wow look at all of these better alternatives to Adobe that exist ask me about Pixelart programs if interested in that aspect specifically because you *definitely* don't need PS for that, lol - ThreadSky

falgaia.bsky.social • 1 day ago

wow look at all of these better alternatives to Adobe that exist

ask me about Pixelart programs if interested in that aspect specifically because you *definitely* don't need PS for that, lol

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acanadianderg.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not going to lie I was not expecting to see Blender in that list LoL

bhsdesk.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

gorkmeister.bsky.social•1 day ago

Did someone say pixel art?
http://grafx2.chez.com/

koolaidkiller00.bsky.social•1 day ago

Okay but what about Media Encoder

bladeranner5005.bsky.social•1 day ago

Been using affinity and outside specific stuff it's been really good

nordronnoc.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Any alternatives for Adobe Acrobat?

robbinbob.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hey this is all looking for alternatives!, Affinity Suite products are not it either! They have actively stated that they do not care for certain user demographics and often shut down suggestions from those users, if you do any; game dev, game assets, 3d modelling, texturing etc, LOOK ELSEWHERE!!!

rcflexus8banger.bsky.social•1 day ago

Adobe is going to regret that decision. 🎯 has taken a big hit after canceling their DEI..

brokenbox-studios.bsky.social•1 day ago

I was a proud Procreate and GIMP user before it was cool.

beanjbunny.bsky.social•1 day ago

When I tell you kden live is all you need to edit video, like, adobe should be embarrassed. I would be embarrassed.

quecu.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

thedrowsydeer.bsky.social•1 day ago

Been using Paint Tool Sai V1 for about 12 years at this point, I have V2 as well but never use it because I'm just really comfy with Sai V1 and don't wanna use anything else >u< Pay once and you own it is the best sort of software! Plus you can reissue the license for free if you move computers!

maplezaddy.bsky.social•1 day ago

She certainly pulled the ladder up after herself.

thedangus.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

megatoonzstudios.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

machersvk.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

you2cool.bsky.social•1 day ago

Good riddance, Adobe sucks glad i never used their crap

mainstreetsaint.bsky.social•1 day ago

Overrated, and overpriced.

2littledog.bsky.social•21 hours ago

You can also get into traditional art as well. I know that sounds obvious I know but it is also an idea I have. Yes it's different than a software but it's good to try out other mediums.

2littledog.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Adobe just sucks anyway! It's expensive as hell and there are MUCH better alternatives! Plus the Ai shit doesn't help! Many alternatives are either free or cheaper and is as good if not better. If you miss Photoshop so much. Photopea is an exact clone on your web browser

2littledog.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I never used Adobe! Not only because of many bad decisions they made but it's also absurdly expensive. Why would I buy a software that I don't own and comes with an absurd subscription price?

interloper.vvv.systems•1 day ago

Fixed.

krzak0.bsky.social•1 day ago

If that's that person on the photo then ohhhh boy they really don't see the irony here

derpsic.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wick Editor is my go-to free animation program even if it's limited, I love that it works in the browser. It's easy to import assets into it too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKzoyUIve9k

wobblyveil.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

mewmewheart.bsky.social•1 day ago

People draw pixel art in PHOTOSHOP?

xiapher.bsky.social•1 day ago

I do owo

Always have done....well, since I moved fron paint.

gors.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've always said that using Photoshop to make pixel art is like bringing a bazooka to a gunfight, there are many more lightweight (and free!) alternatives with a lot of features, that can run on almost any computer

domoarigateaux.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don’t keep up with the pixel art scene anymore, but I remember when I was a young teen online (2005-2008 sort of window)some of the best pixel art I’ve ever seen was being made in MS Paint. Ps always seemed like total overkill.

gors.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Yes! And it's either the Win98 or WinXP Paint; modern versions are terrible for pixel art as it started to add smudge and brush textures that you couldn't turn off. It also removed the 10x zoom easter egg, which was a bummer

microrave.bsky.social•1 day ago

I did, before I realized paint dot net is a thing and it didn't take nearly as long to start up.

costelinhadougref.bsky.social•1 day ago

People draw pixel art in literally everything, including MS Paint

mewmewheart.bsky.social•1 day ago

I...I thought MS Paint was one of the typical programs? Maaaaan... *ded*

mewmewheart.bsky.social•1 day ago

...One of the typical programs for pixel art that is....

noxscimitar.bsky.social•1 day ago

I usually do all my pixel art on MS Paint. IS there a better free alternative?

costelinhadougref.bsky.social•1 day ago

You could try Libresprite (basically a free fork of Aseprite, it's basically the same thing barring some missing features.), or even compile Aseprite from source and use it for free.

But realistically, any image editor can be used for pixel art if you configure it properly, I think.

costelinhadougref.bsky.social•1 day ago

Paint is only iffy due to lack of basic stuff like layers, and the fact that animating sprites on Paint would be a bit.... eeeeh.... Aseprite/Libresprite has more features dedicated to animating, like actual frame timelines and all.

noxscimitar.bsky.social•1 day ago

That would be so nice. I'll have to check it out, thanks!

artyewok.bsky.social•1 day ago

Paint has layers now!

falgaia.bsky.social•1 day ago

incredibly, yes. I try not to think about it

noobirus.bsky.social•1 day ago

Use Affinity
Seriously, please use Affinity

pharmacyfruitbat.bsky.social•1 day ago

More highlights like this are important for those getting into the medium. Huge props.
I just got aseprite and have been practicing slowly since last summer. Recently, I got to the point where I'm just having fun doing it.
Hope to develop a style at some point.
Lastly, love you're stuff.

nemescontent.bsky.social•1 day ago

Personally I like krita :3

sol-cantus.bsky.social•1 day ago

Of major note, Audacity was bought out by a rather shady company (Muse Group) who [circa 2021] tried to export use data to multiple offices, including their primary Russian one.

DarkAudacity is the safer choice these days, despite not being further developed.

lwinterberg.bsky.social•23 hours ago

... and since then has walked all of that back and has completely exited Russia.

sol-cantus.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I won't cast aspersions on the original developers, but I'm sorry, I know too much about why Cyprus has so many 'formerly' Russian companies. Even if I believed you, my wife (Russian Expat) wouldn't it.

https://www.icij.org/investigations/cyprus-confidential/cyprus-model-politics-tax-haven-russian-wealth/

lwinterberg.bsky.social•19 hours ago

In each case, you don't even need to trust us. You can literally verify the code that does the update checking, verify that the Audacity app we're distributing sends the same stuff and to what servers it communicates to. You'll find that it only sends minimal data, as outlined in the privacy policy.

lwinterberg.bsky.social•19 hours ago

It's correct that Muse has a bunch of Russians in it. On the day the way broke out, they started organizing getting everyone to safety both within Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, 2 weeks later the first plane went, and by the time the mobilization happened, everyone was out. They're hardly putinists.

daviddragonstar.bsky.social•1 day ago

Do any of those PS-like programs have a similar function to smart objects?

iipolaris.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://paint.net mentioned

nefnoj.bsky.social•1 day ago

My work actually uses it! Even the corporate side hates adobe.

spikeghost.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also

inkonelbows.bsky.social•1 day ago

She appears to be yanking up the ladder while stomping on the hands of those climbing up.

gmjoe.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I would like to say that I will never buy another adobe product because of this but I already made that vow over their AI nonsense. I will continue to never buy an adobe product again, just a bit angrier then before.

treegirl.it.com•1 day ago

here's some of my faves in particular :)

thgthgthg.bsky.social•1 day ago

Na moral, mas não há pra usar esses não

dillcider.bsky.social•1 day ago

Even MS Paint is better for pixel art

editr.bsky.social•1 day ago

says the female, Asian HR lady—nothing to see here. Move along

snufkins-harmonica.bsky.social•1 day ago

Not VS Code being the alternative 😭

falgaia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Admittedly this is an older infographic, some of the alternatives are likely out of date/need updating. Might be worth doing some digging/researching to create a new one in light of active Adobe spite

snufkins-harmonica.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ahh that makes sense!
No worries, though, this is such a helpful guide and I already took note of some apps I want to try and never knew existed!

eddie2735.bsky.social•1 day ago

they raised the monthly rate for Photoshop/Lightroom by nearly 50& which pissed me off to the point I said no thanks. Feel awful that I got rid of of earlier versions of Photoshop and Lightroom and instead went with the monthly version. Looking now at On1 or even Photoscape.

rillant.bsky.social•1 day ago

Are there any good photoshop alternatives that support the extensive Javascript capabilities that PS has?

michirin.bsky.social•1 day ago

I do all my pixel art on Paint lol
Y'know... It's what came for free with my computer, and it's what I've been using since I was a child...

But also like... I never felt the need to upgrade from Photoshop CS3 anyway, and they can't do anything to stop me from still using it...

rageman0329.bsky.social•1 day ago

Cool! Thanks!

kronotheist.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

xpload.bsky.social•1 day ago

GIMP and Resolve are super powerful, never found the need to use Adobe stuff, I highly recommend

elmutanto.bsky.social•1 day ago

Somebody actually pays for Photoshop? I thought it was one of those: never bought, always pirated"evergreens

natsu-nohi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thx! 📌

rockfordroe.xyz•1 day ago

Paint.NET is proprietary.

hamtuah.loves.yaoi.fyi•1 day ago

i want a wacky photo editing software i can make like dumb edits with what should j use?

airebunsii.kawaii.social•1 day ago

ooh i think i dropped something 😗

https://www.reddit.com/r/GenP/

thatstephenb.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

wcshepard.bsky.social•1 day ago

Every time Adobe is mentioned in the news I get a little happier about using the pirated CS2 suite my college professor gave me back in 2006. 👍

kiraragal.bsky.social•1 day ago

Any time I use Photoshop, I still use my ✨totally legit✨ copy of CS5 that I had since high school 🤣🤣
It has everything I need to make nice gifs 😆

lackedragon.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

ita.ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.ooo•1 day ago

CAKEWALK MENTIONED!!!!!

ita.ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.ooo•1 day ago

ENVE MENTIONED!!!!!!

djhollowpoint.com•1 day ago

Been a Magix/Sony Vegas fan for years, you can find discounted deals occasionally on Humble Bundle

spikeprime.bsky.social•1 day ago

I fucking love Inkscape. It has a few bugs but it genuinely works better IMO and is WAY easier to use than Illustrator. Adobe AI sucks ass and I hate using it.

concklincomics.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for this!

I know I’ve been needing to switch away from Adobe, and this makes it easier to jumpstart the process :)

furibunda.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌 I'm saving this for later. Tried some of those and didn't feel comfortable, but it seems like I have a lot more to try. Thank you!

fbos.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you.

I've been thinking about needing some alternatives as I've returned to the computer for creative work.

I don't want to support Adobe anymore and I knew if I gave it a few days someone would post this.

sweetmagus.bsky.social•5 hours ago

📌

32th.bsky.social•1 day ago

GIMP is like Peak Ass but I got so used to it that I am completely unable to do anything in Photoshop and every time I use it I just want my GIMP back.

And even though it's no longer needed, I still try to do that extra step you used to have to do to paste something as a new layer.

infinity3434.bsky.social•1 day ago

irreverentowl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Adobe sucks for too many reasons.

orionstarbeard.bsky.social•1 day ago

Is that woman the HR Chief? Because...uh...she's a DEI candidate.

Boy, the face-eating leopard crowd is really just rolling with all this ridiculousness.

himichaelhere.bsky.social•1 day ago

I started in graphic design in 2005, moved away from Adobe when CS4 came out and have never looked back.

GIMP, Inkscape, Kdenlive, and Audacity have done like 97% of what I've wanted, and the last 3% just isn't worth the constant crashes and £720 a year for the rest of my life

professorethical.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fuck Adobe soooo much. I actively try to convince people to stop relying on even cracked versions because it keeps them in the Adobe stratosphere. Let it wither and die, so many good choices.

noteabutmilk.bsky.social•1 day ago

Medibang Mentioned!

daeighve.bsky.social•1 day ago

For pixelart, honestly just gimp (free) or aseprite (cheap)

shino1.bsky.social•1 day ago

If you're broke, there's libresprite, it's free fork of asesprite (asesprite is open source).

daeighve.bsky.social•1 day ago

I didn't know about the free fork when I wrote that so for sure use that, but I will (almost) always suggest purchasing open source programs to support devs.

Also since it's open source you should be able to compile it yourself for free too

shino1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh yeah sure, I just mean for people who are *broke* broke.

sorabayashiwakako.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've made the migration to Clip Studio Paint and Inkscape, and plan to use DaVinci Resolve. I just need to bite the bullet on a photo editor.

I remember seeing a powerful tool for animated pixel art/sprites. Any recommendations?

rosysyn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Reminder that, while not nearly as fully featured, Pinta also exists (and for Linux users, it's a fantastic alternative to Paintdotnet).

helixdoes.art•1 day ago

I have always been curious about what the pixel artists use for their workflow

slackfoxx.bsky.social•1 day ago

I use Aseprite. It's made specifically for pixel art/animation, and has some really nice built-in tools, e.g., one to generate sprite sheets from an animation with margin/padding control.

It's also inexpensive, 20$ one time (free if you compile from source yourself, but I like supporting the devs).

mattgoode.bsky.social•1 day ago

im pretty new to pixel art still but im giving a big vouch for Aseprite.

falgaia.bsky.social•1 day ago

I currently use Clip Studio Paint with all of the anti-aliasing options turned off since I find it's honestly one of the better Android tablet apps, but ASEprite is a very solid one-time $20 purchase I'd recommend for folks looking into a solid app for PC.

hakeshu.bsky.social•1 day ago

Plus if you get Aseprite on Steam it often goes on sale, so another way to save some bucks.

itsperi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Also going to add you could get libresprite, a fork of Aseprite from before they switched to a paid model as a free, libre, and open source option for those lacking funds.

falgaia.bsky.social•1 day ago

other apps: PixelStudio for something more pixelart oriented on Android/Pixaki for iPad, MS Paint and Paint(dot)Net for freeware apps for desktop, and for animations like the ones I make, Spritemancer and I believe Pixel Over (although I have yet to practice on that one yet)

yukkov.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

flamesoulis.com•1 day ago

Not an artist, but I do a bit of editing for explanations or memes: Krita is basically PS with the lowest number of differences, Davinci replaced Premiere ages ago, Armor Paint is not bad, but you can now just use Blender as well for Substance. For DW, Blue Griffon 'works' but isn't updated anymore.

flamesoulis.com•1 day ago

I'd also add that most apps listed also work on Linux as well as they do in Windows, and if you do the swap at that point, you can also keep your soon-to-be-useless Windows 10 machine if it can't run Windows 11 by just using Linux Mint.
If you are holding off due to SteamOS... just switch already.

keyskeepermat.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe you can add @penpot.app as Xd alternative.

cyangoes.live•1 day ago

I always love seeing this chart cuz it shows how many options people ACTUALLY have.

smomotion.tv•1 day ago

This is great! To clarify the dot:

FYI: Toon Boom does have a single purchase option for that specific version of the software.

For upgrades it requires a “support package” yearly fee of a few hundred dollars. It is otherwise subscription based.

2littledog.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Yeah. I have a problem with that!

2littledog.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Part of why I hate Adobe so darn much! Damnit. Give me an animation software that's free or reasonably priced that is one time purchase. Or else I'll find other ways to animate.

smomotion.tv•21 hours ago

Me too! Ask me about my strong opinions about animation software lol

2littledog.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I'm looking for free software. Free or at least a one time purchase that is REASONABLY priced. Sure there's blender but im looking for 2d so I actually can draw

2littledog.bsky.social•20 hours ago

No thousand dollar subscription

smomotion.tv•20 hours ago

What type of animation would you like to make? If you are drawing; on the list as an honorable mention is Krita, which is free and was recommended by @animatewithdermot.bsky.social ! Rough Animator was made by fellow nyc animator Jacob Kafka and I believe is also free. I need to try both!

kleonardphd.bsky.social•1 day ago

Could you re-post this with alt text? I'd like to be able to share it.

crowbawt.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've done my digital painting in Photoshop for actual decades and very recently decided to try Krita... and it's REALLY good. Has a ton of built in brushes too. Highly recommend for painters.

lura.bsky.social•1 day ago

Or better yet, pirate adobe software so they get no money and work doesn’t get disrupted

evildolly.bsky.social•1 day ago

Can confirm that Affinity makes a great alternative to Photoshop and InDesign. One-time purchase, too.

zacis.me•1 day ago

I happily recommend the Affinity suite to anyone who will listen.

thezinger.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

vagabondrogue.bsky.social•1 day ago

if only there were an alternative to substance painter. then we'd be golden

davidjayindie.bsky.social•1 day ago

Krita is currently my preferred alternative to Photoshop, it's really good! The text tool sucks tho, but they're working on it at least.

vellidragon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Krita is great, been my primary drawing software for years.

taure0n.bsky.social•1 day ago

i wish krita had like a default toggle/mode where it works like every other text tool on the planet

msveronicamarie.bsky.social•1 day ago

Dig your own grave Adobe.

wolfpackkirbttv.bsky.social•13 hours ago

I'll throw out there that Adobe Clipchamp is a free multitrack video editor that i actually use for small projects (like quick MVs), there's also Mixcraft and Sony Acid for DAWs. And for 8-Bit music, there's Famitracker, FamiStudio, OpenMPT, Bintracker, and a slew of other 8-bit to 32-bit DAWs

hexabeast.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

johannfowl.bsky.social•1 day ago

For people who can't/ don't want to pay for Aseprite, there's also Libresprite (which is basically a free older version of Aseprite)

I'll minister a Pixel Art workshop soon and use it specially bacause it's free

https://libresprite.github.io/

loam-d.bsky.social•1 day ago

Aseprite can also be built from source for free iirc

falgaia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks for the rec! I hadn't had a chance to review many of the newer freeware pixelart apps for PC, so I figured there would be a few that flew under my rader. I'll include it in my recs moving forward. 👍

johannfowl.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Just recently I found about this one, I think it definitely should be talked about more

farmerogriff.bsky.social•1 day ago

Adobe has been evil long enough it doesn't get carded at the bar.

redfalconfni.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nah for real I called conservative Asians throwing Natives and Black people under the bus, they wanna be white so bad 😂

echothesiegeotter.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't even use Adobe Acrobat anymore for my PDF files, I find that OperaGX opens them up just fine lol

pilouleloup.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm sorry to ask, but one of my main problem is to get a reliable alternative to Adobe Acrobat, do some of you a good free one ?

scarbosheep.bsky.social•1 day ago

Evince, FreePDF, Zathura, etc.; there are quite a few. FreePDF isn't open source, but you can get it for free. There are also quite a few free and open source PDF viewers and editors.

faffers.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh hey, I've got the old one too in case any of these are still helpful.

proplaystowin.bsky.social•1 day ago

So glad i use krita

biinchu.bsky.social•4 hours ago

📌 hoping to save for later

mnsalz91.bsky.social•1 day ago

I just switched to gimp on my pc and I’m struggling to learn the nuances of it if anyone has tips or good resources.

joannecureuil.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

nolantash.bsky.social•1 day ago

What pixel art programs do you recommend? I’ve been dabbling in rpgmaker stuff to learn it

carolebristol.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Presumably, she'll be out of a job soon, then?

kiraragal.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've dabbled into pixel art.
I can definitely vouch for Pixquare if you draw on iPad, it's UI is similar enough to procreate, so it's easy to figure out.

cyberjman.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nooooooo... There isn't and won't be an android version! 😭

kiraragal.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah I know 😔
I hope there's something good on Android for it

waterbat95.bsky.social•1 day ago

Have used Krita, FireAlpaca, and PaintNet. PaintNet is the most beginner friendly but doesn't have a "protect alpha" layer function, Krita works best for animations but is trickier to navigate, and FireAlpaca is a bit of a happy medium between the two. (I prefer FireAlpaca.)

lupissicarius.bsky.social•1 day ago

Aseprite has suited all my pixel needs and it probably would do the same for most others

hypnoscream.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think it's time to learn how to animate in Krita

kizzythechemist.bsky.social•1 day ago

For animation, I can recommend Blender, especially if you do 3D animation. The community is full of the nicest people you could ever hope to meet.

hypnoscream.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks, but I have an HP Pavillion that can't even run a Wii U era game without crashing and I'm doing 2D animation at the moment.

kizzythechemist.bsky.social•1 day ago

Solidarity with the whole "my hp laptop has a spec bàrely beyond a potato" thing.

ayanae.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is still out of date because I use CSP and it is NOT single-purchase on iOS or Android. Even if you own the license on PC, you'll still need to pay a subscription for mobile.

falgaia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks for the correction! I had been hoping to find a more up-to-date version of the chart but had to settle for this, so I figured a few of the pricings may have been off.

megatoonzstudios.bsky.social•1 day ago

I feel any company that ends their DEI practices are helping consumers save money. lol

sparrowlicious.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wasn't there a problem with Audacity? Darkaudacity apparently helps with whatever was wrong with that.

glisulgks.bsky.social•1 day ago

Correct me if I'm wrong, I think it was an issue regarding how they handled user data. I believe they were collecting more data than expected and folks didn't like that.

sparrowlicious.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think you might be right.

dustysevens.bsky.social•1 day ago

hmmmmm

isaaky.maevetopia.fun•10 hours ago

📌

moontomes.neocities.org•1 day ago

📌

cyran.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'd be interested, I've never used a 'pixel art' program

korkemestader.bsky.social•1 day ago

I ditched Adobe this year. Not looking back.

hazeltea.bsky.social•1 day ago

forestpunktiger.neocities.org•1 day ago

Imo, it's not morally correct to subject yourself to Adobe products at all

trittyburd.bsky.social•1 day ago

chessboardheart.bsky.social•1 day ago

^^^ supporting developers who give a shit about their ethics, using the opportunity to share that resource and put more weight behind it is more valuable than just conceding to whatever is popular/convenient. I'm still weaning off PS myself but there's some cool stuff out there that deserves love.

rousal.bsky.social•20 hours ago

I don't even think it's worth pirating with how bloated and unstable their shit is. I feel like people only still use some of their products because they can't bring themselves to jump ship due to sunk cost fallacy.

yenlucy.bsky.social•1 day ago

If I just could lol

citrusgoblin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Pixel Studio literally exists why use Photoshop???

starbellx.bsky.social•1 day ago

What are your preferred programs to use for pixel art? I been really wanting to get into it.

hello123456.bsky.social•1 day ago

I used Pencil2D for a small class animation project for pixel art - it’s pretty simple but worked! (It’s specifically an animation thing and probably mostly for pixel art)

comicrat.bsky.social•1 day ago

Adobe has been trash for years. Happy to have left their software behind awhile ago. Inkscape is legit

inhumanoid.bsky.social•1 day ago

does anyone know if any of these have cmyk like photoshop does, where you can use the color mode in real time? i’d love to use a different program for stuff like digital prints but i’ve been unable to find an alternative.

theanimationvoice.com•1 day ago

📌

seethestarsabove.bsky.social•1 day ago

Though I have bought Clip Studio (still learning it so it's not my main use yet), but medibang is a really great option! I've used it for years and it's never let me down!

manticorefalco.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

older-one.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Better alternatives

Gimp

gromnax.itch.io•1 day ago

As if we needed new reasons to pirate Adobe lmao, it was the morally correct thing to do from the start
(That and using FOSS, of course.)

kypepe.etheirys.social•1 day ago

Photopea is literally a 1-to-1 of Photoshop but is accessible through web browser. I believe you can donate to remove ads forever, too.

Somebody made a GIMP layout that is similar to Photoshop, which smooths the learning curve. I recommend it.

kypepe.etheirys.social•1 day ago

DaVinci Resolve is a free program and it literally comes with all the bells and whistles. It can be intimidating at first but it's super powerful!

breemanahanart.bsky.social•1 day ago

I do pixel art on my iPad and I use Pixaki, I like it!

breemanahanart.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

gigantesuarez.bsky.social•1 day ago

Here’s the updated version too-

vhswizard.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you to whoever added Paint Shop Pro, I've been a PSP user since the JASC days and continue to love it, I buy a new version every 4-5 versions they release and it is a wonderful, stable, easy to use software that's compatible with a bunch of PS plugins and paint brushes too.

anne57vt.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

greywalkerr.etheirys.social•1 day ago

reaper can be free forever you dont need to buy it even though supporting the team is a wondeful thing to do if you can afford it. (legit had industry pros tell me to only buy if you can afford

breemanahanart.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

normalexisting.bsky.social•1 day ago

no triangles should exist in this chart imo

ryanhumphrey.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why? If I’m happy to pay artists, and be paid as an artist, why should I object to paying people who make tools for artists? When I do traditional art I certainly don’t expect my paint and ink and paper to be free

felixcroc.bsky.social•1 day ago

Single purchase is fine but subscription models need to go away

speedonthis.bsky.social•1 day ago

As with any worker,we need to own the tools we rely on to get the job done. It's absurd to think anyone would charge a subscription to your traditional pencils or whatever medium(s) you prefer, why is it different with digital methods? 🤔

ekkie.cyou•1 day ago

GIMP especially recently got a huge update. You can *finally* select multiple layers. Oh and most effects are now non-destructive layer effects.

felipe.shard.cl•1 day ago

Also Krita has an Android version now.

normalexisting.bsky.social•1 day ago

According to the ideologies of the artistic community no yellow dots should exist in this chart.

sheareinke.bsky.social•1 day ago

I needed this the other day.

I will have it next time I need it.

cubsforthewin2016.bsky.social•1 day ago

Heaux

alexpang.bsky.social•1 day ago

I would love to hear your suggestions: I use Graphicsgale, asesprite and grafx2 only asespritecost money now. Although I did pay like 20$ for graphicsgale and asesprite

suchamantis.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh please, pixel art resources I desperately want to get into that

shino1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Libresprite is a free fork of Asesprite, and I personally love Pixelorama, which is a free program made in Godot.

But for standalone pieces I actually like Gimp, because the robust color tools are more instinctual to me when picking a palette from scratch. It works out of the box with Pencil tool.

shino1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Like, all you really need to do is to uncheck Antialiasing/Feathering on selection tools, and enable Hard Edge on eraser tool.

However, it's unusably bad for animation which is why I used Pixelorama for that (for some reason I don't like Asesprite interface). There's also GraphicsGale.

asteldev.bsky.social•1 day ago

Literally just COMPILE ASEPRITE BY YOURSELF its WAY BETTER THAN PS IN EVERY WAY FOR PIXEL ART

celestialfin.bsky.social•1 day ago

wait, isn't ocenaaudio on linux? i used it there exclusively to live record my first few albums :O

also, i would love as many pixelart software recs as possible. I thought about doing some, and csp and affinity are very awkward and clunky for that D:

falgaia.bsky.social•1 day ago

I explain the main recs I have here; I can't attest to having used Pixaki on iPad but I know some folks swear by it as well. ASEprite also frequently goes on sale on Steam and Itch, so you can keep an eye out for those if interested. 👍

https://bsky.app/profile/falgaia.bsky.social/post/3llvzru5jys2a

celestialfin.bsky.social•1 day ago

many thanksies :3

jackal27.bsky.social•1 day ago

I moved all of my Photoshop use to https://www.photopea.com/ years ago and have never had a single issue. Completely free.

petecantropo.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

skapokon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Have the Premiere alternatives gotten better? I tried out Olive but it felt a bit lacking

(I refuse to use Sony Vegas)

asterionhex.monster•19 hours ago

I haven’t used it much but DaVinci seems to be pretty good

glowdonk.bsky.social•19 hours ago

Alternatively:

mcnultyrulez.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

eliad.vtubers.social•1 day ago

I use aseprite for pixel art
It has a lot of tools built-in like premade palettes, animation (with spritesheet exports) and a lot more

Idk if it's the absolute best but i like it a lot

carolitajohnson.bsky.social•20 hours ago

All I ever used PS for was retouching scanned pen and ink art for retouching and sending as multi page PDFs. Photoshop Elements was enough for that but it stopped working on later Macs. Then you couldn’t do good multi page PDFs on anything. But Gimp seems to have solve that so I’m quitting Adobe.

pengun37.bsky.social•1 day ago

@coconono.bsky.social hey you remember those adobe subs i asked for? yeah cancel them

coconono.bsky.social•17 hours ago

sick! I get my $25/mo back

lexifox.bsky.social•1 day ago

God I wish scribus or affinity were as good as InDesign. I'd be so ready to drop Adobe stuff if they were.

eepyrose.bsky.social•1 day ago

Honestly it makes sense but I've never thought about using adobe products to make pixel art. Aseprite or Libresprite are good go-tos imo.

altanirynsi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Adding some more alternatives I know and love in the🧵
Also if you are a student (or tbh, it's not hard to get the student discount in-store) and work on a Mac, consider the Pro Apps Bundle for Education. https://www.apple.com/us-edu/shop/product/BMGE2Z/A/pro-apps-bundle-for-education
All prices I list are in USD

altanirynsi.bsky.social•1 day ago

- Au alt DAW: Cubase. One time purchase ($100+, or $47+ for students). Works on Windows and Mac.
- Au alt DAW: Logic Pro. Garageband on Steroids. $199. Works on Mac. My personal favorite. A lot of recording studios use this one.
- A note about Pro Tools: Industry standard post-production.

altanirynsi.bsky.social•1 day ago

More DAWs that I don't use but hear good things about:
- Studio One - Beginner-friendly - $199
- MOTU/Digital Performer - MIDI powerhouse - $499
- Bitwig Studio - Ableton alternative - $99+
- Reason - Emulates a studio rack - $499 or $199/yr
- ACID Pro - Specializes in Loops - $99+ or $95.88/yr

altanirynsi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Other apps in the education bundle but not on the list (Mac or iPad only):
Final Cut Pro: Pr alt
Motion: Ae alt
And some others in the bundle that aren't so much adobe alts:
Compressor: What it says on the tin-- audio compressor for Final Cut
MainStage: Live audio engineering

altanirynsi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Notes about Affinity products: Photo, Designer, and Publisher all have iPad apps now. Apps are about $20/each. Universal license is $164.99 and includes licenses for all 3 on Windows, Mac, and iPad.

clay.clickette.org•13 hours ago

lunacy

funnyfrenchfemboy.bsky.social•1 day ago

if you are brave enough, you can even use blender as premier pro, but very very brave.
also i love GIMP 🥹

nolram.bsky.social•1 day ago

Calling Quixel Mixer an alternative to Substance Designer is quite disgenuine; MaterialMaker would be a more reasonable alternative. Though in general, the Substance Suite is where alternatives are most lacking when it comes to Adobe Products.

caseccapehart.bsky.social•1 day ago

I LOVE inkscape and have been practicing at it for years. It's a very different way of approaching art than traditional line work, but I love how crisp is makes everything, no matter how much you zoom in.

fgchypebot.bsky.social•1 day ago

[What's a good alternative to acrobat? something that can combine and edit pdfs easily?]

scarbosheep.bsky.social•1 day ago

There are quite a few free PDF editors. I've used Evince and FreePDF, but I've also heard of (but not tried) Zathura and SumatraPDF.

vansickles.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

tws9678.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why? Competition?!

maxjk0.bsky.social•1 day ago

Paint DotNet is so good for literally everything I need it for

maxjk0.bsky.social•1 day ago

I mostly operate in the scale of mixed media and pixel art. Lots of digitized sprites and the like. Don't need much more than clonestamp for image manipulation

venbred.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for this list!

robotkev.bsky.social•1 day ago

None of this surprises me. I believe(read:lived) the more organisations echo chamber about how great their culture is the more tense the reality of working there actually is.

myschii.bsky.social•1 day ago

I was learning to use Libresprite cuz linux, also Krita is rather solid for Pixel Art~

edisonthefox.dev•1 day ago

Just gonna mention Pixelmator for macOS is a solid Photoshop/Illustrator replacement too and is a one time purchase

natalieshitposts.bsky.social•1 day ago

Unfortunately there's really nothing that's a solid replacement for lightroom at the pro level. C1 and DXO both have their strengths, but DXO is missing masking and C1 is missing noise reduction, and both of them are way more expensive than LR which does.. both.

cookybea.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh I didn’t know about quixel mixer Ty :)

cvnuel.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

irlinsect.bsky.social•1 day ago

I agree that people should move away from adobe but offering GIMP as an alternative to photoshop is laughable. its like telling someone "hey, stop using that sports car! get a horse it goes just as fast!"

anyways, CSP is pretty decent as a photo editor. not as much as ps but its better than gimp..

flamesoulis.com•1 day ago

Apperently GIMP 3 is a major improvement... but honestly, if you want an easier transition, Krita has done me well. Any differences usually end up being more favorable to learn with more upsides than otherwise.

irlinsect.bsky.social•18 hours ago

have never used krita but ive heard people swear by it so i believe you

photopea is also good, wish it wasnt browser only though...

flamesoulis.com•7 hours ago

If Photopea was somehow able to be offline or operated locally, it'd be an absolute contender for people who want "I can't believe it's not Photoshop."

irlinsect.bsky.social•7 hours ago

exaaaaactly. i'd kill for that

hajjahrev.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m sorry but we’re going to have to let you go too.

voidquill.bsky.social•1 day ago

sigh... inkscape my beloved

cosmic-cadet.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m always waiting for Clip to go on sale again at the right time of year but SAI and Krita get me through damn near everything I need. Would love to try Procreate but I have no compatible devices ＼( 'ω')／

poodleberrry.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

forestpunktiger.neocities.org•1 day ago

Pixelorama my beloved

chiral.bsky.social•1 day ago

Got a free trial of Affinity last fall and bought it during their black Friday sale, been very happy with it!

eddyratt-tv.bsky.social•1 day ago

Legit, I was thinking about paying for Lightroom. Thank you!

vferreira.bsky.social•1 day ago

@lilica.bsky.social

sleepyhume.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

mark2000.bsky.social•1 day ago

My problem is I have a hundred million AI files and all these apps can only open them in a rudimentary PDF mode.

moonbird.us•1 day ago

What’s the best PS alternative for fine art/photography work? I use RAW photo & the filter tools have unfortunately had me stuck in their loop… need out like everyone else.

ozzinaarcane.bsky.social•1 day ago

People were still using Adobe, even though they no longer let you buy the product and told you the ones you did buy in the past were invalid and you had to stop using them?

mmitch81.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s $10 a month. Which includes Photoshop, Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Bridge, Portfolio, and Behance.
I built my website with portfolio and they host it for free. I think that’s a pretty good value. I’d like to know which apps you think are better than Adobe.

wizardbrandon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Piskel for sprites, its amazing

cubechan.bsky.social•1 day ago

I would also like to add an honorable mention:
https://kleki.com.

alacarvanvernid.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why does every company does it now?? Just so they appeal to the trumpet?

nerdykeith.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sadly this is how capitalism works. Capitalism will throw minorities under the bus, if supporting us isn't profitable enough. Putting profit before people. #TroubledTimes

alacarvanvernid.bsky.social•1 day ago

True but i somehow still believe its the trumpets fault after all

tiomara.bsky.social•1 day ago

I want to believe that, but I also know after working in corporate america that they have always been like this, they just were mandated not to be.

Trump is the excuse for shitty behavior

noteabutmilk.bsky.social•1 day ago

it is tbh, just once he took lead all of the companies that pretended to be humanitarian and such became worse than before, like it wasn't enough they fucked over with ai

nerdykeith.bsky.social•1 day ago

They've certainly amplified matters exponentially

octopusgrift.bsky.social•1 day ago

They never wanted to support minorities they just thought being overtly racist sexist and homophobic would make them look bad. Right now they think they can get away with attacking minorities without consequences. We need to make sure that there are economic consequences for these people.

stripedsorc.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just a heads up, CSP has taken sone p scummy practices in the past few years with pricing their program

volgarr.bsky.social•1 day ago

Cosmigo Pro Motion. Been using it for 25 years from arcade to GBA, DS, 3DS and Volgarr Franchise and more. Excellent tool I never understood why people used Photoshop trying to make pixel art.

pillownyan.bsky.social•1 day ago

highly recommend wick editor https://www.wickeditor.com/#/ as an alternative for adobe animate. it's browser based and you can even make little games in it

rsil.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

pear-vert.bsky.social•1 day ago

I bailed three years ago and never looked back. And I don't miss 'em.

kirstylopolis.sparkle.blue•1 day ago

Thank you for this post. I am trying to get away from Adobe as much as possible!

hakeshu.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://www.aseprite.org/

For pixel art just go with Aseprite. It's cheap and it's good.

2littledog.bsky.social•21 hours ago

I also like piskel! Piskel is another one I recommend! It's free and right on your browser!

2littledog.bsky.social•21 hours ago

https://www.piskelapp.com/

rockfordroe.xyz•1 day ago

**Libresprite

jenthetracy.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌🎨

heyheyfield.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh this might work well with making cross stitch and other needlepoint designs.

defbyte.com•1 day ago

oh my this looks amazing. I haven’t animated anything in over a decade and this makes it look fun again

falgaia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Mentioned it here as well as some tablet based alternatives for artists on the go like myself. Used to use Aseprite exclusively so I can certainly attest to its usefulness! (Shader ink my beloved)
https://bsky.app/profile/falgaia.bsky.social/post/3llvzru5jys2a

sharpie.zone•1 day ago

it's even free if you compile it from source

kompreya.com•1 day ago

And if you don't know what the words "compile" or "source" mean, then good news!
There's Libresprite, where smart folks do it for you and give you an easy to install package for FREE!

https://libresprite.github.io/#!/

speedonthis.bsky.social•1 day ago

I do know what those words mean but I am lazy AF so thank you

phoenvix.bsky.social•1 day ago

📌

kaziitheavali.bsky.social•13 hours ago

i do still suggest buying. asprite is very good. im not the biggest fan of libresprites reasons to fork (them saying the license is now propriarty despite the fact that it is very laymen friendly and allows building for indivisuals for any reason other then redistruibution). but that is just me.

itsperi.bsky.social•1 day ago

Technically its only free to use to bug test and develop for according to its license. Thats the difference between libresprite and aseprite.

elleelleh.bsky.social•1 day ago

Is Asesprite good at working with palettes? I often need to reorganize palettes, group colors according to system limitations, combine close colors, set up color cycling, etc? ProMotion was good at this but newer versions are weird.

hakeshu.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yup, it has a robust pallete field.

falgaia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Everything except for Color Cycling I'd say it is pretty good for in the base build; AFAIK there is no default color cycling in Aseprite without doing some manual legwork, but it appears members of the Aseprite community have made scripts to correct that. https://kerimsafa.itch.io/color-cycling

hakeshu.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's another great feature from the app. Community based scripts brings so much more to the table.

falgaia.bsky.social•1 day ago

*everything you mentioned

redophiuchus.bsky.social•1 day ago

I was just looking at Aseprite yesterday. Happy to see people are recommending it still.

holier-thxn-thou.bsky.social•1 day ago

I can vouch for both Krita and Clip Studio
Krita is incredible for a free program and Clip Studio is just generally The Best

ultraman400.bsky.social•1 day ago

Did you add AI in this list too?

I'm asking because I'm confused with the box with the word Ai.

elleisdoodling.bsky.social•1 day ago

Adobe Illustrator.

ultraman400.bsky.social•1 day ago

I see. Thanks for clarifying.

elleisdoodling.bsky.social•1 day ago

Np.

bleubudgie.bsky.social•1 day ago

Does anyone know a photoshop alternative to making gifs

aldanar.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Fuck Adobe. Fuck them yesterday, fuck them today, and fuck them tomorrow.

cyberjman.bsky.social•1 day ago

So many people listed a BUNCH of different pixel art programs... I need a tiered list. Like, comparing prices and features, etc. 🤔

cathygreen67.bsky.social•1 day ago

I just need something that will let me open pdf files.

Ideas please. TIA.

scarbosheep.bsky.social•1 day ago

Evince, FreePDF, Zathura, there are quite a few of them.

cathygreen67.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you.

analogfusion.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's a good time to explore options other than Adobe. I killed my cloud subscription several years ago.

snekboot.bsky.social•1 day ago

I know this is nitpicky but why is the Linux logo the Ubuntu logo not the actual Linux logo

requiem956.bsky.social•1 day ago

Appreciate the post.

uthoese.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you 📌

indggo.bsky.social•20 hours ago

BTW, Blender is a pretty good video editor too

jwmcartist.bsky.social•1 day ago

I wish I could bookmark this

rnoctowl.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Look for a skull with big googly eyes...

kandicritter.bsky.social•1 day ago

we could really use a photoshop alternative that's designed from the ground up for photocollage / airbrushing / warping ect. all the alternatives are either for illulstration or like general layered raster graphics stuff. not a lot for "i want to put aphex twin's face on a stock image realistically"

mattfatmarrow.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think maybe look at Affinity? It is pretty clearly a photoshop kinda thing. A bit weird and hard to use, coming from ye olde CS6, but in some ways clearly quite powerful.

kandicritter.bsky.social•1 day ago

i have it, i just find that it's not particularily optimized for this specific kind of manipulation the way photoshop is, especially modern photoshop with its content aware scale and fill features and things like that. it can do it about as well as CS3 photoshop did.

kandicritter.bsky.social•1 day ago

also damn i really wish nuke hadn't gone subscription only because it was by far one of the best competitors to AE for compositing that you could still buy a lifetime liscence for.

headhog.bsky.social•4 hours ago

@falgaia.bsky.social

which program you use to draw pixel art?

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