For those not on Bluesky, Adobe got bullied so hard by basically every artist the site from this post that they straight up left. They were ratio’d out of existence. It’s hilarious.
Adobe Creative Curse
Submitted 3 days ago by greenfish@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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RedStrider@lemmy.world 3 days ago
bruhduh@lemmy.world 3 days ago
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
I can’t keep getting this whiplash where I lose all faith in humanity and then humanity goes and does something awesome and hilarious like this.
ICastFist@programming.dev 3 days ago
Is there a link for the crater of whatever’s left of that thread?
BearGun@ttrpg.network 2 days ago
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 3 days ago
Adobe: trying to connect creators (no not you, you’re too poor to buy our license)
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
There are way more affordable options out there, some are free.
- For tablet painting: Krita and free
- For photoshop: I use affinity, but Canvas just bought them. Not sure how they’re going to be in the future. Canvas is evil. It’s around $125/2 or 3 years or so. I haven’t used Gimp in awhile, I might look at them again.
- For Premiere Pro, Audition and After Effects: Buy the studio version of Davinci Resolve, it has all of them. It’s a lifetime purchase and cheap if you think of that way. Don’t lose your code though.
- For 3D: Blender. It keeps getting better and better.
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Photopea is a great option for light photo editing! It’s free website with a decent layout
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 3 days ago
Real :3… I use krita for my art ^^ GIMP for photo editing (which I don’t do a lot of), kdenlive for video, and… blender for 3d stuff
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
I love Procreate and Affinity Designer as Photoshop replacements! No subscription. I’m not sure what platforms they run on, though. I just use em on my iPad Pro (and Procreate Pocket on my phone)
thesohoriots@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I love Affinity but didn’t know Canvas got ahold of them. Shoot.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Armor Paint for Substance Painter
Material Maker for Substance Designer
k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
Fuck, affinity got bought? God damn it, that sucks.
makyo@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Still haven’t found a good replacement for InDesign and let me tell you how much I’m hankering to move on
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 days ago
didn’t gimp just roll out a major update? I’ve been using paint.net for a while, but i’m curious how the the new is
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
I’m not a professional, but I’ve been using Gimp 3, and it works great for my purposes (mostly making memes and weird net art, tbh).
Also Blender is S tier. So good. I even use it to make sprite sheets using 3D models as base.
joyjoy@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Adobe: “We’re here for all our starving artists”
Artist: Buys a Photoshop subscription instead of food
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Where you been man? That’s practically Ra’s day job, it’s not the 90s anymore
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
parody@lemmings.world 3 days ago
Wonderful
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Valuable cultural artefact (not joking)
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Its not an Articat type card tho 🤓 (joking)
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 days ago
It warms my heart to see all the Adobe hate and people switching to other things more and more. And I say that as a professional designer who has to pay my adobe tax every year to stay employed. Every person I see switch increases the chance I’ll get to kick them to the curb someday myself.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
I found an open source replacement for Lightroom that finally worked (others I tried crashed loading my raws). While testing it, my subscription renewed (I can take criticism that I should have known and cancelled before renewal, but…) I then tried cancelling right after, but Adobe only gives a grace period on first purchase, not renewals. If subscription automatically charges, that money is gone.
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 3 days ago
They’ve gotten a lot of heat for that over the years. I can’t believe it’s even legal honestly.
shneancy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
nonono, go back there is a way. you have to battle through their FAQ, and then their AI assistant, when you finally arrive at the point of talking to a human being then they might be able to just undo that for you, i don’t know if there’s a deadline for giving back money after you’ve been charged, but if it was a day or two ago i’m sure it’s not too late
it worked for me with adobe and netflix, they barely even asked why aside from what is required of them “why r u leaving i need it for a survey” type of thing. it’s a sleazy move to hide that you can get your money back, they try to squeeze just a little bit more out of you, but you if embrace your inner Karen there’s a chance!
Rubanski@lemm.ee 3 days ago
What is the FOSS replacement that you chose?
snapcatcher@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Which one do you use? Lightroom is the only adobe product that I still use.
Scrollone@feddit.it 3 days ago
I’d love if the Affinity suite was available for Linux. That’s the only thing I miss from Windows/macOS.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I use it on Linux with wine
floo@retrolemmy.com 3 days ago
What has Adobe done to fuel my creativity? 25 years of copyright protection on their apps. And in all of that time, I have never paid to use a legit version of their most current app. Why? Because they’re DRM is over engineered and full of weaknesses that can easily be exploited by even the most novice user
Thanks Adobe!
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 days ago
They could crack down more on pirated Photoshop, but they don’t want to.
The money is in the commercials licensing, and people who can’t afford Creative Cloud pirating it and learning it is good for them when they need software for work later.
I’m a massive fan of FOSS. For my GIS work, I use QGIS over ESRI. For 3D modeling, I use Blender. For streaming video, I use OBS. Many FOSS solutions are extremely polished, and even for those that are clunky, they can be made to do what you need with a little work.
But when it comes to photo editing, the reality is Adobe’s overpriced market leaders also happen to be far and away the best products. It’s not even close. Photoshop and Lightroom are untouched by the competition, paid or free. They’re simply excellent products that provide functionality that isn’t replicated elsewhere.
toddestan@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I don’t think it’s incompetence, exactly. If you’re not going to pay for Photoshop (Lightroom, Audition, etc…), Adobe would rather you use a pirated Photoshop as opposed to learning something else. Because even a pirated version helps them keep their stranglehold on the market.
It’s the same reason Microsoft doesn’t really crack down on pirated versions of Windows.
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
It’s also the same reason Microsoft pushed to get Windows in grade schools - even paying for the computers in some cases.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I’ve been legally using their shit for two decades. It’s a fucking nightmare. I have to use their app to login in conjunction to my pc because they restrict us to TWO machines at a time. I have 4 I regularly use, so it’s just a huge hassle.
I block their connections now to avoid this, and again, I PAY THEM, and I’m just ONE PERSON. Every person in charge at this company is a clown.
Lennnny@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I need to learn this superpower. I have tried alternates but I can’t really afford the slow down that comes with the learning curve, but I’m also unemployed and broke now…
Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 2 days ago
Their superpower is piracy, not using alternatives.
shneancy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
r/piracy has a megathread with an easy tutorial on how to make that work, it’s honestly so easy it made me feel dumb for ever paying for adobe. you just have to run like one app, and then make your firewall block all outgoing connections for each of the .exes, the only app that doesn’t work despite that is lightroom BUT lightroom classic is fully functional and the same if not better, so no loss there
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I fucking hate Adobe so much. One curse is not enough! More curses!
Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I cast Curse of Unicode!
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ColdWater@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
I heard adobe steal artist’s works to train their ai
CalipherJones@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They also force you into a year long subscription but they pose it as month to month. Then when you try to cancel they force you to pay 50% of the remaining balance for the year. Fuck adobe.
fearpanic@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Ha, you seemingly did the same oopsie as me, lol. Got a 6 month membership for half price on black Friday. Redeemed ist and suddenly had 2 subscriptions, because they were not compatible. Had to pay a month extra for cancelling my yearly subscription. Never again. :D
mke@programming.dev 3 days ago
That’s nearly every company making image generation AI right now. Stealing from creators is all the rage, and I’ve yet to see a single convincing defense of this by AI users.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Look you aren’t going to stop this bad thing going on, so why not just support the bad thing going on and stop complaining? Personally I have made a lot of money off this bad thing so I am struggling to see what is bad about it?
Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Remember folks, it is ALWAYS morally and ethically justified to pirate Adobe software. They’re a garbage, predatory company that needs to crash and burn.
the_q@lemm.ee 1 day ago
Why justify when you can switch to other apps? Even with pirating you’re still supporting them and their stranglehold on the creative industry. Fuck em proper.
Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Connect my balls to your forehead, Adobe.
lazyViking@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Y… you want them to headbutt you in the balls? 🥺
nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
BroBot9000@lemmy.world 3 days ago
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Oh dang, he even gave Windows the boot.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What is curse of RA?
Kalladblog@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
An old meme
StJohnMcCrae@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
𓀀 𓀁 𓀂 𓀃 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆 𓀇 𓀈 𓀉 𓀊 𓀋 𓀌 𓀍 𓀎 𓀏 𓀐 𓀑 𓀒 𓀓 𓀔 𓀕 𓀖 𓀗 𓀘 𓀙 𓀚 𓀛 𓀜 𓀝 𓀞 𓀟 𓀠 𓀡 𓀢 𓀣 𓀤 𓀥 𓀦 𓀧 𓀨 𓀩 𓀪 𓀫 𓀬 𓀭 𓀮 𓀯 𓀰 𓀱 𓀲 𓀳 𓀴 𓀵 𓀶 𓀷 𓀸 𓀹 𓀺 𓀻 𓀼 𓀽 𓀾 𓀿 𓁀 𓁁 𓁂 𓁃 𓁄 𓁅 𓁆 𓁇 𓁈 𓁉 𓁊 𓁋 𓁌 𓁍 𓁎 𓁏 𓁐 𓁑 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆
Hafty@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Great beast of the sky, please hear my cry. Transform thyself from orb of light and bring me victory in this fight. Envelop the desert with your glow and cast your rage upon my foe. Unlock your powers from deep within so that together we may win. Appear in this Shadow Game as I call your name, Winged Dragon of Ra!
Dropper_Post@lemm.ee 3 days ago
what is becoming almost as good as adobe these days but easier to use?
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 days ago
For drawing: Krita.
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Premiere --> Davinci Resolve (Openshot or Kdenlive for FOSS)
Illustrator --> Affinity (Inkscape for FOSS)
Photoshop --> Affinity Photo (GIMP w/ PhotoGIMP & Resynthasizer for FOSS)
Whatever Adobe has for painting --> Krita (FOSS)
Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Acrobat --> Literally anything else. Even firefox the browser lets you edit pdf. Please don’t pay a subscription model for “pdf editor” in 2025.
NickwithaC@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Depends on the app. There are different ones that offer an alternative to Adobe’s version but no one big suite that contains them all. We should all be thankful for that.
Litebit@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Affinity.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Oh, hey, Wuk Lamat actually did something I like for once
kautau@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Putting this here for easy copy/paste later
𓀀 𓀁 𓀂 𓀃 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆 𓀇 𓀈 𓀉 𓀊 𓀋 𓀌 𓀍 𓀎 𓀏 𓀐 𓀑 𓀒 𓀓 𓀔 𓀕 𓀖 𓀗 𓀘 𓀙 𓀚 𓀛 𓀜 𓀝 𓀞 𓀟 𓀠 𓀡 𓀢 𓀣 𓀤 𓀥 𓀦 𓀧 𓀨 𓀩 𓀪 𓀫 𓀬 𓀭 𓀮 𓀯 𓀰 𓀱 𓀲 𓀳 𓀴 𓀵 𓀶 𓀷 𓀸 𓀹 𓀺 𓀻 𓀼 𓀽 𓀾 𓀿 𓁀 𓁁 𓁂 𓁃 𓁄 𓁅 𓁆 𓁇 𓁈 𓁉 𓁊 𓁋 𓁌 𓁍 𓁎 𓁏 𓁐 𓁑 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆
SeekPie@lemm.ee 2 days ago
𓀾 |𓀾𓀾 —— 𓀾𓀾|𓀾𓁀
ICastFist@programming.dev 3 days ago
I personally like how this one in particular seems like a casket rising from the floor
𓀢 𓀣
clap clap
Nasan@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Whew, no bird/stork character, I can never remember that when I desperately need to