Courtesy to Twitter user XdanielArt (date of publication: 8 June 2024)
I have no clue what most of these abbreviations refer to 😅
A newer alternative to After Effects: https://pikimov.com/
It's still got a ways to go, but it's off to a good start.
I’m no layout expert, but I did do some desktop publishing about 15 years ago 10 min in Scribus had me tearing my hair out. Installed InDesign and, while it’s still not easy to catch up on the modern capabilities, it was worlds ahead.
GIMP is just fine for casuals. It’s not close for professionals.
Truthfully I think that one major issue with open source programs that don’t have corporate involvement is that people who are great at code don’t always have the same skill in UI/UX. However, with support and a larger community, great things can happen. The barrier is getting that adoption level. If more people casually use the product and contribute financially or in code, it will help tremendously.
Scribus can't even attach links to text; just static overlays that don't move with the text.
I've never used Photoshop but I have used Photopea and people tell me it's exactly the same: https://www.photopea.com/
text. no seriously, pdfs are easy to create. reading vendor locked files aren't useful. reply with a shrug 🤷 i create most of mine with firefox print. used to generate them on the fly with php, for users to download.
I really like this layout, it's easy to read
Sorry, there just are no alternatives to Photoshop, with Affinity Photo being the closest replacement nowadays, to the classical PS functions. Affinity Designer feels the same for Illustrator.
Affinity Photo is an excellent Photoshop alternative. I switched a while ago and have used it for all of my major projects since.
The Affinity Suite is so worth it. Pay a single time and get all the apps on all major OSes instead of the stupid subscription bullshit Adobe tries to lock you into.
Also udemy has some fantastic courses to learn the whole suite, each can be purchased for lifetime access for $10-15 USD. The instructors I bought from are still actively updating their courses and I get all the new stuff, even though I bought when AD was still on v1.3.
If you're looking to learn it's a really affordable way to do it.
Which courses do you recommend?
Here's the main one I used to get started.
I've started one on creating abstract art in Affinity that seems pretty good and I have a few others in my learning queue from him on specific parts of affinity that look really good but I haven't done yet.
Him and Lindsey Marsh have a bunch of content out there on the whole suite. I took Lindsey's course on graphic design theory that was pretty good but that course used adobe so i used it more for general concepts. I think either of them would be a good place to start.
Awesome, cheers!
Just started using reaper, coming over from audition and it's so similar I didn't have to re-learn anything.
REAPER rules. I started on ProTools in 2010. Ditched it for Reaper in 2012 and never looked back. Best $60 I ever spent. I've gladly bought multiple licenses for my devices over the years.
REAPER is absolutely one of the best pieces of software out there. I've been using it too since maybe 2009, though not so much in the last few years (not moved to an alternative, I'm just not doing so much audio these days).
I love the business model, the development cycle, etc. and even though it's not open source it kinda has a similar community feeling. Every bit as feature-filled and capable as any of the industry standards.
See, my problem with these types of resources is if you have to list more than one thing per thing the landscape may not be there for a full replacement.
That's not a hard rule, I do think some of these are a better first choice, or a better-for-some applications first choice. I'm just often frustrated by the way these things are communicated.
Maybe it’s to only spy on Sony. They love pirating Adobe products; and hate when others pirate their stuff.
I have no idea what any of those things really does and it's way too much to learn given how much GIMP and Krita do
Krita is not just good, I think the meta points it as the best drawing software in the market*
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