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@gamechannel1271

9 күн бұрын

Photopea sucks. It certainly does a lot, but it doesn't do it correctly. For example, look at how the hue shift filter works in perceptual RGB space, instead of an actual color space like oklab designed to shift hues based on human vision. Same thing for drawing with brushes, you get black edges instead of yellow edges when drawing green on top of red due to blending in the wrong color space. Certain tools like vertical text tool a very frustrating to use. You should pick anything, like GIMP, over Photopea, unless you have a quick edit to do and only have access to a web browser.

@nahCyzar0520

9 күн бұрын

A After Effects alternative you didn't show is the Black magic design product, Fusion. But I think that is included in DaVinci Resolve.

@TigraPolosatiy

9 күн бұрын

Recently, Unreal Engine 5.4 has been touted as a real-time motion design tool, and may soon replace After Effects.

@emmanuelleguerin2472

8 күн бұрын

I'd never heard of Autograph. I just checked Left Angle's KZread channel, and it looks a lot like After Effects.

@cholasimmons

8 күн бұрын

SceneGroup's Cavalry is also one to keep a close eye on

0:36 Photoshop 4:11 Illustrator 7:32 Substance 12:18 Animate 16:05 Lightroom 18:26 Premiere Pro & After Effect

@VanillaSpooks

9 күн бұрын

Thank you good sir

@justXcallXitXtechno

6 күн бұрын

guess I'm too oldschool and "analog" for nowadays: but Indesign will probably be some of the hardest to replace, unfortunately. Affinity doesn't exactly cut it. If Photopea cuts their malware ad crap and some fair/capable Indesign alternative ever shows up, with things like darktable, davinci etc. we can finally let the epitome of greed - Adobe crash and burn for good. :/

@VeeZzz123

6 күн бұрын

what about Adobe Acrobat

@justXcallXitXtechno

6 күн бұрын

@@VeeZzz123 ?

@ShangleLP

5 күн бұрын

🙏🏼

Davinci Resolve is literally a lifesaver for folks like myself who enjoy editing videos but cannot afford Adobe's high subscription prices.

@soirema

9 күн бұрын

I thought that enjoy the "quality and features of after effect" gonna be the answer here 🤔🥲

@brodriguez11000

8 күн бұрын

Amazing what one can do when the costs of "free" are shifted to expensive but optional hardware (Hitfilm couldn't do this).

@zachhoy

8 күн бұрын

100%

@vomitbag12

4 күн бұрын

I love Resolve. Premiere has also been been very crashy and slow for me so I don't miss it.

@difficsambalao

Күн бұрын

Saying Davinci Resolve as a lifesaver isn't correct for me since it more powerful than adobe video editing software

"They pulled a Unity" 🤣

@zachhoy

8 күн бұрын

worse even, forcing you to accept the terms before you can even cancel your sub

Affinity + DaVinci Resolve + Darktable + Blender _Done_

@fltfathin

9 күн бұрын

​@@hiperfx892 blender is 2nd choice in the industry wtf are you talking about? And resolve is industry standard for color grading.

@hiperfx892

9 күн бұрын

@@fltfathin you definitely live under a Rock. Go get a job at ILM, Pixar, Dreamworks or Marvel, you will get your a$$ kicked. Mays is everywhere, I use blender but Maya is my secondary tool

@hiperfx892

9 күн бұрын

@@fltfathin ok smarta$$, go try to get a Job at ILM, DNEG, Pixar or any big studio with your blender skill. You are soo begainner. Go make some research 😂😂😂

@KayloGL

9 күн бұрын

@@hiperfx892 > I can sense the brain-dead TikTok/Twitter user in you from the way you type emotes. > You came here to talk down on a user over software that he simply prefered and felt good to go with. > Entitled child, confirmed.

@fltfathin

9 күн бұрын

​@@hiperfx892 i've checked them and none of them mentions adobe suite app, maybe maya, but they do hints of the use of blender or similar tool (NUKE ?) since the openings mentions linux and python scripting as required skill. with my skills i won't be accepted there obviously, but there are people in the industry that uses blender and is used for the vfx, some made appearance in blender conference (kzread.info/dash/bejne/l6x12dqzmKWyaNo.html) so i think YOU make some research professional/ artist choose their own tools not the employer

I got a adobe ad before the video started . How darrrre youuu ! 😅

@paradox8425

9 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure you don't have control over which ad will be shown

@TroutButter

9 күн бұрын

*ad

@UnrealBucket

9 күн бұрын

Same lol

@JezzFilm

9 күн бұрын

The one with that creepy all-seeing 👁️ like there marketing team's rebelling?

@marenjones6665

4 күн бұрын

Accept it. Take their advertising dollars. Watch the full ad and laugh, knowing they just wasted all their efforts. Destroy their ability to market effectively.

The problem isn't availability of alternatives. The problem is that people are too lazy to even migrate to something else. People love to whine about issues of cost, licensing, privacy, etc. But when it comes down to migrating to something else, few people want to learn a new piece of software. Hell, people are reluctant to even TRY new software unless Daddy (Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc.) releases it. Personally, if anyone isn't going to abandon these terrible companies for user-respecting alternatives, then those customers have no reason to complain about any of these controversies.

@LV4EVR

9 күн бұрын

Amen

@chalkieface9968

9 күн бұрын

Too harsh. Some of us have used Photoshop for decades and find things like Affinity does things in such a different way that muscle memory is hard to overcome. I liked Designer, it really is better than Illustrator and took less time to pick up - however Photo (for example) just did some things awkwardly. I even found myself swapping to Photopea for some quick dirty work rather than fire up Photo.

@simeongprince

9 күн бұрын

Yes, laziness is correct. I remember I told myself back in 2009 "if I really want to escape Adobe and Microsoft, then I must use Open Source design tools to do client work, from start to finish". That was the furnace I put myself through, and with practice, I got better. Once you know the fundamentals of Photoshop and Illustrator, Gimp and Inkscape is nothing to learn.

@vomitbag12

4 күн бұрын

I dumped Adobe when then they went to the rental model. I keep my CS6 versions installed, but rarely use them. I even work somewhere that allows me to use Adobe's CC for free at home, but I don't. I'm using Corel PaintShop Pro mostly because it is still the most feature-rich, but do use On1 and some Topaz.

@janeeightfive7331

4 күн бұрын

The other problem is if you work as a freelancer they often demand that you are fluent in a specific software, in my case it was Premiere. So, I'm forced to have it to be able to work, although I'd rather use DaVinci.

Kudos to the smart people doing software engineering making FOSS, and paid, software alternatives to the pile of corporate crap.

I really wanna how anyone "loves" Gimp... I've been using it for years and every time I use it for serious work I'm always like "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BE NORMAL!!!" GIMP: *crying* while trying to apply a basic gama correction filter...

@lpnp9477

9 күн бұрын

Seriously. I'm a full time Linux user and I love everything about Linux except having to use gimp.

@TayoEXE

9 күн бұрын

Eh, define normal. I've used it for years because I don't need Photoshop to do any of the stuff I do on it. Average users, unless more of a professional artist, don't even know what a gama correction filter is, let alone a basic one.

@graythistle

8 күн бұрын

I've literally been using GIMP since I was 5, and when I was teen my dad got me 'Grokking the GIMP'. So I have perhaps an unusual nostalgic fondness for it. When I ditched Adobe and Windows for good (around the same time), I found that working toward a goal (art projects, game projects), helped with adapting to new UI. Esp. with added deadlines, so I didn't have time to dwell on the quirks - just had to stick to getting things done. GIMP obviously wasn't a problem for me... that honor actually went to Krita because I had a bunch of memorized workflows/hotkeys from Photoshop.

@matthiasfeist3042

7 күн бұрын

😅 yeah the way things work and are done in GIMP are sometime a bit strange. But how UI on Photoshop and Illustrator are too sometimes very counter intuitive 😂. And make me Arrrgggg🤯

@Brigantius

4 күн бұрын

I dumped Photoshop when Adobe introduced their overpriced subscriptionsome years ago. Gimp is one of the alternatives I've been using since, so I guess I'm pretty familiar with its ways. However It has come a long way since and it is a lot easier to use than it was, despite it's increased power and the lingering reputation.

Tahoma 2D is a fork of OpenToonz with a modernized interface. It's a full-fledged professional animation studio. And it is definitely available for Linux, because I use it on my penguin machine)

@DavidCoutinhoCG

9 күн бұрын

thanks for the tip for Tahoma2D, very incredible tool, i already knew of OpenToonz, fantastic.

@TigrrrUnleashed

9 күн бұрын

Yup, it seems he didn't check out the download page. I have it on Windows 10, Puppy Linux, Ubuntu Studio, and MX Linux KDE.

@orbatos

2 күн бұрын

Good mention, I always like to point to Blender's 2D workflow as an option as well.

@billrazor6591

2 күн бұрын

@@orbatos Yeah, I've seen a lot of amazing animatoins made with Blender's grease pencil.

Da Vinci resolve has a tap called fusion that is directly a competitor to After effect

@MRicebeat

9 күн бұрын

but just for compositing and not for animation and motion graphics

@fablewalls

9 күн бұрын

@@MRicebeat Thank you. I keep trying to explain exactly what you said to others and they simply come back with yet another alternative which still doesn't do what After Effects does with animation and motion graphics.

@LV4EVR

9 күн бұрын

@@fablewalls Fusion 100% does animation and motion graphics

@gabehobbs

9 күн бұрын

@@LV4EVR As someone who does use fusion for motion graphics -- After Effects is 100000% more streamlined for it. Fusion is really great for compositing. You can do motion graphics in Fusion, but it's like using a jackhammer to build a birdhouse vs a hammer. Really hoping Blackmagic invests in this side of things soon.

@chalkieface9968

9 күн бұрын

@@LV4EVR OK, I'll bite. Please link an example of animation created in Fusion as I'd like to try. I have an HP zbook with a built in Wacom tablet to do this with.

Autograph : At long last an actual solution to motion design which understands what it is all about !

Krita is mainly made for drawing, but i've found that it's not too bad for photo editing as well (at least the basic stuff). I like GIMP and i've used it for quite a few years but for whatever reason it was just so slow on my macbook, so for one school project i decided to eventually try Krita and the performance was like night and day. So if you need to just do some basic photo editing for a prototype or youtube thumbnail or whatever and you're on lower end hardware, do give Krita a try. Might have been a mac thing too because Apple isn't excactly known to be huge supporters of open source projects but still.

@potato9832

9 күн бұрын

I love Krita, but I find their brush designing controls to be confusing and convoluted. It also has a couple obscure UI bugs that can be occasionally irritating.

@raphaelprotti5536

8 күн бұрын

Try Corel Photo-paint. It's closer to photoshop than Gimp is, and very capable.

The page is ugly because they know it doesn't matter and you'll rent it anyway. Leave and support projects that respect you!

Davinci Resolve/Fusion can do "Aftereffects"... not as simple, but capable, and even better on the compositing side!

@phat80

Күн бұрын

No. Fusion is pain in the ass with its bags and lags. Sometimes you just can’t render a timeline because of Fusion. And there’s nothing to do except making the fusion comp from the start.

OpenToonz is available on Linux. Arch directly in the repos, Snaps (or flat) everywhere else. Tahoma2D is kinda like BFA, but for OpenToonz(it does have more features, but I think that was the primary reason for the fork in the first place).

@ouiVEVO

9 күн бұрын

Opentoonz is used by studio ghibli, it's the real deal

@DavidCoutinhoCG

9 күн бұрын

thanks for the tip for Tahoma2D, very incredible tool, i already knew of OpenToonz, fantastic.

@limbs1052

9 күн бұрын

I'm glad you mention about Tahoma it's looks luxurious

Natron is a Nuke clone. It's probably my favourite video compositor that doesn't cost more than a house.

@FlameForgedSoul

9 күн бұрын

Sadly no longer in active development.

@simeongprince

9 күн бұрын

@@FlameForgedSoul But still good as a realtime compositor. Good alternative to Blender's compositor.

@Dave102693

9 күн бұрын

@@FlameForgedSoul I wish it was.

@galihkurniad

9 күн бұрын

Node based editor or layer based editor?

@simeongprince

9 күн бұрын

@@galihkurniad Node based.

And I would like it to share my Adobe experience here. If you have a CS6 Perpetual License and your OS or hard drive fails, you'll find yourself unable to launch the app to deactivate the license. This means your license becomes permanently locked to that specific hardware. Despite reaching out to Adobe, they offer no way to reset or transfer the license. This issue could affect anyone using CS6, and it's frustrating that there's no solution provided by Adobe.

I moved to Affinity suite couple years ago. Had to wrap my mind around a couple things that didn't need to be so different, but come on in. The water is fine.

Here's my new toolbox: Photoshop: Affinity Photo Illustrator:Affinity Designer and Sketch (I ditched Figma since ceo's statement about palestine... yeah) Premiere Pro: Davinci Resolve Animate/After Effect : Spline, Blender, Rive, Calvary, Jitter

@jacksmith4266

9 күн бұрын

it’s worth noting that one of the search results mentions a Reddit post titled “CEO of Figma is a Zionist and supports the occupation of Palestine” with 35 votes and 20 comments. This post appears to be a user-generated opinion and not an official statement from Figma or its CEO. So yeah..

Left Angle Autograph is pretty good, receives frequent updates, runs nicely on Mac, and they've said they're pushing for it to be solid in the compositing and VFX side of things as well beyond its current Mograph strengths. Good video, thanks.

I'm a long time AE artist and I had no idea about Autograph, it looks very promising! Thanks for including that one.

For anyone wondering about CSP's controversy: They added a subscription system where you pay monthly to obtain updates, similar to photoshop. HOWEVER. Every year they are releasing an "X.0" version in *permanent* license where you can purchase or upgrade from previous version for discounted price, where you access all updates made previous year. Devs get money for updates and people do not get their software access denied the moment they stop paying. I find this acceptable compared to adobe's greedy behaviour where you no longer can do anything the moment you stop giving them money. It also costs a fraction of Photoshop, as you can easily get the PRO version for 20-30$ in permanent license during the common discounts. Also CSP's updates are often small, but useful stuff. On contrary of Photoshop that for illustrators and comic artists virtually hasn't changed since 2007. And for anyone worried about losing assets, last year CSP added native support for PS's brushes.

@Dave102693

9 күн бұрын

Can you use AI and PSD files in CSP?

@kjcomputer

9 күн бұрын

Perpetual license all the way

@testacals

9 күн бұрын

I actually think paying for the updates is fair enough

@jumpropemf

8 күн бұрын

It's a good program. I use it on the iPad and I think before the subscription system it was already subscription only on iPad. I'm not sure about the desktop version but I got it free for a year when I bought my first drawing tablet about 8 years ago.

@Dexter01992

8 күн бұрын

@@Dave102693 It reads PSD files natively and can export PSD. The only AI stuff in there are matching the built-in 3D mannequins pose to a provided photo and a bunch of tools that I personally never use. There's no generative AI prompting in it as the community heavily pushed against it when they announced it.

Autograph looks really impressive. The Key Features button on the Home page of their site links to KZread videos that show a lot of things.

One thing I would like to point out: Krita does photo manipulation better than Gimp does. It being a painting application does not in any way make it "not good for photo manipulation"

!!! Oh man I totally forgot that Paintshop Pro existed! 😮 I used to use that all the time back in the early 2000's before I moved to GIMP 😮

I went with the affinity programs and got the universal license allows me to install on Mac and windows.

@jernaugurgeh451

9 күн бұрын

And iPad too 😊

“Adobe, you will own nothing, and be happy.”

@langdons2848

8 күн бұрын

More like "you will own nothing, well take what you create, and we don't care if you're happy".

@alexfurer

7 күн бұрын

@@langdons2848 depends. There was “we the people” at some point. Now it’s “we the ruling class”. We have to get to “we the people - have had enough”. With politics, plandemics, wars and especially TOS’s like this crap.

@orbatos

2 күн бұрын

You will open nothing and they will monetize everything you work while charging you for the privilege.

Switched to GIMP 10 years ago and never looked back, does all I need

@soirema

9 күн бұрын

No hate but I dont thing you need to do much then xdd

@ratatatuff

6 күн бұрын

@@soirema Most people don't. 99,9% of photoshop users don't use more than 1% of its functions and would be better off with a different program, yet all they want is photoshop. A user who's experienced in GIMP can do more than most users can do in photoshop.

Inkscape will be more efficient in 2025 - in version 1.5. It was to be faster in 1.4 but programmers didn't make it for 1.4 with an upgrade.

Just watched Left Angle's KZread channel. Autograph looks amazing. Thank you for the video !

It's unfair to compare Affinity Photo and Photoshop on a feature basis taking Photoshop as reference without saying that Affinity also got features that Photoshop lacks. Photo is way faster, more reactive, files are lighter, and enable a true non destructive workflow. It has features like liquify layers, which Photoshop cannot dream about.

Autograph is really good and crazy fast which AE is not!

I used to love Substance painter. I kind of stopped using it the moment Adobe bought it.

Hey Mike, awesome video like always! Keep up the great work, I don't know how you do it! 😅

3:31 The controversy was the pricing scheme that they changed. Instead of the 1 time payment, they changed it to a subscription model if you want regular updates. Though they still offer the single payment method if you buy it for windows or mac (with major updates still requiring another payment albeit at a discount).

Having tested Autograph, it's clearly a real alternative to After Effects. With each new release, it gets better and better.

@Dave102693

9 күн бұрын

How much does it cost and is it a one time purchase?

@ping0ush7

9 күн бұрын

@@Dave102693 Sub or perpetual license. There's a 50% discount right now, so $14 a month.

Thank you for these. I've been running all Adobe products behind a firewall for years (and I never use the cloud for anything), but even so, this really is the last straw. It's time to ween myself off their ecosystem for good.

@simeongprince

9 күн бұрын

Brilliant. I used to do that when I dual-booted with Windows and Linux. Also, Pirate CS6 and CC works blazingly faster that CC.

Great video. No Adobe products are needed. You can replace any and all of them. Adobe did you a favor by showing you dont need them. Work with ethical companies instead. Sure you will have to learn new software, but whats wrong with learning new skills? For video Davinci Resolve is simply the best in class you should be using anyway.

@fablewalls

9 күн бұрын

Nothing. But even though several others on another video said there is an alternative to After Effects - this video remind us that there really isn't. For everything else though, there really are alternatives.

@askeladden450

9 күн бұрын

​@@fablewallsNuke is far more powerful than after effects. It has a very different worflow, but it achieves the same purpose.

@fablewalls

9 күн бұрын

@@askeladden450 You have any examples please? Either KZread videos with the kind of things Nuke can do or films where it has been used? I asked a friend who teaches on a degree course using Nuke and Natron and he wasn't confident they would do what After Effects does. I'm guessing both will composite layers made elsewhere that use motion graphics and animation but AE lets you create the animation within the App.

@askeladden450

9 күн бұрын

@@fablewalls hmm, i was thinking about AE from a vfx perspective, not really motion graphics one, although now you mention it, its probably the more common use case. well yeah nuke is more for vfx, compositing and post production, majority of big budget films and studios use it. But for motion graphics, yeah, nuke isnt that good compared to after effects. Fusion is really good though in that regards.

@askeladden450

9 күн бұрын

@@fablewalls btw inspirationtuts probably has a video on it, that might answer your questions better.

Autograph is a strong product ! This is a French product, so we won't have to worry about shady terms of use.

Good content. Deep and comprehensive with up to date details.

Autograph looks amazing and so easy to use !!! Will be looking forwards to the project !😀

i hate gimp, love blender, love krita, love inkscape.

@gokudomatic

9 күн бұрын

So, you have no tool for image editing. No need to remind you that krita is for painting and gimp is for editing.

@darukutsu

8 күн бұрын

darktable is good for photos, never understood hatred for gimp, I find it pretty easy to do basic stuff

@ratatatuff

6 күн бұрын

@@gokudomatic I love how you just assume that just because he hates GIMP he doesn't have a "tool for image editing". Please think for a moment.

@gokudomatic

6 күн бұрын

@@ratatatuff it was certainly a big leap in assumption, but because he only mentioned krita, I am confident that if he was using something else to edit images, he would have mentioned it. So, I'm taking a rather safe bet.

@ratatatuff

6 күн бұрын

@@gokudomatic It would be a safe bet if GIMP was the only image editing tool out there. Which it isn't.

Any freelancers here who have to work in pipeline with agencies? Revisting/Re-using complex projects from & for customers in AE and InDesign (it always happens)? THAT's the problem for me to switch to the alternatives, as much as I would like to. I would really love to hear a serious solution for this dilemma.

Edius is a Video Editing application that I first discovered and recomended 16 years ago. I was blown away how good it was back then, how it "felt" like the older final cut pro (before they bastardized everything "pro" in favor ov bubbly-touch stuff). In recent years, I've liked the stability and reliability of Devinci, but I'd be tempted to revisit Edius just to see how far it's come, and just wanted to throw it's name in the ring because it deserves a mention!

My biggest issue with Affinity, is that I'd like to have API support for better workflow integration with other tools. It would benefit Affinity to be able to integrate with other tools, since they don't cover all types of software

Open Toonz is available for Linux BTW!

Davinci Resolve's Fusion is basically their answer to After Effect. After affect is basically what before digital was called Rotoscoping where they would project a frame on a table that one would then draw an animation over film and then taking the overlay picture. For example Industrial Lights and magic would have used rotoscoping to make a light saber glow by following the stick and drawing the glow over it. So Blender can also do this.

@akyhne

3 күн бұрын

It's more like After Effects is the answer to Fusion. After Effects and Nuke are about the same age, but Fusion is like 5-6 years older, as a software.

First-person hands on or not. thank you for such an extensive list of tools. Subscribed.

Fuison is one of best rival to After Effects! Fusion is a vector-based application. However, Fusion is a node-based workflow and the expression script is also totally different from After Effects. I wouldn't lie, it's definitely much more painful while switching from AE to Fusion and may need at least one month to get used. Personally I think, why so many people think there's no AE replacement, the biggest problems are the node-based workflow and most of them cannot import AI files to those alternatives. That's being said every vector graphic needed to be only a vector graphic. Everything has to re-fill/ re-colour etc... in Fusion too (Fusion can import PDS directly). More importantly, users have to keep an open mind because every software has unique features. None can't replace another... But as creators and end-users, we can choose what's better for us and those applications developers. (For me, seeing Adobe has become an unfair unfriendly company since 2012, I am not only sad but also furious.) DaVince and Fusion have been combined since version 15 or 14. Users who have purchased the Studio version can download stand-alone Fusion Studio too. Studio has more advanced tools and 3D functions than After Effects.

@akyhne

3 күн бұрын

Almost all professional software for VFX, game development, 3D modelling etc. is node based. So there's no excuse, not to adapt it. There's a simple reason to why Adobe Substance Painter is node based. It simply couldn't work with a layer based approach. Layers work very well for Photoshop, but forget about it in a lot of other cases.

@scottzhang4030

3 күн бұрын

@@akyhne Yes, exactly! 90% of advanced VFX softwares are the node-based workflow. There are many ways better than using layered based workflow. Actually, the layer in AE is for motion key frame. Personally, I’d not call it “true layer based workflow” compared with “Animator (previous called “Flash”) because every object has an individual layer. It’s not like a layer contented with different elements in Photoshop and Illustrator.

Yep Krita, Affinity Designer, Inkscape, Gimp-Awesome software.

It' s not about Photoshop, that's replaced. After Effects is the real issue. Anyway, I just cancelled my subscription with them

@tlilmiztli

9 күн бұрын

sounds like it wasnt a big issue after all :D

@decathemaster4912

8 күн бұрын

I totally agree with you , I can't find a good replaceable to after effect

@sergiomarchelli

7 күн бұрын

Cavalry and Rive are worthy mentions.

@danzirvine

6 күн бұрын

@@decathemaster4912 fusion in davinci resolve is a good alt apart from you will need to learn nodes instead of layers

@keepitshort4208

5 күн бұрын

Davinci resolve

I use Sony Vegas/Movie Studio Platinum. I just enjoy the workflow

@Ruzgfpegk

7 күн бұрын

Sony sold Vegas to Magix 8 years ago! I know, time flies…

I would definitely recommend Autograph for mograph & compositing. The last few versions have been really great! Super fast with some impressive features and the developers are constantly working on new features and improvements. It's like what you would want after effects to be, just takes a bit of time to learn. No regrets switching, plus it was on sale for half price (might still be).

Regarding substance, it’s actually possible to still buy a perpetual license on steam for these for about 90-120 Dollars or something, great alternative if you want to buy it once

I'm surprised Capture One as an alternative to Lightroom didn't make the list. I've used it for about 7 years now and I believe most professional studio photographers use that instead of Lightroom.

Adobe audition vs Audacity 🤩🤩🤩

Great video well done! Fast Stone image viewer is very good program.

Are there any good alternatives to Adobe Acrobat? I use it for work and being able to edit, sign, and create forms is really handy.

Some interesting looking programms there. So far I have gotten by with pretty much just Blender and Krita. But maybe I should eventually take some time to take a look at more specialised options.

I think Corel Painter is also worth a mention as a drawing/painting alternative to PS, especially for more painterly workflows and concept art.

Nice video, thank you. I suppose the only alternative for editing dds textures is GiMP, right?

@gamefromscratch

9 күн бұрын

There is the NVidia Texture Tools Exporter, which is available stand alone and as a Photoshop Plugin, which Affinity Photo can use. developer.nvidia.com/texture-tools-exporter

@victims5820

9 күн бұрын

@@gamefromscratch You're really amazing, I couldn't find that info in the Affinity forums thank you so much!

@Dave102693

9 күн бұрын

@@gamefromscratch does it works with Krita?

Thank you for the info. How about a replacement for Lightroom Classic. It would also be great if it had a little webserver so you could view your photo/video content on your Roku.

@WakingMoonMedia

9 күн бұрын

I see Luminar and Darktable.

I honestly believe only smaller groups will leave Adobe. Bigger companies probably don’t care about the policy. Also remember, Adobe makes most of its money from private licenses, corporations, schools.. etc.

@LV4EVR

7 күн бұрын

Larger groups like hospitals/health care systems, schools and corporations have MUCH to say about privacy; when the legal departments of such get wind of this, there may be MUCH bigger blowback than has occurred so far.

For after effects: Motion is Apple’s answer and it works with Final Cut Pro. I haven’t used motion but it seems cool. Fusion is Blackmagic’s answer and it’s built into the pro version of DaVinci Resolve (daVinci resolve studio). However I find it confusing the way Fusion fits into the workflow of DRS. If I want to color correct using the color tab and then use a fusion node on the output I can’t. If I want to use magic mask in the color tab because it has a better ui, I can’t run the background through a fusion node. I don’t want to render the video out every time I add an effect. I should be able to get a rough preview and then render the final project all at once when I’m done.

@tobycat7

9 күн бұрын

That is seriously such a big thing about Davinci that I wish they would address in an update. It feels like the Fusion section has neutered versions of the Color tools when I don't want to touch the Color page at all, and I don't want to wrestle with the complex alpha stuff for every basic composition I do with Magic Mask or something.

Other alternatives for lightroom, and some quite professional ones at that, are DXO and CaptureOne. Not cheap, but better then lightroom in a lot of aspects.

Adobe Animate is a powerful interactive vector graphics creator. You should have put Rive in the same category.

Interesting stuff. Thanks, Mike. I saw an Autograph review on ExplainingComputers YT channel. Chris uses it for all animated graphics and says it's a good alternative to AE.

Does the term of service update affect Sunstancr 3d if it is the perpetual license versio. from Steam?

@Polygarden

9 күн бұрын

I doubt it. I think the old versions are entirely decoupled from their system. They only exist as a remnant on Steam. I've been using Substance 2019 and I have never paid for adobe cloud, neither it's installed on my PC. I wouldn't even notice if they would change their terms of service. Essentially you have bought the software with the license when you bought it. As long as you don't accept a new terms of service, the old terms of service apply. (at least that's the legislation here in Europe)

@musashidanmcgrath

9 күн бұрын

No, it only affects Creative Cloud. Steam versions are not connected to the Adobe cloud.

GIMP and Inkscape have been serving me very well the past few years

I bought Affinity Photo 2 after your last video. I haven't got the hang of it yet. I just wanted to make a selection with the magic wand and delete those pixels. For some reason it makes you jump through extra hoops to do something that simple. I moved to GIMP for that and it worked fine.

@gamefromscratch

9 күн бұрын

I put a 99% bet that you didn't rasterize the layer. It's an easy thing to trip up on. If ever something doesn't work, just right click the layer in the layers selection and select Rasterize and you'll be good to go. Mostly it's a learning curve thing, although I will agree some things in Photo 2 could certainly use a layer of usability polish.

@KuttyJoe

9 күн бұрын

Serif has some things that they do which are very clever, but when they get it wrong they really get it wrong big time.

@batwimp

9 күн бұрын

@@gamefromscratch You're the best, Mike!

Besides affinity designer, I also use rebelle 7 and paint storm studio. Realistic paint is like rebelle but love it.

i'm on a mac, best alternative to acrobat? i just wanna read and edit PDFs by marking them with pen lines, etc

Yeah, I've not found anything that replaces Photoshop for me, although it's worth noting that I use an older, non-subscription version. Affinity Photo is good but has too many niggles for me to use it as my main software. We've agreed before that Affinity Designer is better than Illustrator for us. The others don't come close IMO, although Krita is nice for the painting side of things but that's not my thing. Paint Shop Pro used to be my go to decades ago. Nice to see it's still around.

This is really helpful, not just to drop Adobe but to drop Microsoft. Photoshop is one of the things holding me hostage to Windows.

The only thing missing here is audio tools. I used to use Adobe Audition for it's great graphical (spectrum) audio correction. Today i just use DaVinci Resolve. But I would love to know what else is out there. ...and what is Audacity capable of these days?

@TalmoTheSell

9 күн бұрын

If you want to try a full-fledged DAW on a budget, REAPER is awesome. It’s $60 for a personal license and has a no strings attached free trial that lasts forever

@Dave102693

9 күн бұрын

Reaper, Audacity, Ardour

Covered stuff I'd suggest, other than Blender can paint models if you set it up for it. It was a bit too jank for me, so waiting for something to come out or for a specific thing with it to be fixed. (Maybe it already has been, haven't checked in a while. It's when you paint on a surface at an angle, it projects the brush shape across it, so basically a circle becomes an oval at an angle. Unusable if it's still like that imo.)

my personal pick for a video editor is either Flowblade or KDEnLive, at least until i learn Blender properly. Shotcut is also an option.

@DavidCoutinhoCG

8 күн бұрын

yup, for the free open source options Flowblade, Kdenlive and Shotcut all use the MLT framework which is the same core for video editing on linux, all of them are really good tools, but if you wanna spend something than DaVinci Resolve Studio is the solution, you can use the free version as well, lots of people use it, but dont have all its features.

10:00 i was under the impression(just from what has been presented, not that anyone has said it outright) that Mixer is the driving force behind the experimental Substrate / strata tooling in UE

You should install an ablocker.

Other alternatives to After Effects & Inkscape: Linearity Move/Draw (Previously Vectornator) Just started trying them out, great products but I'm cautious because the subscription licensing and not being able to save files locally (do I really own my work then?) even though you can export without watermarks on free versions...

For photo processing, I think Luminar Neo and Affinity Photo work very well in combination. Just my 2 cents.

I use Texture Lab to make my textures, and Mixer to mix 2 or more to make new textures. Then Blender and InkScape for .SVG. As for model painting I use Agama Materials (Like substance painter). And Blender. Then there is Gimp and Krita. I use both. Along with MSPaint.

Love that affinity photo is gaining traction. There Design software is great too. Best thing is even I can afford it! Usually pricing for my country is shit but their pricing is reasonable.

I would buy Affinity if it worked on Linux. I don't feel like I am missing anything from Krita but I need an answer to Illustrator. Inkscape is good but it's a little hard to learn. I use vector art so rarely that I want to use something that is much easier since I basically have to relearn Inkscaps every time I use it. Oh! I had to use GIMP recently because it had a filter Krita didn't, and it had really good performance. It loaded about four times as fast as Krita, and the UI was snappy even with a 16k imags loaded (280 megapixels). I am a Krita man, but GIMP has done a lot to improve itself in the past few years, definitely worth a look.

@gapon8921

9 күн бұрын

Gimp dont have support for cmyk.

@josephbrandenburg4373

9 күн бұрын

@@gapon8921 fortunately I am not doing print stuff. Hell, even when I was my employer asked for RGB stuff and let Amazon convert it. Don't ask me why. 🤣 Anyhow Krita is great at handling color, it's a major strong point in its favor. I often use Krita to do 16-bits-per-channel linear images for 3D art stuff.

"pulled a unity" is the new term for when a company messes up royally.

Just to add a little. Substance Designer and Painter can be purchased on Steam for $199 each. Which is a good way to get around the subscription issue.

Something i need to clarify: Clip Stufio Paint AIN'T a commercial version of Krita. Clip Studio Paint came in 2001, Krita came on 2005, 4 years after Clip Studio Paint's first release

Instamat is definitely not a drop in designer replacement if you use designer's full capabilities It is however extremely powerful and can do much nore than just generate materials. For the home gamer i would definitely recommend giving it a proper try

I honestly am done with Adobe. Somehow I was getting charged double per month for a couple years in the recent past. I have since figured out what happened and fixed it. But I’m just an average dude who wasn’t even in school for it. I tried to tell them and asked for reimbursement but didn’t expect anything. I hate their subscription BS.

Thanks

Affinity is laid out a bit to Photoshop etc., but, the whole affinity suite is fucking awesome. Affinity Designer is FANTASTIC, I prefer it to illustrator.

8:11 Material Maker sounds interesting. 9:35 long time without any updates, 1 or 2 years, makes me nervous because security maintenance is a minimum expectation. When none, I start planning to scrape it off my device. Often we start using an app. Get comfortable. less inclined to try new or other. And really so many choices that you can spin wild just trying new stuff or swimming through heaps of features in your favorites. 20:03 Any comments on the iPad and iPhone Final Cut Camera (multi-camera control??

I started in Corel Draw. I didn't know they were still around!

Clip Studio Paint is very very good. There are perpetual licenses for the base app, which is full, and if you pay subscriptions, you will get every new features between versions(2,3 etc.). I always upgrade and so I will get every new feature with the next version. You can make comics and animations with its EX version. Also there are 3D capabilities to help drawing etc.

Perhaps because I'm an older individual who learned Photoshop back when it was version 3, and I used to mess around with color channels to create good masks, I believe that, with the exception of 3D work, you can accomplish pretty much anything you need with Photoshop 7. After that, most features are nice to have but not absolutely necessary.

Unless Apple discontinued it or otherwise integrated it either partially or fully into more recent versions of Final Cut, you missed one - the Mac-only Apple Motion compositing software, Apple's alternative to After Effects and a robust complement to a Final Cut-based workflow, regardless of how much it cost for what it does.

i think Affinity Photo is perpetual license but for this version only. Then you dont have change to update later like it iPAD

The hardest CC apps to find good alternatives for are, Media Encoder and Acrobat. Most applications for dealing with pdf are dreadful, especially 3D pdf. Alternertives to Media Encoder are Sorenson and Handbreak. Both Media Encoder and Acrobat are easily overlooked as they are a bit dull, but they are really important.

Krita, GIMP Linux.. You just gotta open your mind. You won't regret it once you get used to it.