• PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    I also have to subscribe to and use Adobe software but suggesting it’s less buggy and less expensive than other apps is delusional.

    The moment you try and do anything outside of basic image editing, Photoshop immediately shits the bed.

    It’s riddled with features that were half developed or half removed. Tried using any of the 3D stuff? It pops up a box saying “We’ve abandoned this and it probably won’t work, but go ahead and try because we haven’t properly removed it”. Using artboards? Probably not, since half the app seems to break with them, including their brand new features like Live Gradients that rearrange themselves when you save.

    Looking for a filter? Well there’s 2 places to look since they seem to have lost interest in the filter gallery half way through, then piled mediocre AI filters on top. It’ll be a slow search, since for some reason some popup windows take fully 3 seconds to open, probably due to their 4 different UI systems in various states of abandoned.

    Photoshop is widely used today because it was good 15 years ago. If someone hasn’t already creating a leaner, more stable, better designed, more ambitious piece of software, it’s only a matter of time until they do.

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      11 months ago

      Delusional? I’m sure you just mean to capture my attention, but you dont have to try like that.

      I’m not here to defend Adobe or praise their products. For the last 2 years I have done my best to get rid of them and finally, about a month ago I conceded and payed for the subscription again.

      Let me tell you, there is no software (none, 0), that can do half what photoshop can do and is less buggy. That doesn’t say, photoshop or any other Adobe product is not buggy and doesn’t have issues, it’s just a fact there is no competition.

      I say that completely confidently and with no delusion anywhere.

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        11 months ago

        What I don’t understand about people who say things like there are alternatives and point to open source software. Like I understand that most people have used nothing but Adobe since forever, but have you even tried using alternatives for actual work? It’s a frustrating experience.

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          11 months ago

          Yes! It’s just not as good and more importantly, it’s not good enough. At first I thought it’s because I’m not as familiar, but no, they are just not set up as good as Adobe. That’s the bottom line. Why waste time.