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submitted 1 year ago by jeena@jemmy.jeena.net to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/3376057

I held off on Windows 10 for as long as I could until my job required it. Now this nonsense. I hope this isn't the start of them joining on the web DRM bandwagon.

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[-] traveler01@lemdro.id 47 points 1 year ago

I switched completely to Affinity Serif design suite and never looked back. One time purchase with free updates, much better.

You could switch to GIMP + InkScape, but I tried it as well and wasn't enough for my usage. Huge learning curve and a lot of missing features.

[-] matengor@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I tried Gimp for a longer time, too, but I could not get used to the complicated layer management, missing layer effects & layer adjustment features. I will try out Affinity.

[-] traveler01@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago

If you're used to Adobe stuff should be easier to migrate to Affinity stuff. The fact they're MUCH cheaper should also help

[-] SirBin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Have you tried https://www.photopea.com/ ? It completely replaced my use of Photoshop and it felt very familiar where Gimp did not. Worth a look but ymmv

[-] sparrow@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

It took me a ridiculously long time to switch to GIMP and If I wasn't all in for FOSS I wouldn't have done it. I really can't imagine any of the designers I know using it full time.

[-] gressen@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

No version for Linux. Does it work under Wine?

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately not because it's not a normal exe file but it's installing as a side loaded "windows store uwp app" (I don't know the exact term)

[-] Efwis@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago

Huge learning curve and a lot of missing features.

I have found most of the "high learning curve" is based more on work flow. Muscle memory can screw with you when trying to learn a new piece of software. I used to use Dreamweaver back in the day when I was on winblows, made the switch to Linux started using bluefish and had to change my work flow which was hard to learn because I was indoctrinated in the way dreamweaver worked. Actually had to relearn some aspects of web design since I had gotten used to the convenience of dreamweavers macros that were pre-installed

[-] SwellowTheSun@lemmy.sdfeu.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not an one-time purchase. I bought Affinity Photo for this purpose and then they released Affinity 2, and it wasn't a free upgrade for Affinity 1 owners.

I'm not buying Affinity 2 and buying every new release just like Parallels do. I'd rather stick with the old version or take a shot on Gimp instead.

[-] traveler01@lemdro.id 0 points 1 year ago

You can still use the old version no?

[-] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Yes you can. Paying for a major upgraded version is the alternative to an evergreen subscription, but allows you to milk more usage out of your purchase if you don't need the latest and greatest.

Expecting a one time purchase to entitle you to updates forever is asinine.

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