PieFed.caAdobe backlash is getting louder — time to escape proprietary creative tools?
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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.
As a someone who been using either GIMP or pirated CS6 since 2012, havent been keeping hand on an Adobe pulse. What did they do this time? I know about subscription over the one time purchase thing. But what happened recently?
They’re calling it quits on their animation software, and a lot of people who used it in their workflow are very upset.
I see. Just checked a vid of some YouTube animation artist. They just gave Adobe animate 1 month before removing it from suite. Woah… Even Flash had few years to live after a discontinuation announcement.
I read somewhere that Star Trek Lower Decks and like, Bluey, and other big players used it too.
Like, if Star Trek is using your product, maybe keep it around?
This is so nice. What happened that made it fall?
Edit: looked for the stock prices, and the chart at a monthly scale and up doesn’t look exciting at all
Pirate Software talking at all kills me inside, maybe Adobe too.
Maybe because they announced they were killing the Adobe Animate? That’s the only thing ive heard but I’m not in-the-know.
Looks like they tried to sunset “Animate”
Proton and Pirate Software gloating over the “downfall” of another…misery loves company I guess.
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.
What alternative do we have ? Affinity was bought by canva years ago.
Krita for painting/drawing/animating, Gimp for Photoshop stuff, scribus for desktop publishing, and Kdenlive for video editing.
For pro it’s not an option. Ui not the same. You can’t use them like you do with adobe. Workflow should be seamless.
I have tried. Nope. Not today. I hope tomorrow. Only if devs try to work together.
There’s PhotoGIMP to make the transition easier, and Krita I believe has the option to switch to Photoshop keyboard shortcuts, but if your criteria to switch is an exact 1:1 clone, then I believe you’ll be stuck with Adobe forever. As with any program switch, a little learning is necessary, and there’s many excellent tutorials available on youtube to make that switch easier.
Consider donating to them! The devs of open-source programs are often trying to replicate what billion dollar corporations are doing with a budget a thousandth of the size.
The pros who changed over from FCP may be interested to hear that. As with anyone who did 3D animation who had to change the workflow they used. You do allude to the incredible lock-in that Adobe’s de facto monopoly has generated, though.
OOTL - what did they do this time?
Apparently, they gave amateur cartoon animators 1 month to save their works before they will remove Adobe Animate off Adobe Suite. Adobe Flash would give them 3 years, and software would just change slightly. But this time it is not the same.
I loved the Affinity stuff. Had completely replaced Adobe with Affinity before they got bought up and killed off.
Affinity photo isn’t dead, they released the suite for free, but did unfortunately inject AI into it, which thankfully you can ignore if you don’t pay for it.
However, as with all proprietary products owned by investment corporations, it’s currently at the ‘capture the market’ phase, after which it will enshittify, putting us in the same situation we are with adobe now. The only long-term solution is to adopt and donate to open-source alternatives, like Krita, Scribus, Inkscape, and Kdenlive.
Seriously: quick AI summary since I didn’t want to write this all up:
And Godot is rapidly gaining marketshare, at the cost of Unity:
Source article
And Valve’s success with the Deck seems like it might be a catalyst for Linux going mainstream.
And Europe is making a lot of moves towards digital sovereignty, too.
All signs point to us entering a golden age for open software.
It will be interesting to see how the AI bubble bursting, destroying trillions of dollars of fake tech company paper wealth, affects this transition. I expect it will accelerate the decline of Big Tech.
That’s sort of what I meant. I’ve used the new Affinity software for a bit, and it’s technically great. But, at the same time, I know they’re not going to keep up with it, especially since it’s free. At best, they’ll use it to test new AI data farming techniques, but otherwise they’ll probably just let it sit and die.
PirateSoftware is still a thing? Edit: name writing
Did you just wake up from a coma?
I’m suing adobe for making me a failed artist.
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I hereby knight thee sir Adobe, arise Sir Acroshat.