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Only open and free software can defeat the likes of Adobe. Can't wait for the dominance of Photoshop to be ended by gimp and ffmpeg, I've found that they work

Only open and free software can defeat the likes of Adobe. Can't wait for the dominance of Photoshop to be ended by gimp and ffmpeg, I've found that they work fairly well for whatever editing I need. Maybe open source variety of Figma also exist?

robotbikes 4y ago
The one thing I know about is Penpot see https://penpot.app/ https://penpot.app/ which is by the team that designed Taiga.io - It's fully open-source and I think tries to solve some of the same problems but it's still in beta. I'm not much of a designer but yesterday started to teach myself Figma only to find this acquisition happening. I've resisted installing creative cloud for years and hearing various people's experiences with Adobe makes me feel like this was a wise decision.
cercatrova 4y ago
> Can't wait for the dominance of Photoshop to be ended by gimp Hah, good joke, I've been hearing it for years now.
- Aperocky 4y ago
  But you're not laughing at ffmpeg. Progress comes in bits and pieces, maybe gimp isn't it, just like GNU Hurd continues to suck, but something will be there eventually.
  - jbc1 4y ago
    How is ffmpeg a photoshop alternative?
    - Aperocky 4y ago
      ffmpeg could be the underlying package for that alternative. and tbf I'm finding ffmpeg very efficient for the kind of editing that I do, and I barely scrape the surface.
  - wombatpm 4y ago
    I’ve been using gimp since 0.48 when I had to compile for SGI Irix to run on our O2 workstation. I’m pretty sure gimp is not going to be the one.
- zeruch 4y ago
  Decades.
creativemonkeys 4y ago
Photopea has been pretty good at replacing Photoshop for my needs (non-designer).
- rboes 4y ago
  Me too. As a web guy I've been given many .psd files. Photopea has met my needs in terms of telling me the colors, fonts, and spacing.
- 71bw 4y ago
  This, this, this. I don't use PS anymore, Photopea does everything better without the needs to dabble in Adobe's shit.
Siira 4y ago
Gimp’s UI is really awful. ffmpeg’s UI is also bad, but at least it’s a CLI, so it’s easy to search for.

robotbikes 4y ago

The one thing I know about is Penpot see https://penpot.app/ https://penpot.app/ which is by the team that designed Taiga.io - It's fully open-source and I think tries to solve some of the same problems but it's still in beta. I'm not much of a designer but yesterday started to teach myself Figma only to find this acquisition happening. I've resisted installing creative cloud for years and hearing various people's experiences with Adobe makes me feel like this was a wise decision.

cercatrova 4y ago

> Can't wait for the dominance of Photoshop to be ended by gimp Hah, good joke, I've been hearing it for years now.

Aperocky 4y ago
But you're not laughing at ffmpeg. Progress comes in bits and pieces, maybe gimp isn't it, just like GNU Hurd continues to suck, but something will be there eventually.
- jbc1 4y ago
  How is ffmpeg a photoshop alternative?
  - Aperocky 4y ago
    ffmpeg could be the underlying package for that alternative. and tbf I'm finding ffmpeg very efficient for the kind of editing that I do, and I barely scrape the surface.
- wombatpm 4y ago
  I’ve been using gimp since 0.48 when I had to compile for SGI Irix to run on our O2 workstation. I’m pretty sure gimp is not going to be the one.
zeruch 4y ago
Decades.

creativemonkeys 4y ago

Photopea has been pretty good at replacing Photoshop for my needs (non-designer).

rboes 4y ago
Me too. As a web guy I've been given many .psd files. Photopea has met my needs in terms of telling me the colors, fonts, and spacing.
71bw 4y ago
This, this, this. I don't use PS anymore, Photopea does everything better without the needs to dabble in Adobe's shit.

Siira 4y ago

Gimp’s UI is really awful. ffmpeg’s UI is also bad, but at least it’s a CLI, so it’s easy to search for.