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Adobe backlash is getting louder — time to escape proprietary creative tools?
Feb 5 at 2:05amWeb
Show threadFrankFeb 5

A few years ago, I subscribed to Adobe for about 2 weeks. But my conscience wouldn’t let me, I had to cancel the sub and get a refund.

Deep down, it’s like I knew something was wrong. And that was before I got introduced to Adobe memes.

Turns out Inkscape/GIMP/Shotcut are good enough for my needs. The Affinity suite is pretty good too though. I hope it gets supported on Linux eventually.

Show threadpelespiritFeb 5
  • Krita for painting
  • Davinci Resolve for editing. You can also buy the suite for a one time payment.
Show threadFrankFeb 5
Yeah, I know. I’ve never used Krita, but I do have the paid version of Davinci Resolve. But it can be tricky to make it work on Linux, I only use it when I need complex editing. Shotcut is simpler to use and more straight forward.
Show threadpelespiritFeb 5

I’ve never heard of shotcut, that looks interesting.

www.shotcut.org

Shotcut - Home

Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor for Windows, Mac and Linux

Show threadFaceDeerFeb 5
Huh, a couple of days ago I was googling all over the place for something like this and it didn't come up. I didn't think my google-fu was that weak. Definitely going to try this out now.
Show threadpelespiritFeb 5
Same, I looked high and low for an alternative. The blender editing program is still a bit clunky.
Show threadFaceDeerFeb 5
I just gave it a spin and it was everything I was looking for, this is fantastic. Funny how these things can slip through searches and then just pop out of nowhere from an unexpected discussion thread like this.
Show threadGet_Off_My_WLANFeb 5
It's not your fault. Search engines results have objectively gotten worse compared to years ago. Shotcut was the probably the first thing I found when I searched for something like it in like 2016.
Show threadlemonySplitFeb 5
NobaraOS has a preconfigured Davinci Resolve installer in their welcome app fwiw
Show threadFrankFeb 5
That’s good to know! I used POP_OS for many years that seems quite similar. I don’t think they has a Davinci installer, but you can have nvidia and GPU drivers preconfigured.
Show threadGalacticGrapefruitFeb 5

I use Krita!

I’m an open-source artist. All the tools and software I have ever used to make my art are FLOSS. It’s my deeply held personal belief that the ability to create art should be as free as pencil and paper, and I want my work to be living proof of that ideal.

I’ve used Krita, Gimp, Inkscape, Blender, and other tools exclusively for over a decade. I never could afford Adobe’s shit, and I realized pretty quickly that nearly anything Photoshop can do, a bit of savvy and some extra time in Gimp and Krita can do equally well. My only complaint is that they can’t support Photoshop’s brush file formats. Which is absolutely a dealbreaker for most committed artists I know, because your brushes make or break your workflow and even your entire art style. So switching isn’t for everyone, and that’s fine.

Show threadgalnamedzeroFeb 5
Look into davincibox! It’s a script (?) that uses distrobox to install davinci seamlessly. It’s great and worked perfectly for me even with an amd gpu
Show threadFrankFeb 5
I’d need to try it. I recently tried the “Universal Davinci Resolve Installer” script and it didn’t work. I’m currently using Maple Linux which is debian based.
Show threadgalnamedzeroFeb 5
Distrobox basically just runs a vm to mess around with, so the script just sets up the vm for you. Fmu, as long as distrobox works for your distro, it should just work
Show threadFmstratFeb 6
Honestly I use Krita for photo work now, too. Especially with the AI plugins for retouching.
Show threadAlaknárFeb 6

Shotcut

Huh… I recently needed to do a super short edit of a clip and people were recommending Kdenlive. Have you used it? To me it felt super complicated (I literally needed something like ClipChamp from Windows), but now I’m wondering if Shortcut might be the better choice.

Show threadFrankFeb 6

I tried Kdenlive, but was overwhelmed when the moment I opened it. So I went back to Shotcut. Here’s what I do:

  • Simple basic editing = Shotcut
  • More complex editing = Davinci Resolve
Show threadJessicaFeb 5

One of the perks I had when I worked at a print shop was that they gave you a CS6 license, if you asked for it.

I don’t even mess with Adobe anymore. PhotoPea covers my needs almost completely. But then again, I don’t really do much in PhotoPea but mess around, making silly things.

Show threadmortoFeb 5
This is so nice. What happened that made it fall?
Show threadBurgerBaronFeb 5
Pirate Software talking at all kills me inside, maybe Adobe too.
Show threadMacFeb 5
Maybe because they announced they were killing the Adobe Animate? That’s the only thing ive heard but I’m not in-the-know.
Show threadunderiskFeb 5
That’s definitely what the image is referring to. They’ve already walked it back from “completely removing the ability to use or access the software with basically no notice” to “maintenance mode, no updates”
Show threadMacFeb 5
Yeah, i saw that as well. “Community backlash”. No shit? hahahahaha
Show threadrumbaFeb 6

Looks like they tried to sunset “Animate”

Animate debuted in 1996 as FutureWave Software’s FutureSplash Animator. After a 1997 acquisition by Macromedia, FutureSplash Animator became Macromedia Flash. In 2005, Adobe bought Macromedia and renamed Macromedia Flash to Adobe Flash Professional. In 2015, the software became Adobe Animate CC. In its nearly 30 years of use, Animate has been used in numerous popular animated films and shows, including Star Trek: Lower Decks. Still, Adobe said on Monday that “new platforms and paradigms have emerged that better serve the needs of the user.”

Show threadGalacticGrapefruitFeb 5

Wow. Thor really is an asshole.

This message brought to you by an open-source animator. Krita, Blender, and OpenToonz for all.

Show threadColdus12Feb 5
What is the context? (Im out of the loop)
Show threadgoatFeb 5
PirateSoftware is an extreme narcissist who was previously cancelled for having too huge an ego. He’s a real asshole.
Pirate Software: The Legacy of a Liar

YouTube
Show threadColdus12Feb 5
Phew, okay, I’ll watch that a bit later. And what does he have to do with Adobe stock falling?
Show threadgoatFeb 5
It seems like he’s implying animators are shooting themselves in the foot by boycotting adobe.
Show threadjeevaFeb 5
Is he not implying that Adobe are shooting themselves in the foot (dropping their share price) by stopping development of an animation tool that lots of people use?
Show threadgoatFeb 5

oh lmao, I’m an idiot. I forgot how to read twitter threads lol

my b

Show threadKlearFeb 7
He’s still an idiot. Broken clock clause applies here.
Show threadRailcar8095Feb 5
He’s a professional “”“influencer”“”. He just needs to stay relevant, at any cost (except if the topic is about suspicious sticky substances on the room, video fit more details)
Show threadJesusChristLover420Feb 5
Jesus is sad when you use slurs. They affect everyone in the group, not just the one person you’re insulting.
Show threadgoatFeb 5
Show threadMongosteinFeb 6
I have a job and responsibilities. Can someone give me the TLDR on this almost-three-hour video?
Show threadgoatFeb 7
He lies a bunch and pretends to be an authority. His lies are shown, and he instead doubles down. He can’t admit his faults.
Show threadMagnificentSteinerFeb 5
B-b-b-but he used to work for Blizzard dontcha know!
Show threadLeonixsterFeb 5
He was the first second-generation Blizzard employee, get it right smh
Show threadoplkillFeb 5
OpenToonz is nothing in comparensing to adobe animate
Show threadGalacticGrapefruitFeb 6
If it’s good enough for Studio Ghibli and Futurama, it’s good enough for me.
Show threadsp3ctr4lFeb 6
I was gonna say, how in the fuck has this idiot sociopath not learned his lesson yet?
Show threadmindbleachFeb 5
Stallman was right.
Show threadIAmYouButYouDontKnowYetFeb 5
I’m suing adobe for making me a failed artist.
Show threadSinningStromgaldFeb 5

Please and thank you!

I have to use Adobe Cloud at my current job and I hate it with a passion beyond words. It hangs constantly for a minute or more, Adobe have “lost” my credentials a few times making a majority of my job impossible to do for days while they fix it, it constantly nags me to use its AI, Adobe Links thinks it is the mid 90’s since uploading anything takes forever, and the web interface makes me contemplate murder.

Show threadTrilogy3452Feb 5
The official proton vpn account posts memes?
Show threadrumbaFeb 6
Probably trying to steal back Karma from years of bad press.
Show threadAlaknárFeb 6

The bad press being: “dude stated a fact, people didn’t read properly and started shitting on Proton”.

Source

Does Proton really support Trump? A deeper analysis (and surprising findings)

Recently, allegations surfaced on Reddit that Proton (or at least Proton’s CEO) supports Trump. Hillary Keverenge from Tech-Issues Today…

Medium
Show threadrumbaFeb 6

ing: “dude stated a fact, people didn’t read properly and s

oh hell no. get that opinion piece out of here.

He licked Trumps balls on x, got completely ignored then their PR service went into damage control and got a bunch of crap written like you just posted that ‘journalist’ has 12 followers.

archive.ph/tr5Lj

Then the doubled down on it here with more outright bullshit.

archive.is/iKaz3

There’s no misunderstood fact here, we’re shitting on Yen for being a shitty person. The bad press is he has markedly awful decision making capabilities and the inability to keep his mouth shut to save the reputation of his company, followed up by the audacity to double down on his rhetoric.

Then they deleted their comments so people like you can say it never happened. But there are always archives.

Show threadAlaknárFeb 6
Archive.ph doesn’t load for me. Got any alternative links?
Show threadrumbaFeb 6

I find that VERY interesting.

you having a little trouble with the captcha there or is your government blocking archive sites?

Show threadAlaknárFeb 6

you having a little trouble with the captcha there or is your government blocking archive sites?

No captcha, just getting a “this website cannot be reached”. Might be because I’m on a VPN, maybe?

As to the contents - I don’t get what’s controversial about any of this.

Other than the obvious tribalism of “he said a good thing about X therefore he is against Y”? He literally stated why he considered Democrats to be anti-consumer (and… well, he’s right, the corporate takeover is a fact), and why he considers Republicans (at the time) to be more pro-consumer (which, again, was a statement of fact, Trump 1.0, due to his hissy fit against social media and big tech started quite a lot of anti-trust cases against them. The entire “block TikTok in the US” thing came from him).

So… Where’s the controversy? What in these posts suggests that he’s MAGA?

Show threadrumbaFeb 6

hy he considered Democrats to b ohh sorry, I didn’t check your history before i responded, you’re a maga troll.

damnit i waste so much time

blocked and cya! or heh maybe i won’t in that case

Show threadAlaknárFeb 6

Hahahaha, god I love Lemmy! :D

It’s the only place on Earth where someone could call me a “maga troll” XD

Show threadGoldholz Feb 5
PS is still a thing?
Show threadAlaknárFeb 6
Did you just wake up from a coma?
Show threadoffspecFeb 7
Has he had a resurgence? Last I heard he was a joke.
Show threadAlaknárFeb 7
OK, writing “PS” in a thread about Adobe products causes most people to associate the abbreviation with “PhotoShop” more than “Pirate Software”, who’s largely a nobody.
Show threadoffspecFeb 7
I only saw the comment after the edit
Show threadLulzagnaFeb 5
Adobe, Proton and Pirate Software - could we have one account that’s not completely terrible?