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After Raising $235K, Abode Remains Committed to Taking on Adobe (petapixel.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/technology
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TL;DR:

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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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years 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.

[–] OrangeCorvus 4 points 2 years ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

How did photopea rank?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

ShotCut works pretty good for basic video editing.

[–] Kiana 2 points 2 years 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

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

[–] 6xpipe_ 2 points 2 years 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.