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minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIntelliJ is great for organizational settings. I would never use it for home use as there are many good free alternatives for that kind of setting. Most Adobe tools don’t have any good free alternatives even for home use. So jetbrains is “acceptable” because I don’t need to open my own wallet.
minus-squareprof@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoAnother upside of Jetbrains over Adobe is that you can get edu-licenses that allow you to use every software of theirs. The best deal our university could get from Adobe was 25% off on Photoshop if at least 200 students bought it.
minus-squareFrostyPolicy@suppo.filinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThey also offer their software for free for open source projects.
minus-squarebort@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months ago Most Adobe tools don’t have any good free alternatives even for home use. inkscape is on a level with illustrator (maybe even better) for drawing: try krita if you want to pay money (much much less than for adobe): Affinity is on a level with fotoshop
minus-squareTechnofrood@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoUnfortunately Affinity just got brought out by Canva https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/press/newsroom/canva-statement/ Of course they are claiming oh no we won’t be going subscription only, but if history is to be believed, give it a year or two and see that stance change.
minus-squareMonkeMischief@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoSheesh, FOSS licenses really are the only force in the universe that can stop this nonsense. I remember shelling out for Substance indie licenses thinking it would be a good investment. Shortly after they’re: part of the “adobe family” (yaaay! /s) Not gonna make it subscription only, c’mon guys. It’s ok. No seriously, we hear you, you’ll have options! Definitely! Newsletter: Ok we’re subscription only, “Get your keys for the super out of date version because we’re just deleting it from human history now.” SaaS cloud only and you’re gonna like it, peasant. Never trusting private software like that ever again.
IntelliJ is great for organizational settings. I would never use it for home use as there are many good free alternatives for that kind of setting.
Most Adobe tools don’t have any good free alternatives even for home use.
So jetbrains is “acceptable” because I don’t need to open my own wallet.
Another upside of Jetbrains over Adobe is that you can get edu-licenses that allow you to use every software of theirs.
The best deal our university could get from Adobe was 25% off on Photoshop if at least 200 students bought it.
They also offer their software for free for open source projects.
inkscape is on a level with illustrator (maybe even better)
for drawing: try krita
if you want to pay money (much much less than for adobe): Affinity is on a level with fotoshop
Unfortunately Affinity just got brought out by Canva https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/press/newsroom/canva-statement/
Of course they are claiming oh no we won’t be going subscription only, but if history is to be believed, give it a year or two and see that stance change.
Sheesh, FOSS licenses really are the only force in the universe that can stop this nonsense.
I remember shelling out for Substance indie licenses thinking it would be a good investment. Shortly after they’re:
Never trusting private software like that ever again.