FUCK ADOBE!
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- shapesalad0
InDesign...
Export PDF.
Then it bloody starts to open Illustrator to open the PDF, which comes up in the little tiny antique preview select page dialogue, which you have to type page numbers into. FFS...
I just wanted to export the PDF. Not be reminded of how antique Illustrator 2020 still is.
- Uncheck “open after export” or whatever. And don’t make illustrator your default for PDFs. This never happens to me. Ever.monospaced
- Use a default setting for starters.monospaced
- I export PDFs from indesign several times a day sometimes. Never once has one opened auto in illustrator or any program unless specifically told to.monospaced
- ^ Nobody in their right might would have Illustrator as their default choice for opening PDFs hahaIanbolton
- My default pdf viewer is After Effects.nb
- i installed bryce 3d just to open PDFsdoesnotexist
- You should see what Cinema 4D does with PDFs. I got a 360 view of the interior of the Pentagon.CyBrainX
- Listen to what Mono said. I can confirm all of those things. I've done it on Mac and Windows.CyBrainX
- AQUTE0
Feels good to uninstall flash for the first and last time lol. no more updates.
- I remember the Flash era well. Around 2006 most serious website design development and video distribution went through them. Then the iPhone came outdkoblesky
- Yes, and everyone said the iPhone was a joke, and that it would fail because Flash didn't work on it like it did EVERY OTHER PHONE.monospaced
- But, people bought iPhones and didn't give a fuck about Flash. And Flash sucked. And Adobe did NOTHING, and then Adobe killed it single-handedly.monospaced
- But long before that, Google actually put the nail in the coffin and killed Flash entirely on Android. But if you want to blame Apple, go ahead.monospaced
- colin_s0
one thing i did use a bit was adobe bridge. i just had become used to my resources/scans/favorites all set up over the years and now suddenly there's no program to just immediately be able to jump to all my various media resources.
affinity doesn't seem to have a replacement and just browsing in finder is kind of a pain in the ass, it's weird that in the end bridge has been the most difficult part of leaving adobe behind
- I use a really really old soft for that...graphic converter...it's fast and allows me to batch convert stuff, but I use it mainly to browse through files.uan
- and you can use it for free if you want, or support the dev with 40$.
https://www.lemkesof…uan - I use the "free" Bridge on computers without Adobe set up; But I've been looking at ImageRanger. Also Retrobatch is a great node-base image processor.evilpeacock
- NBQ000
Am I missing something? All CC apps are 2021 titled but After Effects is still 2020?
- and XD has nothing after itmonospaced
- They dont give a fuck. Whatcha gonna do bout it uh? Nothin, you'll do notinBennn
- It doesn't concern me in any way. Changes nothing. I don't give a shit what the logo or name is.monospaced
- Uh... XD is timeless.evilpeacock
- I noticed AE is a .5 version number rather than incrementing to v18. That's why but you'd think they'd just bump it anyway.evilpeacock
- i_monk1
Affinity 30% off: https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb…
- colin_s1
One interesting thing I've found in moving from Adobe to Affinity is the distinct lack of convenience. It's sort of how I feel when I go travel in Europe... it's not that things are difficult, but in America they're just designed to be easier - however, the trade-off is having increasingly bloated and useless systems.
As books are my primary medium, there's just so much I've gotten used to be able to shortcutting in InDesign (that otherwise should just be traits of Photoshop or Illustrator)... now in the Affinity suite, it's just I have to do the work the program is designed to do in that particular program.
Which, I mean, is how it should be. But it is strange how unlearning that added convenience layer can be such a difficult task.
- Examples of US vs EU convenience systems?Nairn
- ^ it's the walking and the salads that always get 'emMrT
- This is why I have had a hard time adapting to GIMP. All the tools are there, same as PS, but it is those YEARS of experience with PS UI...i just KNOW itdkoblesky
- Well so if there's no more Photoshop next year, you go out of business? Adapt, most design apps are 90% the same, commongrafician
- well...this is why I use Gimp and only pay Adobe for AE....the one program Open Source cannot substitutedkoblesky
- MarleyMarl1
Anybody running Big Sur without issue in relation to CC apps?
- Been running it since public beta with limited issue(s); there were some UI issues early on BUT they seem resolved.
#Godspeed @MarleyMarl!ideaist - Thanks!MarleyMarl
- Been running it since public beta with limited issue(s); there were some UI issues early on BUT they seem resolved.
- SimonFFM0
Photoshop's neural filters are ok, e.g. when you have a portrait of a male and want to tidy it up. You make the facial age a bit younger and photoshop does a good job on the beard.
But why the fuck is it only doing it in the face when the beard goes all the way down to the neck?
- It’s learning.monospaced
- The blue frame around the face is always too small. And if it can retouch skin, do the whole body, not just the face.
It works well on males.SimonFFM - With females, it changes the haircut way too much.SimonFFM
- misterhow-5
Maybe it's the medication but I want the Metal swatch library to be more Metal. Like, Pantera Metal or... Manowar metal. These yellows and grays just aren't cutting it.
- Here you go https://www.pantone.…grafician
- I think this thread is broken. I post my grievances and they don't show up. Then, I see it in the menu again as if someone posted but there's nothing new.CyBrainX
- utopian1
- I disabled all that shit, haven't touched an update in months and i'm happy to keep it that way. All my cloud work lives on Google Drive.face_melter
- ayport2
I'm really hating on these splash screens.
- Bennn0
I dont have access to 'pixel' .... I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THE HELL
- *Line ToolBennn
- Oh they decided it was useless! ''the Line tool no longer supports the Pixels mode''Bennn
- https://community.ad…Bennn
- there is a single line marquee tool which does 1 pxhotroddy
- https://99designs-bl…hotroddy
- clip studio for the win.
Adobe is really sucking with the updates recently.shapesalad - thanks hotroddy but I was using the line tool at 3px ALL THE TIME on my jobBennn
- is there a way to switch between pixel /vector mode in ps these days?hans_glib
- click three times for 3 pixels. after you can modify the areas you want removed before adding fill by holding down option key + marquee rectanglehotroddy
- or selecting the shape layer by holding down command key will give you pixel based outline.hotroddy
- Holy shit the LINE tool?! What year is itnb
- THanks hotroddy.
Yeah, line tool. Using it all the time at my work.Bennn
- ayport4
So this sucks...
January 2023: Adobe applications will not recognize the presence of Type 1 fonts, even if you have Type 1 fonts installed in your desktop operating system.
https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/kb…
Does anybody have a good conversion tool they would recommend?
- Someone going to make a boat-load of money converting and or selling modified Type 1 fonts to conform with Adobe's 2023 New World Order initiative.utopian
- Oh crapGnash
- how and why are you still even using type 1 fonts?doesnotexist
- I’ve been doing this a long time. My font library is massive, and many of my archived jobs use t1Gnash
- Why could they not just grandfather in Type 1?hardhat
- i have a massive archive as well, and honestly i'm over it. fonts are dumb. it doesn't matter. nothing matters. [sign out]doesnotexist
- bummer... unfortunately most of the younger designers i work with use google fonts or dafont anyway. just sucks cuz my library of fonts has saved me a few timesjonny_quest_lives
- might have to buy an open type avant garde nowjonny_quest_lives
- i was joking with dafont btw... mostly google fonts and adobe typekit fonts are what get passed around work nowadays.jonny_quest_lives
- clients tend to pucker when you discuss licensing fonts for end usage so commercial free to use out the box it is for nowjonny_quest_lives
- But those don't work on Mac anyway, right?grafician
- All fonts work on Macs.monospaced
- I am currently using around 20 fonts, besides those arranged by company (clients).maquito
- Most of those I have carried for many years, and have been slightly fine-tuned; mainly kerning.maquito
- Doesnotexist, woah! Been a minute since I’ve seen your name here. Or maybe it’s been a minute since I paid attention. Anyway. Sup?lvl_13
- Nairn1
lol, if you type 'Fuck Adobe' into DDG this thread's very near the top :)
Anyway. I realised today that Adobe sent me an email in November telling me they'd renew my subscription and then, in small print down below where I didn't see, mention it'd increase by 40%.
Cue a chat engagement with the support and I went in a bit hard (because I was pissed off) and overplayed my hand, insisting they simply downgrade to just Illy and nix any cancellation fees, but thankfully they relented and continued me on the same thing I had before.
I had a moment of panic, thinking I'd have to really get into Affinity Photo, which I just can't be bothered doing right now.
Phew!
I'd be annoyed that they'd overcharged me £80 since December, but then they gave me three months free too, so I'm like £5 up or something.
What a faff, just to keep a suite of apps and services I don't even use (just Illy and PS here)
- that's the thing.....they penalize you severely for just wanting one product. I pay $24 a month just for AEdkoblesky
- Yeah, my problem was that I had Illy and PS subscriptions, which does get stupid. I pay a little more and have the full suite, but I don't use any of it.Nairn
- I installed Animate when I flattened this machine last week, but I cna't see having time to play with it for .. well, ever. It's useless to me.Nairn
- They could make a lot of money on these products if they were smart. They clearly want to own your entire online toolsetdkoblesky
- dkoblesky1
I am sure they could make enough money if they priced them reasonably. But they clearly want to own your entire online toolset and so they just make their user base mad and drive them to other options.
If they priced them reasonably I would have PS, AI and AE....but I just have AE and have learned GIMP and Inkscape, as well as Audacity....because fuck off I don't want all your garbage. I dont want XD and Aero and whatever the fuck what do you think I do...just learn new tools all day so you can sell me new ones?
I am sure that their numbers show a pie that is 90% PS, AI, AE and then alllll the rest...
The way they sell is offensive because they present you with this option: WE WANT TO OWN ALL YOUR ONLINE TOOLS.....oh, alright you can have just one at HALF the price of the whole set....arent you stupid
fuck off Adobe.
Other than AE, I am doing fine. And you know what, if it came down to it, I would figure out what to do without AE if I had to.
- Just use free trails and Little Snitch to block the softwares communicating with Adobe server?shapesalad
- get Affinity instead of Gimp?! Inkscape?! Common man lolgrafician
- LOL. Affinity is pixel and vector?dkoblesky
- Yeah lolgrafician
- lets hope someone somewhere is working on an ae alternative.hans_glib
- keep the Gimp, it may come in handy.futurefood
- Bring back Freehand!faxion
- @hans_glib If you don't mind learning node editing Resolve can replace AE for most use cases.zarkonite
- grafician1
"Once I upsized the image using the Super Resolution feature, I zoomed into the resulting image and was very impressed. The image seemed just as sharp (if not a little sharper) as the original image file but of course it is massively larger (in terms of resolution and file size). Kudos to the folks at Adobe for creating a truly revolutionary addition to Photoshop."
- Source: https://petapixel.co…grafician
- Tech: https://paperswithco…grafician
- they may have just destroyed the 40 megapixel camera marketjonny_quest_lives
- This can be useful for photographers BUT it can also be used to upscale any logo then retrace itgrafician
- Not to mention upscaling any low-res artwork, photo etc. facilitating image stealing on a whole new scalegrafician
- So yeah, thank you Adobe, Fuck you Adobe!grafician
- Oh wait, apparently it only works with RAW files...for now!grafician
- oh no wait again, no, it works with any file: "First off, it works with any image file, whether it is a raw images file, a TIFF, or a JPEG. "grafician
- Can somebody update to the latest Photoshop and let us know if this works with iPhone images?
12MP iPhone -> 40MPgrafician - lol @ Jonny Quest...so trueutopian
- "Enhance, Enhance, Enhance, Enhance, Enhance, Enhance, Enhance, Enhance & Enhance"AQUTE
- I could not get it running with a test file that was 600x900px. On another file (a raw file) PS crashed.SimonFFM
- surfers nose enhanced or original?
@grafican it works best from cams that do no antialias job so iphone images so we should test it with iphone raw images.api - Guys... I didn't want to say anything earlier, because, like... but if you put your face 5cm in front of your screen - you can get your image super big.shapesalad
- i imagine clean exposures work best... having done res ups using both genuine fractals and adobe's baked in solution "enhance details"jonny_quest_lives
- it was often garbage in garbage out soI imagine grainy high iso stuff is probably throws the filter off...jonny_quest_lives
- but if it works as well as advertised on clean images one could theoretically run a product/photo studio with 35mm only and avoid medium format all togetherjonny_quest_lives
- I ran it twice on a 3D render from a property job I'm doing, 6780px wide to 27420px and its pretty bloody amazing.slappy
- 100% crop original
https://imgur.com/bx…
100% crop enhanced twice
https://imgur.com/kv…slappy - The neural engine stuff Adobe are doing right now is incredible. Not just this tech, all of it is amazing.Gucci
- Yes, superzoom works. Here's my test: https://pbs.twimg.co…SimonFFM
- @Simon can you please use that superzoom on this screenshot too, we can't see anythinggrafician
- utopian0
Hey grafician, a great link above thanks.
This new feature for Camera RAW...will be great for me converting my old digital images and making them NFT art for sale.
- shapesalad0
After Effects alternative:
Apple motion:
+ Cavalry
+ Blender
+ Nuke
https://www.foundry.com/products…
+ Moho
https://www.mohoanimation.com/mo…
Should be enough to cover all that AE does.
- Not sure if being facetious but nuke costs a bomb. Others are perfectly valid. AE is the best value of all CC products, easy.sausages
- and when your clients request AE files [ albeit pre-redered down ] but with alphas so they can version text to different language etc - whayya gonna do ?_me_
- < nftsausages
- go on fiverr and hire some guy in the philippines to cover your 5 softwares motion graphics project file into AE.shapesalad
- The fact it's 4 totally disparate apps says it all. Fuck Adobe but think I'll stick with AE for the mo.MrT
