Courtesy of user @ xdanielArt on the former birdsite: This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date list of Adobe alternatives I’ve seen, sharing here to save an artist’s life, wallet and livelihood 🙏 - ThreadSky

johannamation.bsky.social • 258 days ago

Courtesy of user @ xdanielArt on the former birdsite:

This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date list of Adobe alternatives I’ve seen, sharing here to save an artist’s life, wallet and livelihood 🙏

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nohomers.bsky.social•257 days ago

Serious question - is there any way I can tangibly boycott Adobe if i don't user their products currently?

johannamation.bsky.social•257 days ago

The best things that can be done IMO are to file a complaint against Adobe via the FTC (link below), and not give any money to Adobe products

https://bsky.app/profile/stupidartpunk.bsky.social/post/3kubo44f6ck2t

writerphoebe.bsky.social•256 days ago

My work didn't want to pay for me to be able to use Adobe acrobat so I was like lol k I'm downloading pdf xchange. And now half the office uses it and they bought licenses since wow that's a lot cheaper

timgray101.bsky.social•256 days ago

Affinity still has a 50% off sale if anyone wants to try those products.

nite.bsky.social•255 days ago

I've found Kdenlive excruciating to work with. Davinci Resolve is much much friendlier.

mineboom.bsky.social•257 days ago

Unfortunately, the substance painter alternatives don't appear to have any way of opening substance painter project files.

jennylangin.bsky.social•257 days ago

📌

txteclipse.bsky.social•257 days ago

don't sleep on blender! it's not just for 3D! it can do 2D animation and video editing too!

mistercitrussystem.bsky.social•250 days ago

Grease pencil is an incredible Blender tool. Honestly, there’s a great open source alternative to just about every software

molamallow.bsky.social•131 days ago

📌

sandytufts.bsky.social•258 days ago

Been away from Adobe for a while now thankfully. Loving Krita for my art related stuff!

theking1543.eu.org•234 days ago

Gotta love FOSS software

lourinaldo.bsky.social•257 days ago

Thanks, I logged today just to search for this!

thekaiju.bsky.social•250 days ago

📌

nightmarecaster.bsky.social•247 days ago

Does anyone know of any alternative for Adobe fresco the animation feature that fresco has I've yet to find in any other software.

candl.bsky.social•256 days ago

📌

hazelthewitch.bsky.social•257 days ago

Honestly, as soon as I'm done with web design classes and am no longer forced to use their stuff, I am removing Adobe Cloud from my laptop and never looking back lmao.

dingusdongus411.bsky.social•257 days ago

Hell yeah davinci resolve

midshipmanderyn.bsky.social•257 days ago

Are the InDesign alternatives actually good? Especially for typesetting manuscripts.

lanika.bsky.social•250 days ago

There's Ibispaint for iOS/iPad too

dorkvania.bsky.social•257 days ago

I've heard good things about RawTherapee. Right now I have a tablet with an old, non-sub, no-cloud version of LR. I had been planning to give into the sub model if the ancient tablet died, but now no way.

thundrakion.bsky.social•246 days ago

Need to mess with the substance replacements more... I DO NOT want to use Painter and support Adobe's bad practices...

mikeb815.bsky.social•257 days ago

Ooooo, this is nice! Thanks.

louistonehill.bsky.social•258 days ago

:O I didn't know they did updates for these!! Thank you for sharing!

copycatciller.bsky.social•257 days ago

There is a way you can get there services without all the bloat and spying

angiecreations.bsky.social•172 days ago

📌

unseeliejess.bsky.social•251 days ago

Omg an updated version! Thank you!

kbknapp.bsky.social•254 days ago

Missing DarkTable under photography. It's really good.

azra-l-hawthorne.itch.io•257 days ago

is there a more comprehensive alt text? It's a good image but some of these are super small hard to read even without super bad eyesight/low vision. Seeing things like this is always nice but it really needs an alt text friendly full list.

shenorai.bsky.social•254 days ago

I got you covered!

https://bsky.app/profile/shenorai.bsky.social/post/3kukabcemj72p

leslieclarke.bsky.social•257 days ago

I actually tried to type out an alt-text, but it seems like Bluesky has a cap on the length of the alt-text (which may be sensible).

leslieclarke.bsky.social•257 days ago

I wonder if creating a website with the information available in an accessible way and providing the link in the alt-text would be an OK solution.

shenorai.bsky.social•254 days ago

No worries, I've got it!

https://bsky.app/profile/shenorai.bsky.social/post/3kukabcemj72p

johnnyc.bsky.social•250 days ago

ping @sulamoon.bsky.social

sulamoon.bsky.social•250 days ago

😁💜

mjosmurphy.bsky.social•256 days ago

Why is there a strikethrough over Audacity? Is the name different now, or is there another reason?

shenorai.bsky.social•254 days ago

Audacity had a takeover.
Tenacity is a worthy fork created in response.

https://bsky.app/profile/shenorai.bsky.social/post/3kukak6fyug2h

mjosmurphy.bsky.social•254 days ago

thanks! i used to teach basic bioacoustic analyses with audacity, so i'll send this info on to my successor

erkhyan.bsky.social•254 days ago

The current owner has had a few controversies regarding privacy issues and an annoying push for cloud services.

candyrushsweetest.bsky.social•258 days ago

I’ll be uninstalling Adobe crap from my PC since they wanna do this :D

misteki.com•257 days ago

highly reccomend trying out the affinity products if you're moving away from adobe products

shenorai.bsky.social•254 days ago

Keep an eye on Affinity, though.

It was recently acquired by Canva, who are known for their AI photo editing programs.

Which... Sucks to learn after acquiring Affinity Photo years ago ><

misteki.com•253 days ago

they'd be super fucking stupid to do anything like that i doubt they would

shenorai.bsky.social•253 days ago

Never underestimate the depravity of corporate greed.

The userbase never was the customer base of any given company.

The investors are. And always have been.

It's why AAA video games are desperately chasing microtransactions and in-game adverts instead of paying attention to player feedback.

candyrushsweetest.bsky.social•253 days ago

Oh, fuck...I didn’t think that would happen. I remember Canva. I didn’t know that they got hold of Affinity. That sucks.

doctecazoid.bsky.social•257 days ago

Seconded.

bridgetink.bsky.social•257 days ago

i did this earlier this year and also recommend - just read up on the whole "personas" thing before and while getting to know it

i do NOT recommend linearity curve - it used to be vectornator which i loved but is now cloud-only +monthly fee, and the file "structure" and flow is maddening

madbeardman.bsky.social•258 days ago

I was looking for this just a couple of weeks ago. I need PS and ID just for some conversion work I do (as I get sent PSD/IDM files), so I decided to pick up Affinity. Next job I get I'll be testing it, and if it works how I need, it'll save me £50 a month.

jlroberson.bsky.social•257 days ago

Quark still exists?

anitramwaju.malauren.be•257 days ago

Most of them are unfortunately not reak alternatives…

gisselescudero.bsky.social•257 days ago

Let's make them better, then. Start using them, donate money to their developers and ask for improvements. The developers of Krita are always seeking to improve the app.