Some brilliant people invented photoshop
It was a good product but expensive
Some asshole coke head CEO decided to make it more expensive and worse.
Fuck adobe.
GIMP 3 FTW
Adobe Gets Bullied Off Bluesky
Submitted 2 days ago by ButtonMcLemming@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://futurism.com/adobe-bullied-bluesky
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PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 2 days ago
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
And they bought Macromedia’s suite and destroyed it.
lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I miss macromedia flash so bad, actionscript for life
Wimster@lemmy.wtf 1 day ago
That’s what big tech companies do, they buy small and promissing companies they think that once can become a competitor and then… destroy it. The young startups just take the money and can retire early.
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And they bought Cool Edit and destroyed it.
Xerxos@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
And they bought Paintshop pro and destroyed it
commander@lemmy.world 2 days ago
GIMP 3, Krita, Darktable, Inkscape, Kdenlive
boredtortoise@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Photopea, Shotcut
MangoCats@feddit.it 2 days ago
I (distantly) knew an indie software developer who was putting up a pretty good Photoshop alternative in 1996: ONE GUY alone in his bedroom was making a decent living selling a Photoshop alternative that he wrote himself. And he wasn’t exactly a super-wunderkind coder, just a guy who knew the photo manipulation space well enough to get enough customers to float selling his software for a few years - in direct competition with Photoshop.
Adobe isn’t selling magic dust ground from precious gemstones by thousands of artisans. They had a decent product that they marketed the hell out of and eventually got overly greedy.
GIMP, Krita, and many others are right up there if you haven’t been sucked into the Adobe addiction vortex.
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 2 days ago
Krita is awesome with a drawing pad
And I’m not like even good at doing anything
Scrollone@feddit.it 1 day ago
I use GIMP, but you can’t compare it to Photoshop. GIMP has a horrible GUI and it has very strange design choices.
The Affinity suite is comparable to Photoshop, but it’s a paid product.
Manticore@lemmy.nz 21 hours ago
I use Affinity Suite for work. Paid for it once, have it forever. Free updates until new editions, which are discounted if you 9wn an older edition.
It doesn’t have AI content generation, but it does a few things Adobe doesn’t - like being able to use Photo and Designer from INSIDE Publisher, seamless like its a single program!
Affinity Photo for Photos hope, Designer for Illustrator, and Publisher for InDesign. That’s all I need as a professional
muusemuuse@lemm.ee 21 hours ago
I have some artist friends who saw the writing on the wall after Adobe told Apple to fuck off with the iPad and Affinity said hold my beer. One owns her own publishing company as if a few years ago all new projects were Adobe-free workflows. She still has Adobe but will only use it for older shit that might still need something later. Going forward, she (and therefore her entire operation) are fucking done with Adobe. Another friend learned both so he could adapt to whatever the market has in store for him and since the market sucks for artists he’s going freelance too and has said absolutely no to Adobe.
Adobe is officially legacy software. Vendor lock in won’t save it as the creatives don’t need industry titans to survive.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 15 hours ago
Big GIMP fan. That being said, Adobe needs to start promoting some of their actually good stuff, like their investment in the open C2PA spec for proving content authenticity, vs constant AI crap that is the exact opposite.
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Photopea represent
Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Affinity Photo for me!
I’d prefer GOSS but…GIMP ain’t it.
Have used Photopea is a bind in the past, it’s also pretty good especially the clone GUI.
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Krita is my graphics app of choice these days. But there are many alternatives that are great (like Gimp and Photopea).
SethTaylor@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I still remember when they bought Macromedia Flash and all my animator friends and I simply couldn’t stand Adobe Flash CS3 or whatever it was called. It used more resources, crashed more often and didn’t exactly bring anything revolutionary to the table in terms of new functions.
jackalope@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Gimp sucks. Krita is way better.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 15 hours ago
They have different purposes.
rustyfish@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I feel like I should have switched to GIMP a decade ago.
Roopappy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The best time to switch was 10 years ago. The second best time to switch is right now.
darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Some brilliant people invented photoshop
So the real question is whether Photoshop might ever have become successful, if Adobe hadn’t bought it.
PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 2 days ago
It sure is.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ok, so I’ve tried gimp in the past, but had a hard time with it. Honestly, my Photoshop skills are mostly self taught (and not all that impressive), but that’s the interface I know. How similar to Photoshop can one make the interface in gimp these days? Because that’s probably my biggest hurdle.
PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 1 day ago
Gimp is a little steeper learning curve but if you already know photoshop it’s not that bad.
The tricky thing is knowing what to do when you get stuck. Luckily they wrote a manual that assumes you’re only reading the manual because you got stuck and you’re so frustrated you’re actually reading the manual.
Gimp3 just launched and it’s really nice.
And free.
Matriks404@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Gigasser@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Bluesky has a lot of artists. Posting this video here: youtu.be/I4mdMMu-3fc
slacktoid@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
We should all be bullying companies more… Less bullying people and more bullying companies and orgs!!
Yes people make up a company blah blah blah… Don’t care. Just don’t bully the people working there.
SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.ee 2 days ago
And billionaires, especially the Nazis variety.
I quite enjoyed Elon getting bullied over POE2 stream.
slacktoid@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Oh Nazis deserve to just be punched (nonstop).
You heard the time Elon was told to go back to Africa. That was hilarious.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
So, cyberbullying and toxic gamer communities are very much a thing and definitely a problem, but I have to admit, that story really did make day… I laughed for a while, I shared it with my neighbors, it’s still fucking funny!
You know, the thing is… the whole mess was entirely Elon’s fault. If he just wanted an escape from his stressful life, he could totally just play the game and it would work out fine for him. But because he felt the narcissistic need to live stream it (because he apparently desperately needs others to tell him how awesome he is), he got his stupid face kicked into the mud. And that’s really on him…
Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Followed by his Starlink connection dropping out.
barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 16 hours ago
Bullying a bully is not bullying.
yourgodlucifer@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Every company I’ve ever worked for deserves to be bullied.
Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
The leadership (is supposed to) represent the people, the people do not represent the leadership. Israelis do not represent the Israeli government. Employees of a Meta subsidiary do not represent Meta, Facebook, or Zuckerberg. Don’t attack McDonald’s employees because the burger is more expensive, YouTube employees because the content preys on children or residents/soldiers of a country because the government decides to mobilise its army against another community. Employees are just victims of capitalism, just working there because they must, irrespective of politics.
slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Well yeah I said leave the people working there alone and target the corp or org. And my reasons are what you just outlined in great detail. They are victims of capitalism.
zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Just don’t bully the people working there.
Not even if they’re C-suite?
b34k@lemmy.world 2 days ago
JargonWagon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Key word is “working” people. C-Suite don’t work, just tell others to work.
slacktoid@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
They aren’t people, they are demons. So my rule still stands 🤣
Skellysgirl@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Who do you think should be next?
slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Boycott all shitty companies… We make a list and we keep adding shitty companies to the list and present a list of alternatives.
infeeeee@lemm.ee 2 days ago
thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 2 days ago
That’s weird. The bluesky links in the article work fine for me, and I don’t have a bluesky account.
Ahh hang on, this one doesn’t work but all the rest do
bsky.app/profile/…/3lmdz2tu6xk2x
Ahh here we go: it’s a user made setting not a bluesky one
“Sign-in Required This user has requested that their content only be shown to signed-in users. This label was applied by the author.”
SatyrSack@feddit.org 2 days ago
Ahh here we go: it’s a user made setting not a bluesky one"
Sign-in Required This user has requested that their content only be shown to signed-in users. This label was applied by the author."
Why would a user choose to enable that? Would that make it less likely to be scraped by a not?
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
TBH it’s better journalism to include the link, but they could do both.
Zykino@programming.dev 2 days ago
Source can be destroyed. An alternative screenshoot backup/proof is good measure. Especially in web its better to not depend on an outside server.
Like if they close (or some billionaire buy them and requires an account for everything), your content becomes worthless.
glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 16 hours ago
Not you. take CURSE OF RA [7 incromprehensible egyptian hyroglyphs]
Best reply to a greeting by Adobe
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 2 days ago
I can’t see any screenshots
how lazy is this “journalism” where they don’t copy the images
Images of web content usually break accessibility (implicit ableism) unless alt text is provided, which really amounts to a poor substitute for embedding content, block quoting, or linking to source (what the web was made for), where no alt text is needed because the actual text is there.
Stop breaking accessibility: oppose inaccessible screenshots of accessible content.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
adobe will charge you $20 a month to read their skeets then charge a $100 cancellation fee if you want to stop following them.
jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
what are skeets
peteyestee@feddit.org 2 days ago
It’s $20 for the readers bundle, $1289 per year if you want to see photos and comment.
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Honestly nah, there are lots of other good options. Support the devs and people fueling real creativity rather than staying in Adobe’s ecosystem, paid or not.
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Top meme
someguy3@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Had me at the first 1/10th.
Mossheart@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Any Lightroom classic alternative?
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
i like how i didn’t even know they were on bsky because they’re already added to the The Great AI/NFT/CRYPTO Cull blocklist.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
great, cant view it because it wants me to log in…
cley_faye@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They started it by pretending to want to connect with artists.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 days ago
by charging them alot for using thier services.
glowing_hans@sopuli.xyz 16 hours ago
Why dont they get bullied on X as well?
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
Consider X’s current audience and you’ll have your answer
Muehe@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
blixtuwu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 hours ago
I was so happy to help in ensuring it ocurred
WhatSay@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
These days, bullying is used for good.
_stranger_@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Mwa@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Greatjob Bluesky, One less Adobe monopoly
Sunshine@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Same thing happened with Proton.
kepix@lemmy.world 1 day ago
im still rockin a cs6 version. works fine on w11ltsc.
Litebit@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
What would be a good alternative to Adobe After Effects ? Something that works in the same way.
MITM0@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Is it possible to learn such sorcery ?
Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I know Curse of Ra will get old if it isn’t already for some, but it’s my favorite stupid meme currently.
SethTaylor@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’ve replaced my Adobe Audition with Reaper. I do recommend it
AustralianSimon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I know Adobe is a dick of a company but all this event shows is how toxic Bluesky is. Seems the toxicity joined them from X.
Kowowow@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
“So much for the tolerant left”
Eat_Your_Paisley@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Can’t think of a more deserving company
Skellysgirl@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Thanks just spent a lot tow time over telling Adobe where to go. Great way to vent. Whose next?
redwattlebird@lemmings.world 2 days ago
Time to test out Armor Paint this weekend then.
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 days ago
Per screenshots of the “skeet,” as folks on the butterfly app are wont to call their posts
What the fuck is this word salad?
Arkouda@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
If one isn’t a total nutcase who can pass every left wing social purity test ever devised you will be bullied off of Bluesky. Just like if you cannot do the same in reverse with right wing purity tests on Twitter.
Adobe sucks, but Bluesky is trash as well. Which should have been expected considering it is a Twitter clone.
onyxjet@lemmy.world 2 days ago
From being digitally issued the “curse of RA”
Lmao
Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Hell yeah, they deserve it.
Wimster@europe.pub 2 days ago
Ooooo nostalgia. Who remembers the time of Aldus Freehand and Aldus Pagemaker, Quark XPress and Ventura Publisher. Those where the days :-) 😍
OverTheFiniteSun@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
Deserved. Fuck Adobe!