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Adobe's new image rotation tool is one of the most impressive AI tools seen

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721 points ralusek | 2 comments | 17 Oct 24 14:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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porphyra ◴[17 Oct 24 15:29 UTC] No.41870564[source]▶
I find that Adobe is really pulling away from open source software with all this AI stuff. A few years ago it could be argued that GIMP, Inkscape, and Darktable could do almost everything that Photoshop, Illustrator, and Lightroom could, albeit with a jankier user interface.

But now none of the open source software can compete with AI generative fill, AI denoising, and now AI rotation.

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dagmx ◴[17 Oct 24 20:47 UTC] No.41873609[source]▶
With all due respect there’s never been a time when that could have legitimately been argued unless someone was doing relatively basic things with those apps or was a hobbyist.

There’s always been a significant gap in capabilities once you looked past the surface.

I find this sentiment is common among FOSS advocates who don’t actually professionally use those tools.

I am definitely an advocate for free tools closing that gap, but I both design content professionally and contribute to OSS projects to close that gap. So I feel quite confident in saying that gap has always been large when compared to the Adobe suite.

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woah ◴[17 Oct 24 23:26 UTC] No.41874830[source]▶
Even if the open source option is only slightly worse, why would a professional allow that to impact how they earn a living?
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1. dagmx ◴[18 Oct 24 00:02 UTC] No.41875076[source]▶
Yeah precisely. The Adobe suite is affordable if you’re actively making money off using it. It’s also why there’s not as much investment in competing open source projects.

$80 CAD/mo for the whole suite minus the substance stuff (prices are regional). For the average freelancer in Canada, that’s not a consequential barrier to entry. That’s <$1k for a year for everything.

If I charge a rate of something like $40/hr, that’s two hours in a month? <2% of revenue. Am I going to risk spending that much extra time fussing with something else for 2% more $$?

Meanwhile Blender gets a lot of investment because the competition is much more expensive. CA$305/mo for Maya and I need to augment it with an adobe subscription for any non-3D work.

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2. cchance ◴[18 Oct 24 00:47 UTC] No.41875330[source]▶
Sure as long as adobe doesn't decide to go back and do the whole "we own the rights to everything ever opened in one of our apps" again lol