Inkscape is truly in a class of its own. If you are any kind of physical maker, it is a must have. I use it for laser engraving, CNC CAM programming, and 3D printing designs. And if you work in the digital landscape I think it really is a must have as well. Using vector graphics on a web page not only has the benefit of free scaling that looks good at any size, but the SVG file type is a subset of XML, meaning it is lightweight in file size versus raster file and it can be directly embedded in a webpage and have interactive elements and styles that can be changed programmatically. And Inkscape is hands and feet above any other vector software I've used including Illustrator, and it feels like a swiss army knife. What I mean is you can save your files out in all kinds of wacky formats that usually work as desired like DXF for CAD/CAM software, PNG and JPEG for raster needs, and strange postscript standards like EPS and PDF. But it can read and edit PDF as well, which I have used to add my signature to documents and make minor changes existing PDFs.
+1. Inkscape helped me alot in PCB Circuit printing. The size was perfect. Same as the physical components and I could also move the lines and increase the thickness as well.
Also add in the InkStitch plug-in to drive consumer embroidery machines with custom artwork (It is a tad clunky, but still orders of magnitude better than the commercial stuff you can buy off the equipment suppliers (for an insultingly high price, for how bad the UI and workflows are!).
@ I’ll have to check that out. We also use industrial embroidery machines, but have the worst software to work with it (there’s not even a way to pan the view.) Personally I’ve only used the programs my mom sold with consumer machines but those were still an insane price with physical DRM often.
lol.. good on you, because even their "month to month" subscription idea was a farse. if you sign up for monthly payments and then try cancel before the year is up, they require that you pay for the remainder of that year...
I do promote these in some of the courses I tech-support (mainly around our faculty maker space). Unfortunately our big Adobe users are locked into it hard because those courses feed an industry sector that explicitly expects Adobe-specific software skills from our graduates. But even then, there is a bit of wiggle room for at least showing students (and staff) there _are_ often alternatives. It often surprises me how many people are just unaware that any alternative even exists at all, irrespective of its suitability for their use-case. ... Adobe licencing has become so horrific that late this year our IT department started fishing about the faculties for information on who really _really_ honestly cannot do without it.
I’m a full time graphic designer and every business that I’ve designed for they require that you use Adobe. Talking with some other graphic designers too it’s unlikely that we’ll go away from adobe for Ai, Ps, and Id at least in the near future. When it comes to Ae and Pr I can see creatives moving away from those right now. I also see people using blender and procreate for 2d animations. Other than that as much as I don’t want to rely on adobe they are still the industry standard.
I was a big AE user as well! Autograph by Left Angle looks like what After Effects would be if it was created in modern times. I haven't tried it because I moved to Nuke in Linux (I mostly do VFX), but it looks really cool. Not cheap though, but they have a free trial
I'm currently trying out Photopea, which being web-based, is independent of the operating system. For the music and video production that I do, I cannot migrate to Linux. The machine I do that on runs Windows 10 offline. It will stay Windows 10 offline. For everything else however, Linux here I come!
Thanks for providing this list. It's always good to have an updated list of creative programs for Linux that can potentially replace Adobe applications. Just wanted to add two programs you can check out if you like. For video editing, there is a program called Cinelerra-GG Infinity that I don't see many people review. This may be because seems to be only on Linux? I also don't know if it's on a professional level since I'm not a professional video editor myself nor have I really used it. If you want to try it out, it is available as an AppImage. The second program is still in beta, but it could be a future replacement for After Effects. It's called Friction Motion Graphics and it looks like they are working on 1.0 as we speak. A bonus program is Gaffer for VFX although I'm not sure if you need that ^^; .
Hey, nice video about creative software that Linux offers ! Nice to see someone promote it. Little off topic question; what's that blueprint behind you ? I like the style of blueprints, did you make it yourself or... ?
Just a head's up about Resolve and AMD GPUs... NVIDIA's proprietary technologies, CUDA and OptiX, are used specifically in Resolve to enhance rendering performance. AMD's OpenCLI is supported but leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to performance and stability. At least, that's my experience. I'm attempting to learn Kaden but in the meantime, Shotcut has been easy enough to learn and has just enough features for me to get by.
Great suggestion! I know of it and downloaded but haven’t done much work in it yet, so I didn’t mention it. I need to spend more time in it then I’ll chat about it more specifically. Thanks for the feedback!
I definitely think people can get around Davinci's free codec limitations by just running their content through handbrake first, but yeah that is absolutely one annoying aspect
Now that there is no way to opt out of Adobe not having full access to your work as of there new EULA do you trust them not to use it for AI training or worse taking ownership of your work one day. They would like to explain .. .. as a consumer i would rather them stay out of our work.. Show more alternatives to these corrupt big corps
Doesn't everybody hate Acrobat anyway? I certainly did. In any case, "LibreOffice: Draw" is a better replacement than you know. It even allows you to do page layout similar to InDesign, although not nearly as powerful. It's my go-to for building and editing PDFs. Not perfect of course, but it suits my humble needs.
Well, I realize that there are some worrying issues going on but I figure, download the software, make backup copies and wait out the storm. I've been lurking around Linux for a long time but never got up the courage to deal with the frustration of learning a new operating system and having to learn how to install the applications, so I've been using GIMP, etc. On Windows 7. I just got a Win10 system. Couldn't make up my mind if I wanted to do a partition or install a 2nd hard drive. Yesterday, I ordered another pc to put Linux on it. So, I'll be using both until I get used to Linux because there is no way I'm going to Windows 11. That hot place would have to freeze over first. Linux doesn't force me to upgrade. Windows wants me to not only upgrade, but buy a brand new pc just to run their Spyware! No way.
They've been saying Linux is going to "expand dramatically" (as you say) for the past 20 years. Yes, I love Linux but am realistic in saying this is not true. We will continue to occupy the same 2 or 3 percent of user base that we have since Linux was invented. Nice article BTW.
@@benmobi I disagree slightly. Linux's use has almost doubled in just the last 5 years or so. It may never be the top OS, but it could at least carve out a health 15-20% some day and bring more support and attention
Valve has put a lot of effort into making gaming on Linux really good. Although that isn’t directly related to the creative field, I think it will help to grow the Linux user base quite a bit
Inkscape is truly in a class of its own. If you are any kind of physical maker, it is a must have. I use it for laser engraving, CNC CAM programming, and 3D printing designs. And if you work in the digital landscape I think it really is a must have as well. Using vector graphics on a web page not only has the benefit of free scaling that looks good at any size, but the SVG file type is a subset of XML, meaning it is lightweight in file size versus raster file and it can be directly embedded in a webpage and have interactive elements and styles that can be changed programmatically. And Inkscape is hands and feet above any other vector software I've used including Illustrator, and it feels like a swiss army knife. What I mean is you can save your files out in all kinds of wacky formats that usually work as desired like DXF for CAD/CAM software, PNG and JPEG for raster needs, and strange postscript standards like EPS and PDF. But it can read and edit PDF as well, which I have used to add my signature to documents and make minor changes existing PDFs.
+1. Inkscape helped me alot in PCB Circuit printing. The size was perfect. Same as the physical components and I could also move the lines and increase the thickness as well.
Also add in the InkStitch plug-in to drive consumer embroidery machines with custom artwork (It is a tad clunky, but still orders of magnitude better than the commercial stuff you can buy off the equipment suppliers (for an insultingly high price, for how bad the UI and workflows are!).
@ I’ll have to check that out. We also use industrial embroidery machines, but have the worst software to work with it (there’s not even a way to pan the view.) Personally I’ve only used the programs my mom sold with consumer machines but those were still an insane price with physical DRM often.
You're very professional , great video
Thank you so much! I appreciate the support!
I haven't used an Adobe product since they went month-to-month.
You’re ahead of the curve! I was mad at the subscription but ended up using it for a long time still. But I’m happy I’m exploring these options now.
lol.. good on you, because even their "month to month" subscription idea was a farse. if you sign up for monthly payments and then try cancel before the year is up, they require that you pay for the remainder of that year...
Same. CS, CS2 era actually..
I just pirate them from CC start. I can use other softwares but pirating Adobe just feels really good
Krita has vector layers (not a full vector editing software, but they are there), also Inkscape and Krita can interchange vectors
Great point! Thank you!
Sending to my artist friend, tyvm!
Awesome! I hope they find it helpful. Thanks for the support!
I do promote these in some of the courses I tech-support (mainly around our faculty maker space).
Unfortunately our big Adobe users are locked into it hard because those courses feed an industry sector that explicitly expects Adobe-specific software skills from our graduates. But even then, there is a bit of wiggle room for at least showing students (and staff) there _are_ often alternatives.
It often surprises me how many people are just unaware that any alternative even exists at all, irrespective of its suitability for their use-case.
...
Adobe licencing has become so horrific that late this year our IT department started fishing about the faculties for information on who really _really_ honestly cannot do without it.
I’m a full time graphic designer and every business that I’ve designed for they require that you use Adobe. Talking with some other graphic designers too it’s unlikely that we’ll go away from adobe for Ai, Ps, and Id at least in the near future. When it comes to Ae and Pr I can see creatives moving away from those right now. I also see people using blender and procreate for 2d animations. Other than that as much as I don’t want to rely on adobe they are still the industry standard.
I was a big AE user as well! Autograph by Left Angle looks like what After Effects would be if it was created in modern times. I haven't tried it because I moved to Nuke in Linux (I mostly do VFX), but it looks really cool. Not cheap though, but they have a free trial
That’s awesome! Someone else mentioned Autograph. I’ll have to check it out! Thanks for watching!
I wish some of the alternatives brought their programs over to linux like dxo photolab , canvas suite , on1 photo raw.
I'm currently trying out Photopea, which being web-based, is independent of the operating system.
For the music and video production that I do, I cannot migrate to Linux. The machine I do that on runs Windows 10 offline. It will stay Windows 10 offline. For everything else however, Linux here I come!
That’s awesome! Best of luck on your journey! I need to give Photopea a try
Gimp 3 is in testing right now. You can build it right now
Thanks for providing this list. It's always good to have an updated list of creative programs for Linux that can potentially replace Adobe applications. Just wanted to add two programs you can check out if you like. For video editing, there is a program called Cinelerra-GG Infinity that I don't see many people review. This may be because seems to be only on Linux? I also don't know if it's on a professional level since I'm not a professional video editor myself nor have I really used it. If you want to try it out, it is available as an AppImage. The second program is still in beta, but it could be a future replacement for After Effects. It's called Friction Motion Graphics and it looks like they are working on 1.0 as we speak. A bonus program is Gaffer for VFX although I'm not sure if you need that ^^; .
Thank you so much for these suggestions! More tools for me to tryout.
Im a Graphical Desing,i never was an"Adobe hostage",Lets Support Free and Open Source Software,lets bypass.
Absolutely! Thank you for watching!
A good and improving tool for SVG work is Boxy SVG.
Oh cool! Thanks for the recommendation. I’ll check it out!
Hey, nice video about creative software that Linux offers ! Nice to see someone promote it. Little off topic question; what's that blueprint behind you ? I like the style of blueprints, did you make it yourself or... ?
Thanks! And I got that from Amazon I think. I can find the link if you’re interested.
@@LinuxCreativeProject it's okay. I'll Google it, thank you !
No problem
Just a head's up about Resolve and AMD GPUs... NVIDIA's proprietary technologies, CUDA and OptiX, are used specifically in Resolve to enhance rendering performance. AMD's OpenCLI is supported but leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to performance and stability. At least, that's my experience.
I'm attempting to learn Kaden but in the meantime, Shotcut has been easy enough to learn and has just enough features for me to get by.
Photopea is another pgotoshop replacement btw
Well done :)
Thank you!
I don't know if this will replace to some extent after effects but I am recommending it anyway since it's good Netron good for VFX and alike
Great suggestion! I know of it and downloaded but haven’t done much work in it yet, so I didn’t mention it. I need to spend more time in it then I’ll chat about it more specifically. Thanks for the feedback!
How about a PDF editor?
I don’t know of one. But I don’t need that often so I didn’t think about it. I’ll research that though! Thanks!
Darktable. Audacity. Darktable.
I definitely think people can get around Davinci's free codec limitations by just running their content through handbrake first, but yeah that is absolutely one annoying aspect
Now that there is no way to opt out of Adobe not having full access to your work as of there new EULA do you trust them not to use it for AI training or worse taking ownership of your work one day. They would like to explain .. .. as a consumer i would rather them stay out of our work.. Show more alternatives to these corrupt big corps
No replacement for acrobat... ☹️
That’s too bad. Hopefully there will be a solution for that soon.
Doesn't everybody hate Acrobat anyway? I certainly did. In any case, "LibreOffice: Draw" is a better replacement than you know. It even allows you to do page layout similar to InDesign, although not nearly as powerful. It's my go-to for building and editing PDFs. Not perfect of course, but it suits my humble needs.
The way Linux and Linus is imploding, might be time to look for something else yet again.
I think all will be good in the long run for Linux. It’s lasted 30+ years. It will survive some bumpy roads.
Imploding? Aren't you confusing it with windows and it's latest offering?
Well, I realize that there are some worrying issues going on but I figure, download the software, make backup copies and wait out the storm.
I've been lurking around Linux for a long time but never got up the courage to deal with the frustration of learning a new operating system and having to learn how to install the applications, so I've been using GIMP, etc. On Windows 7.
I just got a Win10 system. Couldn't make up my mind if I wanted to do a partition or install a 2nd hard drive.
Yesterday, I ordered another pc to put Linux on it. So, I'll be using both until I get used to Linux because there is no way I'm going to Windows 11. That hot place would have to freeze over first.
Linux doesn't force me to upgrade. Windows wants me to not only upgrade, but buy a brand new pc just to run their Spyware! No way.
They've been saying Linux is going to "expand dramatically" (as you say) for the past 20 years. Yes, I love Linux but am realistic in saying this is not true. We will continue to occupy the same 2 or 3 percent of user base that we have since Linux was invented. Nice article BTW.
Thank you! And valid points for sure.
It's 4.5%, but yeah, other than than it's true.
Thanks!
@@benmobi I disagree slightly. Linux's use has almost doubled in just the last 5 years or so. It may never be the top OS, but it could at least carve out a health 15-20% some day and bring more support and attention
Valve has put a lot of effort into making gaming on Linux really good. Although that isn’t directly related to the creative field, I think it will help to grow the Linux user base quite a bit