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SandwichesAreNice@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days ago

Free alternatives to paid software

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Free alternatives to paid software

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SandwichesAreNice@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days ago
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  • espurr@sopuli.xyz
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    7 days ago

    Gimp instead of Krita???

  • sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works
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    Figma ballz

    • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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      Not much what’s updog with you?

      • BreadOven@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        What’s up dog?

  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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    Gimp is apparently great if you start with it, but it is not a substitute for Photoshop.

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      Krita had been great for most of my work.

    • chunes@lemmy.world
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      Can confirm. Never used photoshop, Gimp seems fine to me.

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    9 days ago

    Pretty sure neither Figma or Resolve are free software.

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      Davinci Resolve has a free version that is missing some features. They are important features, mind. But it definitely allows you to edit videos and get a good feel for the software to see if you want to purchase it or you can just keep using the free version even.

      So it’s free*.

      And the paid version is buy once and get a perpetual license. Very non-scummy for a full professional video editing tool.

      • vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software

      • KneeTitts@lemmy.world
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        On linux I just use Blender for video editing, it does about 95% of what I need

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      A better, free-er alternative to figma would be something like Penpot which works pretty well and is easy to self-host.

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      Kdenlive is quite good and foss

  • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world
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    Blender is an alternative to 3DS Max in the same way an actual car is an alternative to flintstoning a burnt out wreck. Even in college a lot of our very basic rendering exercises with Max got the whole grade just on demonstrating correct setup because the software is so prone to crashing or taking 20h to do what most alternatives (paid or free) can do in 20 minutes.

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      You’re saying Blender is better? I’ve only used Blender, but I would believe it. It’s like opposite of how I feel about GIMP.

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        Yeh, admittedly I have a lot more experience with blender than 3DS Max, but from performance differences alone I’m pretty sure if Max released today without its massive pre-existing industry adoption it would be laughed out of the room.

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    Figma is NOT free software. It is proprietary, and hosted.

    • threeganzi@sh.itjust.works
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      Penpot is a better option here.

  • TrapRag@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Don’t forget about FreeCad!

    They had an update earlier this year that really closed the gap on a lot of features and tools they were missing compared to other more established cad packages.

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      I like Freecad. I use it because it’s FOSS. But it’s not as easy to use, sadly.

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    You couldn’t pay me to use Gimp. The interface offends me.

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      You can theme it to change icons and sizes and such, which helps a little. But I agree, the interface is a nightmare. Ever since v3 came out, my layers window has disappeared and I can’t find it. That’s a kind of important panel to hide away :(

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        Try either crtl +L or from the top menu Windows > dockable dialogs > Layers

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      You couldn’t pay me to use Gimp. The interface offends me.

      Try Photogimp

  • 𝕲𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍🔻𝕯𝖃 (he/him)@lemmy.world
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    People who promote gimp likely never actually tried to use that piece of shit. Try Krita instead, holy fuck is it so much better as a useable piece of art software.

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      I learned Photoshop in high school, then tried to use Gimp in college. What a fucking disaster of a program.

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    Please… Let Gimp die already… Krita is actually made by humans for humans

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      Gimp 3 is actually a massive improvement and they are releasing updates on a routine basis now. Try Photogimp if you like a more standard interface and layout

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        I saw it. It was… Ok

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      Well… For quick text insertion, meme creation, or some very basic photo editing I still boot up Gimp.

      But yeah… The newest version of Gimp feels like they updated from a very out dated version to a mostly out dated version.

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      Yeah…GIMP is kinda shit. It’s probably the one app I’d pay Adobe for to not use GIMP.

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    I need a Lightroom alternative, on linux.
    Edit: Looks like rawtherapee is a good one. Funky name though…

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      Darktable is what you are looking for.

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      Never really used Lightroom, only looked at the interface once or twice. But I think Digikam could be an alternative to replace it.

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    Important one:

    Adobe acrobat: fork to the eyes. (Jokes aside, I’m using Stirling pdf viewer right now, it’s nice)

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    OpenShot is also a remarkably capable and easy-to-use video editor - https://www.openshot.org/ . I use it almost daily for editing screen capture videos.

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    https://rawtherapee.com/

    edit: RAW image editing

    • als@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      Not a good product name 😬

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    As someone who loves linux and FOSS some of these are far from being replacements and some of these are even upgrades. It does depend on one’s usage though. Like I couldn’t tell a Photoshop power user that gimp is a full replacement. I could say though that blender is an upgrade from cinema 4D.

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