#xdanielart

[mercuriobebop]

To all my fellow Adobe dislikers: XdanielArt (twitter / mastodon) has made an update in his alternative-to chart. Share to spread knowledge of the options we have.

[juneboba]

xdanielart (the creator) updated this due to adobe's recent clownfuckery

alternatives to adobe suite.

[muffin-snakes-art]

Hey I love ur art I wanna know which program u use for ur art cuz I wanna draw a lot better then on paper ?

Hiya tysm!! I currently use a number of programs depending on what method I wanna work with or what I wanna make. I'll list and explain the ones I use or used for my illustration work.

Clip Studio Paint EX - Main choice for illustration and hand-drawn animation. I enjoy painting and sketching in Clip Studio more than Photoshop personally. The animation feature is pretty neat and I like using it mainly for the clean up process.

Adobe Photoshop - Illustration and hand-drawn animation. There are a few features Photoshop has that Clip Studio doesn't have that I personally need to make exporting multiple images faster and ready for animating. It can also make importing stuff from it faster and easier into After Effects.

Adobe Illustrator - Vector Illustration and 2D rig asset creation. If I wanna make quick clean art or I know I'll need multiple sizes of the same art, I use Illustrator. Creating vector art is a bit of a learning curve for beginner digital artists, so I wouldn't jump into it until you have an understanding on non-vector art programs.

Procreate - I don't turn on my iPad as much anymore, but it's an amazing and affordable art app. If you can afford an iPad and an Apple Pencil, definitely give it a try.

Gimp - I used to use Gimp back in high school since I had no way of purchasing any art program at the time, but I wanted something similar to Photoshop after learning how to use it in school. It's a decent free and open-source art program that served it's purpose for me.

MS Paint - Literally started out digital art and animation with Windows 7 MS Paint and a wireless mouse back when I was around 10yo. But the upcoming latest MS Paint update includes layer and transparency support for the Windows 11 version. Honestly I'd give that a try if you use a PC and have 11 on it!

Hope this helps! Also here's a graphic made by XdanielArt on Twitter listing a bunch of program alternatives to the Adobe ones. There's a good number of neat art programs to research and try out!

[implodingggg]

Adobe alternatives compiled by @XdanielArt on X. (Image credit: @XdanielArt via X)

[arconinternet]

BEHOLD THE LIST (by XdanielArt on Twitter/X)

(Errata: imagine Pikimov is there under 'motion graphics' with a 'free' icon.)

Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.

[blvck-coffee-dad]

Here's version 2024.2 of this chart, which is the most up to date (as of 11.26.2024). Take a look at @XDanielArt on Twitter to see if there's a newer version.

[magiccazza]

My agenda to say Fuck you to Adobe.

Credit to @Xdanielart on Twitter

[kylieneko]

Caveat: The perpetual license, while it does exist, receives no updates.

There is a subscription they really want you to buy instead. Or an update pass, where you can pay monthly for the updates, and lose them all; rolling back to the version you paid for the perpetual license for.

Also I'm'a just insert this Alternatives to Adobe image yoinked from XdanielArt on Ex-Twitter. It might not be missing a couple items and a couple things are listed as FOSS when they're free-with-ads-and-closed-source. But there's a whole non-Adobe world out there.

PSPSPSPSPSPSPS CLIP STUDIO IS ON SALE RELEASE YOUR ADOBE SHACKLES AND JOIN THE FREE MASSES OF THE RESISTANCE

[rudeboimonster]

that list is old! the one i'm about to post is newer - from 2021 instead of 2019. source: https://twitter.com/XdanielArt/status/1434611199140896772

In other news, it is now not only morally acceptable but the morally correct thing to do to pirate the fuck out of Adobe’s software line.

[funkyard]

Thanks, XDanielArt

Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.

[differentdancesfandom]

Gonna pop my favorite reference for Adobe alternatives here, lovingly compiled and updated by xDanielArt since at least 2020:

Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.

[valkayrieactual]

huge chart from XdanielArt on Twitter that's super helpful

Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.

[chahleybros]

That time again:

Original Post by XdanielArt

The entire Adobe Creative Suite can be replaced with well-kept, free, open-source software.

Blender and Davinci Resolve + Fairlight are both free and are actively used in industry productions for how accessible and powerful they are, as well as how insufferably awful dealing with Adobe Software is.

For reference: Disney has switched to using Davinci Resolve because of how awful using Premiere Pro and After Effects has become.

Greasepaint for Blender has improved substantially over the past few years to the point it's a competent 2D art application in its own right. As an example, basically everything produced by Worthikids is made entirely in Blender:

There is currently Zero reason to continue using Adobe Software in any capacity. There are better tools, for free, with readily available guides to get started.

Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.

[ivaalo]

I am once again sharing XdanielArt's chart

Adobe is going to spy on your projects. This is insane.