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An independent test confirms Krita delivers 90% of Photoshop's power for zero cost. As Adobe pushes its $20.99 monthly subscriptions, open-source alternatives are absorbing budget-conscious digital artists. #Tech #OpenSource #Krita #DigitalArt #Software
https://blazetrends.com/open-source-krita-hits-90-of-photoshops-capability-as-creators-abandon-adobe-subscriptions/?fsp_sid=43382

Open-source Krita hits 90% of Photoshop’s capability as creators abandon Adobe subscriptions

An independent software test confirmed the open-source drawing app Krita now matches 90% of Adobe Photoshop's power for free, offering a lifeline to artists priced out of the $600-a-year Creative Cloud.

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Zero101 5d ago

Lyons 5d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/116810951249714904

If every developer of every kind of software could please start feeling this way again we would appreciate it. Even after the bubble bursts and the prices come back down. I miss the days of people bragging that their app could run on a potato.

Zero101 Jun 22

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@SteamDB/116794868187429929

Base Steam Machine is $1049 USD for a model with 512GB of storage and no controller included. Price goes up to $1,428 for the model with a controller and 2TB of storage.

I'm not surprised by the pricing, but it still seems insane even in our current "everything is too expensive" world of technology. Given that the Steam Machine specs are arguably about as powerful as a standard PS5 from 2020, $1k is way too much.

I'm sure these will sell out immediately, but it's a hard pass for me.

Zero101 Jun 22

RE: https://mastodon.social/@kottke/116794282590704980

This is 100% me after the 2024 election. I realized that following the global news so intently created the illusion of "doing something", but the reality was that it just depressed the hell out of me without being able to do anything about it at all.

Now I try to stick to following news and information that might actually influence my actions and/or I might be able to do something about. Local news or information related to my work. I do my best to ignore everything else.

Zero101 Jun 17

RE: https://mastodon.online/@electrek/116765649803260497

That's actually brilliant. I wish every Supercharger had a vacuum available.

Zero101 Jun 15

Pixel Hoo Jun 15

Leyndell
#pixelart #ドット絵

Zero101 Jun 9

Panic Jun 9

🔴🟡🔵Big Walk is coming to Nintendo Switch 2, Steam (PC and Mac), and PlayStation 5 on August 4th!

Learn more at https://bigwalk.game 🔴🟡🔵

Big Walk by House House

Hang out and get lost with close friends in a big world. A cooperative online walker-talker from the creators of Untitled Goose Game.

Zero101 Jun 8

I'm not an anti-AI absolutist. I often find AI useful at work for helping to write the first draft of a policy or procedure. AI may help me generate a tricky formula in a spreadsheet.

But watching Apple's #wwdc today and seeing them talk glowingly about AI planning a menu for a party and then generating the invite text to send to friends... it made my skin crawl. This is exactly the fun and personal thing I do NOT want AI to scrub from my life. What a sad and shallow world this portends.

Zero101 Jun 7

Cabel Sasser Jun 7

Here’s an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of yourwill REALLY appreciate.

It’s so good, I had to make a video.

Zero101 Jun 3

Pixel Hoo Jun 3

Academy of Raya Lucaria (Elden RIng) 🌕
#pixelart #ドット絵