutt you in the balls? 🥺
nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Remember folks, it is ALWAYS morally and ethically justified to pirate Adobe software. They’re a garbage, predatory company that needs to crash and burn.
the_q@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Why justify when you can switch to other apps? Even with pirating you’re still supporting them and their stranglehold on the creative industry. Fuck em proper.
BroBot9000@lemmy.world 1 month ago
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Oh dang, he even gave Windows the boot.
Hafty@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Great beast of the sky, please hear my cry. Transform thyself from orb of light and bring me victory in this fight. Envelop the desert with your glow and cast your rage upon my foe. Unlock your powers from deep within so that together we may win. Appear in this Shadow Game as I call your name, Winged Dragon of Ra!
Dropper_Post@lemm.ee 1 month ago
what is becoming almost as good as adobe these days but easier to use?
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 month ago
For drawing: Krita.
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Premiere --> Davinci Resolve (Openshot or Kdenlive for FOSS)
Illustrator --> Affinity (Inkscape for FOSS)
Photoshop --> Affinity Photo (GIMP w/ PhotoGIMP & Resynthasizer for FOSS)
Whatever Adobe has for painting --> Krita (FOSS)
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Acrobat --> Literally anything else. Even firefox the browser lets you edit pdf. Please don’t pay a subscription model for “pdf editor” in 2025.
NickwithaC@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Depends on the app. There are different ones that offer an alternative to Adobe’s version but no one big suite that contains them all. We should all be thankful for that.
Litebit@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Affinity.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
What is curse of RA?
Kalladblog@lemmy.world 1 month ago
An old meme
StJohnMcCrae@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
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gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Oh, hey, Wuk Lamat actually did something I like for once
kautau@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Putting this here for easy copy/paste later
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Nasan@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Whew, no bird/stork character, I can never remember that when I desperately need to
ICastFist@programming.dev 1 month ago
I personally like how this one in particular seems like a casket rising from the floor
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SeekPie@lemm.ee 1 month ago
𓀾 |𓀾𓀾 —— 𓀾𓀾|𓀾𓁀