Post #1662965
2026-04-22 02:09 UTC
Replies (4)
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@Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-04-22 09:00
Most people don't. There is a theory (and I don't know if it was ever verified officially) that Adobe stuff was made so easy to pirate and crack intentionally. That way students and people learning how to use their tools (primarily photoshop) would master it and therefore force any employer they later worked with to get and stay with Adobe and their expensive enterprise licences. The lower the barrier of entry the more people in the workforce could be competent with it.
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@lordziv@lemmy.nz 2026-04-22 02:42
My organization pays over $200,000 a year for Adobe products :( I swear most of it is just for the ability to edit PDFs
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@kazerniel@lemmy.world 2026-04-22 17:17
Not paying for Adobe, but tried out Inkscape as an Illustrator alternative and damn its UI just felt so unintuitive - many tools and menus were laid out by a different logic than the one I'm used to. Also it still doesn't properly support CMYK colours from what I can see on their website.
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@chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2026-04-22 15:24
Photoshop and Lightroom are what keep me with Adobe. The Open Source stuff simply doesn't cut it for my needs. I actually prefer Inkscape over Illustrator. I also still have a lingering fondness for Corel Draw, but I think that's mostly because I started using it back in 89 when it released. I also sometimes miss the simple days of learning to use a mouse with Dr Halo.