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After Raising $235K, Abode Remains Committed to Taking on Adobe (petapixel.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by simple@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Semple, a multi-disciplinary British artist, promised to build “a brand new suite of world-class design and photography tools, with an uncanny similarity to the tools you’ve been indoctrinated in.”

“There’s a really urgent need for a suite of creative tools for creators that they actually own rather than rent. In a way, this first started when Adobe and Pantone decided to paywall the Pantone colors and I created Freetone — which was a free color plugin so creators could continue to access their palette,” he says.

“I have lawyers, and I’ve taken advice. We have solid plans in place. I would also point out that nobody has seen the final branding and no software that infringes on any of Adobe’s trademarks has been produced,”

“I have successfully challenged IP owned by Tiffany and Co, Pantone, Mattel, and others over the years. I feel we have a good and thorough understanding of where the legal line is and an ability to get as close to that as possible without overstepping it.”

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[–] MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Just to add in here, a few years back I decided to make a project to cut adobe out of my life.

I wanted to start by giving all the FOSS tools a go first.

In the end, I decided none of them were up to scratch. Inkscape is clunky AF, gimp is a PITA, darktable was pretty clunky but usable.

In any case I landed on the affinity suite for a PS, Illustrator, and InDesign alternative, and I got very cheap / free versions of Skylum Luminar for Lightroom although that's going to shit with every release.

DaVinchi for video editing. Not yet found a competent replacement for AE.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 points 1 year ago

The only open source replacement for Adobe that really works for me is Audacity. And that’s probably more because I’m not a very advanced audio editor compared to my demands when it comes to photo and video editing tools, rather than an actual statement on the quality of the tool itself.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

How did photopea rank?

[–] OrangeCorvus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Next to the edit tab is the Fusion tab in Davinci :), that's your AE replacement.

[–] linuxisfun@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I actually prefer Krita over GIMP, even for photo editing. I can't stand how bad stylus support with GIMP is and I much prefer Krita's UI. I wish Krita would focus on areas beyond drawing more, as Krita is quite close to being a good program for editing photos in my opinion.

I have never used Adobe's or Affinity's products though, as they aren't available for Linux and are therefore not an option for me. I would probably consider them, but those companies apparently decided that I am not worth their business.

[–] 6xpipe_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually really like Darktable. It took some time to get used to, but I bounced from Lightroom to Apple Photos to Darktable as Image editors. Unlike the others, I feel no need to leave Darktable now that I'm used to it.

[–] linuxisfun@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think darktable is one of the better alternatives for Adobe software.

A couple of years ago, I took a Lightroom workshop and did all the tasks with darktable. I was amazed at how similar it actually is and I managed to keep up with the workshop, even though I didn't use darktable nor Lightroom before.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 1 year ago

ShotCut works pretty good for basic video editing.

[–] Kiana@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In my opinion Paint.net is a lot better than Gimp. Tried both and the former has given me a much more pleasant time.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

gimp has more features, and with that, a steeper learning curve.

a 20+ year old version of paint shop pro beats paint.net