alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoCompanies are not your friendsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1569arrow-down127
arrow-up1542arrow-down1imageCompanies are not your friendsh.itjust.worksalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squarebortlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·edit-26 months ago Most Adobe tools don’t have any good free alternatives even for home use. inkscape is on a level with illustrator (maybe even better) for drawing: try krita if you want to pay money (much much less than for adobe): Affinity is on a level with fotoshop
minus-squareTechnofrood@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up17·6 months agoUnfortunately Affinity just got brought out by Canva https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/press/newsroom/canva-statement/ Of course they are claiming oh no we won’t be going subscription only, but if history is to be believed, give it a year or two and see that stance change.
minus-squareMonkeMischief@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 months agoSheesh, FOSS licenses really are the only force in the universe that can stop this nonsense. I remember shelling out for Substance indie licenses thinking it would be a good investment. Shortly after they’re: part of the “adobe family” (yaaay! /s) Not gonna make it subscription only, c’mon guys. It’s ok. No seriously, we hear you, you’ll have options! Definitely! Newsletter: Ok we’re subscription only, “Get your keys for the super out of date version because we’re just deleting it from human history now.” SaaS cloud only and you’re gonna like it, peasant. Never trusting private software like that ever again.
inkscape is on a level with illustrator (maybe even better)
for drawing: try krita
if you want to pay money (much much less than for adobe): Affinity is on a level with fotoshop
Unfortunately Affinity just got brought out by Canva https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/press/newsroom/canva-statement/
Of course they are claiming oh no we won’t be going subscription only, but if history is to be believed, give it a year or two and see that stance change.
Sheesh, FOSS licenses really are the only force in the universe that can stop this nonsense.
I remember shelling out for Substance indie licenses thinking it would be a good investment. Shortly after they’re:
Never trusting private software like that ever again.