The time has come to change the way I go about making digital art and animation. This particularly relates to Adobe Animate and Photoshop, which has been my mainstay since the beginning (during the Macromedia days!). I've used these tools to create the art, animation and dressups during their heyday but since their software has become more bug ridden, and costlier on a monthly basis I've grown reluctant to sticking with them. The nail in the coffin for me has been Adobe's policies to their recent censorship practices on uploads to their cloud service to what they consider as 'objectionable' which I can imagine may even go after my uploaded content here. The fact they've been banning artists from their service over what they consider is acceptable does not sit well with me since I'm a paying and loyal customer, just like everyone else that's used their services. I cannot in good faith support Adobe anymore with these practices, on top of the other garbage they've thrown at us over the years.
Therefore, I've been looking at alternatives such as Gimp for digital art and OpenToonz for animation. Preferably free and non subscription based. These might not be the final tools I use but I plan to migrate out of Adobe over the next few weeks or so. It's about time I make this change for the better of my wallet and becoming a better artist. It's nice to use tools that don't get in the way of creativity~
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16 Aug 2025 23:50 CEST
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