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[–] [email protected] 178 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Adobe already killed almost all competition in the creative space and I hate that. I'm thankful for software like Davinci Resolve and the Affinity apps.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Recently learned about Krita too, which is more for art but it's nice

There's a plugin for AI generation now

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

I didn't know they had AI generation now, I need to use it again. I haven't had a project that needed it for a bit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I wish we can get a Krita, Inkscape, GIMP ecosystem that rivals their offerings. I recommend these tools to most of my students (gamedev) because they're already great, but if they wanna work in this area in industry they're also forced to learn Adobe..

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

There is actually a wip project that aims to do just that, unite all these FOSS apps in one, interconnected ecosystem.

I don't remember what it was called, I'll get back to you once I find it again.

It's OpenCreativity

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Really cool idea, I hope this gains traction!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

There's also GIMP as a Photoshop alternative

And Dark Table as a Lightroom alternative

Both are pretty great IMO

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

GIMP was painful to use. Has it gotten any better yet?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately, nope.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure what you mean, I've found it quite easy to use though it does have a learning curve like most things

When was the last time you tried it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Used it a few years ago after Blender got the 2.9 treatment. The interface felt very clunky and unintuitive for basic operations compared to anything else. I remember looking at a tutorial and thinking what?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

No, use Krita instead. I gave up on Gimp ever getting better about 15 years ago

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Capture One is not foss but fucking great

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Krita is a lot better than Gimp if you need a PS alternative

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Obligatory shout out to Blender, the most amazing community project ever. And GPL'd to boot! Suck it Adobe! obscene crotch tugging gestures

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Kdenlive is also a really cool video editor. I use it occasionally. You don’t see many professionals using it but honestly it can do a lot more than what most people give it credit for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Blender has a video editor in it too... hell Im surprised it doesnt have a full photo editing suit in it at this point

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Tried it. Personally, didn’t really work for me. Blender is great 3D software, but video editing is not its forte. (And that’s fine! Do one thing and do it well.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I wouldnt call it amazing compared to Davinci Resolve for example, but for smaller fast jobs its pretty good and very versatile.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I honestly preferred Kdenlive over Davinci Resolve, I had too many problems with it (although tbf, I am running Linux, so…)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I honestly preferred Kdenlive over Davinci Resolve, I had too many problems with it (although tbf, I am running Linux, so…)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Adobe should have Never been allowed to buy Macromedia, what a massive crime that was. I had fully shifted off all Adobe products and was using Macromedia for everything... then that happened. Its all been downhill since that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You just made me remember Dreamweaver. Moving to DW from FrontPage felt like moving to IntelliJ Idea from Eclipse.