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Pretty clear marketing killed PS when they went to a subscription model.
A subscription model isn't needed to kill software. I think Adobe just stopped caring about product quality. They stopped asking "why do people love Photoshop" and instead just chased quarterly numbers.
Affinity, mentioned in the article, was acquired by Canva and had its entire UI redone to work just like Photoshop. It's also entirely free with no gotchas.
How is this sustainable for a for-profit entity? How do they pay the bills/developers?
Affinity, mentioned in the article, was acquired by Canva and had its entire UI redone to work just like Photoshop. It's also entirely free with no gotchas.
Though, it's success does make me wonder if a GIMP based editor with a similar interface would work well
There have been some good alternatives mentioned in the comments here, like Affinity or Photopea. Does anyone happen to know if there is a similarly good alternative to Lightroom?
Capture One. Also, Davinci Resolve has added photo editing functionality since 2 V21 iirc, but it’s not a drop-in replacement. It’s Davinci Resolve though, so expect to be blown away.
Affinity, mentioned in the article, was acquired by Canva and had its entire UI redone to work just like Photoshop. It's also entirely free with no gotchas.
Free (as in beer). There's always a catch. Though, it's success does make me wonder if a GIMP based editor with a similar interface would work well
GIMP. How do you feel about it? i know people were sometimes quite critical, it has different workflow than PS, but it seems it gets the job done.
Affinity, mentioned in the article, was acquired by Canva and had its entire UI redone to work just like Photoshop. It's also entirely free with no gotchas.
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Capture One. Also, Davinci Resolve has added photo editing functionality since 2 V21 iirc, but it’s not a drop-in replacement. It’s Davinci Resolve though, so expect to be blown away.
Eh, using resolve for photo editing seems a bit like using blender for video editing. It can be done, and it isn't that bad, but there are so many better options
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Free (as in beer). There's always a catch. Though, it's success does make me wonder if a GIMP based editor with a similar interface would work well
I read on Twitter this week that someone made such an interface on top of GIMP. https://github.com/Diolinux/Photogimp
Holy moly.