Over two years ago, I started writing a monthly blog post about ending my dependence on Adobe software. As a visual artist, it was difficult to think about cutting the monolithic company out of my life. Adobe Offsetting was a way for me to chronicle my transitioning experience while also highlighting new tools and its developers. The blog was […]
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So closes another year for Adobe Offsetting. Every month for the past two years I’ve given money to Free & Open Source Software (FOSS), kickstarters, online resources, and software companies instead of maintaining a subscription to Adobe’s Creative Cloud. I’ve focused my giving on FOSS as much as possible. Open source tears down the economic
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I decided to post August’s Adobe Offsetting a week early since I was able to take advantage of Blender’s special discount for the Cosmos Laundromat release on DVD. The Blender team has been working hard this month with a pre-screening of the film and pre-sale of the DVD. Perks As a perk to donating to
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For a little over a year, I’ve been learning how to create 3D models in Blender. One of the largest benefits of using Blender is their large and overwhelming supportive community. There are tons of online resources that I’ve used to help me understand the basic principle of modeling. Last month I discovered a great
Spring is in the air, taxes are done, and it’s time to focus on fun stuff—like digital painting! Krita is attempting a second stab at success with another Kickstarter that started earlier last week. For 2015, Krita has Photoshop in their crosshairs with the anticipation of making Krita as fast or faster than Photoshop. I was
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It seems that my heart belongs to Blender lately. Since this is the season of Valentines and heartfelt messages, I have to make Blender my February pick for Adobe Offsetting. Blender keeps proving from month-to-month that they’re serious about investing in making a quality product. I’ve just started learning how to model, but the amount
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Yesterday I hopped out of bed with purpose. I was getting up early to test my new bike camera. In the past couple weeks, I’ve been learning to make and print in 3D using Blender and Blender Cloud. For my first project, I gave myself something easy to make so that I could focus on
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What can I say other than that Blender is an amazing tool. As I’ve learned more and more about the software over the past 60 days, I’m impressed with how efficient the and straight-forward the experience is as a noobie has been. In the past I tried to learn 3D but I ultimately would become
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This will be a short and sweet post for this month’s Adobe Offsetting. For the second month in a row, I decided to back Project Gooseberry for Blender. Repeat performance There are many reasons why I decided to donate for a second month in a row. Over the past weeks, I’ve been spending any possible
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A couple of weeks ago I saw an advertisement for an event on Google Plus. It was for an animation workshop using open-source software presented by Ricardo Graça. The only problem is that the workshop will be held in Rio. They will be capturing the upcoming event on video but the lecture will be in Portuguese.
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