r/pcmasterrace • u/Away-Huckleberry9967 • 1d ago

Meme/Macro Let's check it out on Github

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u/Electronic-Ad-1719 1d ago

As bad as it may be, for a non-professional, the business model of Adobe is indistinguishable from extortion.

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u/netcereal 1d ago

I'm a professional, and it still feels like extortion.

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u/JoyousGamer 1d ago

For a non professional you don't need Adobe and if you do then just get elements. In the end though you don't need "Adobe" if your not a professional.

Literally alternatives for anything. 

Heck need image editing just prompt Gemini for free, go to Canva for free or heck Adobe Express for free. 

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u/Electronic-Ad-1719 16h ago

Elements never cut it for me, and I'm using Lightroom for hobby photograpy, have a huge library to which there is a hardly an alternative. That is, there was none until now, which is potentially good

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u/Worried-Banana-1460 4h ago

Gemini alters, not edits image. That’s a problem

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u/Chris56855865 Old crap computers 1d ago

I'm surprised Snapseed hasn't been monetized as of yet.

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u/maaaaawp 18h ago

Dont use it or pirate it.

For home use nobody gives a shit if you pirate it or if you care there's alternatives (GIMP, Affinity for PS for example)

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u/Electronic-Ad-1719 16h ago

A friend of mine told me that lately Adobe Zii didn't work anymore...

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u/R33v3n 10h ago

The forced yearly subscription + specific narrow cancellation window + obligation to talk to a rep to cancel really is extortion. Dark patterns stacked on top of each other.

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u/Electronic-Ad-1719 9h ago

power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely...

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u/GTA_Throwaway69420 1d ago edited 1d ago

I've been paying 35 bucks a month since COLLEGE for Adobe suite, because if I ever stop paying now, going back will cost me easily like 100 a month. Do I use it a lot? No. But the alternatives feel bleak

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u/Majestic-Coat3855 1d ago

Davinci resolve is better for anything other than 2d motion graphics. Not too hard of a learning curve either I'd say. 

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u/Successful-Depth-126 1d ago

I love davinci resolve. It's good shit

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u/pathadog 1d ago

I still use photoshop for everyday retouching, capture one instead of Lightroom and Da vinci instead of premiere. Honestly DaVinci does me well for the occasional job but I’m a photographer not a videographer. The lack of afteraffects is a bummer though. If you ever need a free indesign or illustrator clone try out Affinity. I was sceptical as it’s from canva but it’s practically an adobe clone. And works well for the occasional graphic design fix up I need to do. If your thinking of moving from photoshop, try it out, it has a photoshop clone which from what I can tell is very similar from adobe. I wouldn’t switch just because of the amount of work I do and actions I have on photoshop but I was surprised. It is light years better than that trash called Gimp or Krita.

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u/Episode-1022 1d ago

Maybe if they burn tokens in bring photoshop features to GIMP, GIMP hav a very solid base for image processing and is FAST, very fast.