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Hell, I was still using PS6 on Win10 until I finally switched to Mint a few months ago. I had to reinstall it repeatedly but it still worked.
I too still have the cracked installers for CS5 and CS6 but… I switched to Gimp and Krita a very long time ago.
I remember doing an animation internship on the pilot of a TV show most here have heard of (Not gonna dox myself) and CS5 was definitely available at the time, but the studio was still using Flash MX because that was the last version available that Adobe hadn’t fuckin wrecked.
I’m an artist, and I have that version too, running it under qemu/Win10 (it won’t run on Wine), under my Debian-Testing main OS. However, I have actually moved to Gimp 3 recently for all my work. I use it to make collages ( https://www.instagram.com/eugenia_loli ) and edit my scanned watercolor paintings: https://pixelfed.social/EugeniaLoli The only problem is that Gimp can’t read my old PSDs that have adjustment layers correctly, so I load them first either on that old Photoshop, or online on Photopea, and then export them as TIFFs, to load them back to Gimp. For my newer work, I just use Gimp all the way.
I can’t believe they haven’t released an “update” that breaks it.
I’m still using CS3. It’s the only software on my pc at this point that doesn’t have dark mode. I also found out recently that it should run perfectly on Linux using wine, so I intend to try that soon.
One of us! One of us!
Let me know when we can download cars. For a friend.
gimp and krita up in this bitch
I mean, if you buy software and expect 0 updates afterwards I guess that’s fair
There often were updates and they were free…
I mean honestly, the old model was kind of dope. You pay a fairly high price for the software. Updates for that version are free. When they come out with enough new features to release a new milestone version you got to choose whether you upgrade to the milestone or stay on your existing version. True critical security patches were released for At least the last couple of versions.
But you get to decide when the features warrant you buying again. You got to choose with your wallet and the companies had to deal with that.
If they would have put a bunch of crap in about having the rights to AI scrape all of your content in the old version people would have just said fuck it I’m not upgrading it. But as it stands, if you don’t like it you have to not use the software at all.
If you buy software at a version point, (vs the subscription model), why would you expect an update for it? Particularly for free? You chose to buy at a frozen point.
Because it’s beneficial for the software company’s reputation. People are more likely to buy the software when they know that it’s not going to get a permanently unpatched zero-day the moment the next version comes out.
In this day and age people expect security and operational patches. It’s hard work maintaining software, even if it is feature complete.
I think Photoshop CS5 is still a better product than Gimp will ever be. I think this person needs to upgrade to Affinity. While it’s still available to buy, that is.
But since I can easily install Gimp on my linux system it is clearly superior to any proprietary windows exclusive software. I’m so glad I never even bothered with Photoshop in the first place.
I’m happy with affinity. Pity it doesn’t run on limux
Apparently there’s a tutorial to make a thing in docker that actually does run it. It’s a whole-ass process though and my friend who uses Linux for most stuff was working on it a while back. Damn shame it’s not a thing, out of the box.
Do you know what this is called or have any links? I’m not finding anything that seems like what you’re describing.
Apparently it’s this. https://github.com/ryzendew/AffinityOnLinux
I hear it works well as long as you have all the dependencies and stuff needed ahead of time. If an error pops, it’s apparently pretty clear about what’s needed.
I have been deep down this road, and finally got it working, but there are so many graphical glitches it just became unusable.
My current setup is a windows VM I have running in a docker container that I remote desktop into.
Saying that now, I might be better off just using VirtualBox or the like because the input lag is a pain. Not a massive issue but it’s not the same as using it natively unfortunately.
Newer versions of Krita now come with G’mic built in, which add so many incredible tools, including a content aware fill that works incredibly well, and a really nice edge detecting cropping tool called foreground extract.
Shoot, krita has content aware now? Other than non-destructive editing/layer styles that’s one of the big things keeping me on PS.
It doesn’t even need to be amazing, it just needs to be good enough. I think the weirdest thing about krita for me was how you type text in a dialog box instead of on the canvas.
AFAIK, krita has had non-destructive editing for a while now (while gimp just got it with the 3.0 release).
The text tool is a pain point still, though thankfully a new from the ground up text tool over 6 years in the making is soon to be released for Krita this year, likely making it the most capable open-source option.
Adding text effects, like colored outlines, on Krita is painful, you essentially have to type
<xml>stuff without a decent preview of how it looks
Mac users should take a look at Pixelmator if you’re doing light work and Affinity if you’re doing studio-grade work.
Pixelmator feels like something Apple developed to be a part of the iWork suite, and the Affinity apps are literally Adobe apps with sane price points.
(Pixelmator was recently purchased by Apple so its future is uncertain, but the original software is still for sale as it was before the buyout for the time being.)
I missed that news. So photomator is probably dead and going to be folded into photos.app.
Good. People need to stop renting software.
I dunno, I still find m365 family a great deal. 5TB cloud storage for less then 100 euro a year? And get the best most complète Office suite as a bonus?
If you compare that to the competition it’s a slam dunk. I need cloud storage. I need an office suite.
Same goes for prime here in NL by the way. Unlimited photo storage, free games monthly, streaming, Luna, free shipping for less then 6 euro.
Frequently paying any amount of money for anything will always seem like a good deal to anyone who always depends on others to do everything. There’s no shame in needing each other, though. We should strive to be self sufficient but can’t be skilled or resourceful in every field. Abusing the needs of others on the other hand… All these huge companies should burn to the ground for that.
Honest question, what does the current office suite does, or does better, that office 2013 doesn’t?
Nothing.
You get as lot of extra tools which integrate but my honest opinion is nothing.
Thats Why i stated 5 TB cloud storage for less then the competition as usp.
Copilot, copilot everywhere… :p
You can actually “cancel” your account into a “classic” account without copilot. It’s fuckin’ weird and hidden, but you can do it. Obviously no price difference.
There are actually a lot of newer excel features that are not cross compatible.
I was running 2010, then 2013 for a very long time. Eventually I started running into compatibility issues when collaborating on professional and hobby projects until it got to a point where I went for 365. It’s a shame that it’s subscription, but it’s definitely great software
Not riddled with security holes I guess
Just wanted to give an idea for pricing of a self hosted alternative:
- 5-6TB drive is around 100 EUR
- Intel NUC as a server is around 200 EUR
- My personal power consumption is 6 kWh per month at 24/7 operation, here that costs 10 EUR per year
You can chose other parts, you may already have some parts, Im giving my own example here.
Keeping in mind you need to be a bit tech savy to set this up, keep it updated, data secure, things may break down the line and require maintenance, etc… The upside: the data is yours, you are reliant on yourself, it can do more than just store files.
But obviously: to each their own!- work configuring and maintaining
- replacing drives
- dealing with issues
You also need to account for RAID and backups. Storing everything on a single drive without copies is asking for sad times.
Generally yes, and this obviously doubles the cost of storage. The good thing is you have options. In my view, not all data is the same so I view some data as more valuable as other data and can do backups of only specific things on drives I already have.
5-6TB drive is around 100 EUR
Really?
I bought a 4TB external hdd ~6 months ago at 149 EUR and thought that was cheap. Dang.
Looks like prices are up a bit, I got a portable 5tb one for 100 a year ago. Now they are more like 125. I’m seeing a 6tb refurbished one for 100 though.
Went on Amazon and found a Seagate barracuda 8TB drive for 130€
Probably not the best for an actual server, but for a personal NAS seems reasonable
I dunno, the cloud storage part is quite easy to make at home. Granted, the initial price will be steeper (since you need to buy the physical drive). But in two years time, it will have paid for itself and your data will still be yours.
As for the office suite, while I understand that MSOffice is advanced, for the regular user that I am, OnlyOffice is more than enough.
I really hope it’s not like goog where if you ever want to download that data your download speeds are reduced to a crawl and everything about the download is convoluted.
Yeah, it’s why I stopped using Amazon Glacier years ago and use ProtonDrive now. The actual storage costs are pretty reasonable, but if you ever want to download your data, shit gets very expensive very fast.
I’ve always been a fan of getpaint.net - it’s like… idk, half-way between microsoft paint and photoshop, but you can install plugins to add functionality that the vanilla version doesn’t offer.
Until you cross into advanced manipulation or outright image creation, Paint.Net can do almost everything you want from it. Tbh the only feature I miss is the plethora of user guides and tutorials that are Photoshop specific, or said another way; I don’t miss their software, I miss the community
Rent-seeking can fuck right off.
cs5 is 15 years old
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I used Photoshop 6.0 and Premiere 6.0. Not CS6, original 6.
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I remember using the original InDesign which was a big step up from quark Xpress
When I was in college I had a prof who tried to fail me because I used the new InDesign and not Quark for the final project in Desktop Publishing class.
I can’t remember exactly what it was, but I remember InDesign being soooo much easier to use.
I think maybe it was like you couldn’t drag boxes around or something with quark?
That just sounds like something you are saying to me me feel old.
To me me or to not meme
They were able to diss an entire generation with a single emoji
