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Reminds me of this:
Using pirated Adobe software these days is a much bigger pain in the ass than it was back in the day.
Calling Figma free is like calling complimentary bread sticks a full dinner.
Penpot would be a better alternative. I never used it but it's gaining momentum.
It's infuriating what basic features Penpot is still lacking and it trips you up all the time if you're used to working with Figma, but what's already in feels pretty good.
I suspect they use a different definition of "Free" than we are used to. DaVinci Resolve and Figma are not FOSS, and have free and paid levels.
I believe the others are all free (as in beer) as well as free (as in speech).
Yup, I'd also say darktable + krita is a far better solution than gimp.
That said, for pro level stuff, resolve is much better than premier in general, so it's a solid competitor from a "Linux support" category.
This guide is misleading. Sure, the product functionalities overlap, but if you have a mature workflow, you will not be able to switch without investing a LOT of effort in relearning your workflow on the new product stack. This is one of my MAIN reasons I hate the "I tried to switch to Linux and failed" genre of content. You're not going to find identical like-for-like replacements in Linux world that won't require significant effort to relearn. It's something us Linux users through and through need to bear in mind.
Also, we need to be cognisant that "just switching to Linux" narratives, fueled off infographics like this, will lead to frustration and dismissal.
No, I don't know how to change this - and morphing e.g. gimp to be a clone of Photoshop isn't the answer either.
GIMP sucks and still has a horrid UI experience.
Gimp is an alternative to Photoshop the same way a bicycle is an alternative to a car.
/c/fuck_cars has entered the chat
/c/fuck_cars: YOU WOT
A sustainable alternative that keeps the user fit and enhances cities if adopted?
A superior one, got it.
krita
Unpopular opinion: Darktable sucks compared to Lightroom and I say this as someone who despises Adobe. There's so many simple things that Lightroom gets right that Darktable completely fucks up and it drives me nuts. Just so painfully far from user friendly, intuitive design. For any serious photographer, it pains me to say this but Lightroom is worth that disgusting subscription fee.
I really wish gimp could replace Photoshop but it absolutely cannot
Of course it can, it already does at least 90% of what Photoshop does. People are less likely to want to contribute to its development if others are always shitting on the project though.
It comes down to UX. Blender used to have an awful UX, and it was a distant trailer behind the Autodesk products for usage. After they dramatically improved the interface, it became much more popular. Gimp needs the same treatment.
On the contrary, it will only get better if people understand its faults.
There's a lot it cannot do but more importantly it is quite unintuitive. if they'd work on the UI and shortcut keys, I'd be ecstatic because fuck adobe.
This is free as in free beer.
Krita for anything graphic design. Krita's UI layout is a lot more similar to Photoshop than GIMP, which makes the switch easier.
Figma is the complete opposite of free software. It's a cloud-only proprietary software.
Photopea would be a better drop in than Gimp. But it's a website and that grinds my gears.
Photopea is another good (entirely browser-based) Photoshop alternative.
Figma balls XD
People need to throw off the shackles of Adobe
Natron lol? Where did you get this from? Natron never really existed. Davinci has all the functions to replace AE.
Gimp sucks and should stop being mentioned as an alternative for anything.
My list is a bit different:
Photoshop ➡️ Krita Illustrator ➡️ Krita After Effects ➡️ Blender Premier Pro ➡️ kdenlive Adobe XD and Figma ➡️ Everything about these tools seems wrong to me (see comment below) Cinema 4D and 3DS Max ➡️ I thought everyone ditched those in favor of Blender long ago? LOL
I completely do not understand the appeal of tools like Figma. As a developer who's made lot of single page web applications (though not in a while... Maybe everything is different now? 🤷) tools like Figma seem like they'd create a major headache for developers.
I mean, sure: If a tool gives you a quick, easy, collaborative way to mock up a website and user interactions then by all means! But it looks like people are going far beyond that and using Figma to generate code. In my experience with such tools in the past, that's where everything goes wrong.
If the developers themselves aren't using the tool then the code will drift from the GUI design tool too much over time, becoming a boat anchor that holds development back and slows everything down. But maybe folks are just using it to get things started? I dunno. I just don't get the hype around it.
Then again, I'm a guy who does all his CAD design work in OpenSCAD so I might have something like a superpower in regards to visual reasoning that prevents me from understanding the issues others have with conceptualizing code-as-design 🤷
If I can't do it in emacs, I do it in Blender.