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Adobe turns subscription screw again, telling users to pay up or downgrade
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With GIMP 3 and DaVinci Resolve 20 out there, this seems like a very bad idea.
Something something slips through your fingers.
Name a few features in Photoshop that cant be done in GIMP?
Deception? I asked what you thought GIMP was missing and then you went and made huge assumptions about me. That's on you. I only replied the way I did because of what you said. Next time maybe just answer a question instead of insulting someone for even asking. Or don't answer it. That's fine, too.
Eh it's reasonable to think you had some specific opinions, but you only have one point that Photoshop has something gimp doesn't.
You seem dismissive and not unbiased when you are so general about things.
I just got here, I don't think the other dude was being sneaky
Is it? You were asked your opinion, and your answer was extremely general and flat wrong.
You were corrected about plugins, they have an annoyed tone in the post because you have a strong opinion based on seemingly nothing.
I guess I'm saying, you should stand by your words better or something?
GIMP still kind of sucks
DaVinci Resolve is on part with PS tho
Affinity is an excellent replacement for Photoshop, Illustrator, and Publisher. Gimp is a dumpster fire, both as software and a FOSS project.
Yeah, I tried Gimp. Hated it. One of the biggest issues with Gimp, besides features, is the workflow. If you are trying to get Photoshop users to move over, then it needs to at least have a similar workflow. It's completely different though. You are learning an entirely new tool with new shortcuts. No one has time for this.
Look at vscode or neovim. Most devs use one of 5 editors these days. Vscode and neovim being the most popular. If you want to compete with these tools, they need to have a similar workflow and feel to what people are used to. Otherwise, no one will use it.
I'll use photopea over gimp any day for this reason.
There is photoGIMP which redesigns the UI to be more like Photoshop. There's also Photoshop keyboard shortcut lists out there that you can change GIMP to.
It's not perfect, but it defiantly helps for a lot of people.
For whatever reason, GIMP really wants to try and not be Photoshop when that's literally the thing it's competing against.
Yeh. No fault of course in of itself tho. Gimp developers have tried to make something, but it just hasn't materialised in the same way as Blender. Kudos for trying.
I may have to finally make the switch. I've been using photoshop/illustrator for over 25 years now though...
It's gonna be damn hard to make the switch...
EDIT: Just now uninstalled all my Adobe software, canceled my Adobe subscriptions. Replaced with Affinity. :)
They are the industry standard so they can do anything
Didn't stop me from switching to Linux for my entire workflow. Industry standard is just a phrase. It doesn't truly mean anything when viable and real alternatives exist.
I don't think that's true, at least for companies.
Industry standard or even company standard means you need a very critical reason to switch because doing so is very costly in ways that don't really affect an individual or a small team.
This is why large corps often still use decades old software that may be terrible by that point, but impossible to move away from.
And sometimes those large corps slowly die off because of those decisions. Technology moves so fast that you can't afford to be a dinosaur using 20 year old software.
No alternative for after effects, is there?
Blender, amigo.
It does have strong composite features which is mostly what I need. Is there a plug in making it as easy as Ae timeline or some 2D motion workflow?
I don't mess with it enough, but DaVinci Resolve's Fusion is rather powerful.