It’s been a distressing trend over the last decade, that of taking commercial software from a paid-for licence model and moving into the cloud and onto a rental model. In out line, we’v…

“The art and design communities, in particular, are feeling the pinch from Adobe Suite going towards a rental model, and now the artist and perennial thorn in the side of anyone who seeks to own a colour, [Stuart Semple] is doing something about it. He’s launching a competing suite called provocatively, Abode, which will follow an affordable paid-for licence model.”

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/culturehustle/abode-a-suite-of-world-class-design-and-photography-tools

The Abode project seems overly optimistic in terms of scope, cost and timing to me but then I’ve never been involved in software development. Still, alternatives to the big names are always nice.

    • @JigglySacklesEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      I don’t know about Skribus but I do know Gimp isn’t comparable to photoshop for the professionals.

        • @JigglySacklesEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          I don’t doubt that those that choose to use it prefer it. What I see time and again is someone will try it, find it missing features they want/need and revert back. I encourage the use of GIMP and other FOSS where I can. It’s just not a one to one drop in.

        • @AnUnusualRelicEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          As far as photography goes, I’ve never needed anything like Photoshop or Gimp, I do fine with just Darktable and DigiKam (YMMV).