Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions are getting more expensive

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• dwazou@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Do you see this guy ?

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  His name is Shantanu Narayen. Chairman and CEO of Adobe Software.

  In 2023, he made $43 million dollars.

  aflcio.org/paywatch/ADBE

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• circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It won’t stop until creatives stop paying.

  There are alternative tools available, but the number of people I have seen not want to learn a new UI is high. Adobe knows this, so they continue to raise prices.

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  • WarlordSdocy@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean it’s not just not wanting to learn a new UI. It’s that a company uses Adobe as it’s standard so if you don’t have experience with it they won’t hire you. And if you try to come in using a different tool they’re just gonna end up forcing you to use Adobe.

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    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Is it the case that most creatives cancel their subs when they get that job? Does the job have a site license (assuming Adobe even allows site licenses)?

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    • wondrous_strange@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I wanted to ask why don’t they let you pick your own tools and mid sentence I realized it must be because you won’t be able to share work with colleagues due to compatibility issues with files.

      Which means it’s bigger than the company you work for, but the same for anyone you might want to collaborate with.

      There must be some open file standard for creative stuff.

      Am I correct assuming that?

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    • AkashicOwl@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      How many users are actually working in a company that uses Adobe? Aren’t most users just casual, or even if they make money of art, working solo? (So, no need to conforme to an industry standard)

      I might be totally wrong tho

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  • alehel@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So what are the best options now? Been away from the photography hobby for a long time. Looking for something to process my Fujifilm raw files and making small repairs to my family history photos.

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    • jodanlime@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      darktable.org Darktable is like Adobe Lightroom but open source, and I honestly think it’s better at this point.

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    • gradual@lemmings.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I would argue that the open source alternatives to much of adobe software suite is better and free so fuck Adobe

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  • PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You would be wrong. There is nothing close to Photoshop and many others. Sadly that is the case.

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    • Litebit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I switched over to Affinity since 2019. I never saw any need to go back to Adobe.

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    • NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Still worth it.

      I’d rm -rf my computer rather than using adobi*** products.

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    • anon5621@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well at least we have alternative for maya= blender ,premier = davinci resolve,about Photoshop yeah there no same level powerful tools the closest I used is krita.

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    • GhostlyPixel@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Photopea has been great, probably not the best for power users, but it’s basically a clone of the Photoshop UI.

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• Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Serif has entered the chat.

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  • trinsec@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yay Serif. Although, aren't they Canva nowadays?

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    • Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes but so far no signs of enshitification as far as I can tell. I’m itching to switch to them but Adobe keeps roping me in. The thing that was holding me back the most was the lack of ai tools like erasing backgrounds and selecting subjects but it looks like they just added those features in February. So it looks like I’ll be evaluating who my graphic software provider for then year will be by the end of this month.

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    • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yep

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• thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Amd theyre probably feeding your harddrive to and AI while pretending they dont know anything

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• scripthook@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  After using Adobe CS6 for 10 years as refusing to upgrade to CC I switched to Mac and got the Affinity photo programs. Cost $50 for each of the Photoshop, Illustrator and Publisher equivalent programs with no monthly costs. Universal licensing across all platforms!

  Also the developers are in Ukraine

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• Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A surprise to no-one

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• LiamClicks@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Try affinity to replace photoshop it’s a one time cost and darktable for Lightroom it’s free.

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• Teppichbrand@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Probably not new to anyone in here, but How I broke to with Adobe is great

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We need Affinity Photo for Linux asap… Even on a VM both Affinity Photo and Affinity Photo 2 keep crashing for some reason…

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  • wondrous_strange@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Have you tried running it with Wine? No idea if it’ll work, just curious.

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    • FireWire400@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes, but it doesn’t even install properly. There’s a custom for of Wine specifically for Affinity Photo and it works somewhat but it’s very slow and crashes a lot.

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• blunderworld@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “Trump and his damn tariffs made us do this!!” /s

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• detun3d@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wouldn’t have noticed. 😏

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