While it appeared as satire, Abode says it is dead serious about taking on Adobe.

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Semple, a multi-disciplinary British artist, promised to build “a brand new suite of world-class design and photography tools, with an uncanny similarity to the tools you’ve been indoctrinated in.”

“There’s a really urgent need for a suite of creative tools for creators that they actually own rather than rent. In a way, this first started when Adobe and Pantone decided to paywall the Pantone colors and I created Freetone — which was a free color plugin so creators could continue to access their palette,” he says.

“I have lawyers, and I’ve taken advice. We have solid plans in place. I would also point out that nobody has seen the final branding and no software that infringes on any of Adobe’s trademarks has been produced,”

“I have successfully challenged IP owned by Tiffany and Co, Pantone, Mattel, and others over the years. I feel we have a good and thorough understanding of where the legal line is and an ability to get as close to that as possible without overstepping it.”

  • mtchristo@lemm.eeEnglish
    233·
    1 year ago

    Color me skeptical

    The Foss community already tried for years. And the gap is widening even more thanks to AI.

    • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      365·
      1 year ago

      Speak for yourself. GIMP rules, and DaVinci Resolve (not OSS, but still free) does just fine.

      Fuck Adobe.

        • MetaStatistical@lemmy.filmEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          DaVinci has its quirks and one or two things I wished it had. But, it is far more feature-rich than 95% of the population needs. And for the other 5%, there’s plenty of plugins.

        • proton_lynx@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Even as a FOSS lover, those softwares are unfortunately light years behind professional solutions like Premiere, DaVinci, Photoshop, etc. But I wish he would open source all those Abode projects.

          • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            I agree, these solutions are more of light and hobbyist solutions. Adobe has always been the leader of the creative tools and it’s unfortunate.

      • Prandom_returns@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        GIMP is for hobbyists. Ir has a broken core that needs a rewrite to fix.

        Way better alternative is Affinity Photo.