It's possible Autodesk squashed gimp; but, gimp should keep developing as hopefully Autodesk doesn't take Sketchbook into the wrong direction, the direction of the sewer.
So the Autodesk site is still charging for it, but like @Stirrup mentioned Sketchbook.com has what is, I assume, exactly the same thing for free. This is all getting weirder and weirder.
https://autodesk-maya.directly.com/apply Since this is a little on-topic (y'know, yelling about money and all that), I just saw this advertised and I can't say I'm happy to have seen it. "Earn rewards" is not the same as "Get paid", maybe some of you have seen similar examples of how well that kind of support network…
That explains the price on the main site. That's now the "Enterprise" version. One of the features is "standard Autodesk licensing". I wonder if the free version isn't supposed to be used commercially. Nothing I've seen clarifies the licensing restrictions, except that Enterprise is "for studios".
I guess the Blender founder was right, autodesk is going broke :open_mouth: https://www.getleonardo.com/ leonardo looks good, my problem is I trialed it for like 5 minutes then got super busy, so cant attest too much to how well it works. personally I am using krita for most things but grabbing the new version of gimp…
Hmm. I'd say by careful with this kind of announcements, especially when they use the phrasing "you can now use X for free" instead of "X is free". There's probably a catch, like a switch to an always-online model or some kind of backwards way to prevent the user from working locally (like they did with Fusion 360).…
Here's the thing though : the fact that it is "free" (while requiring an ID), means that they could very well decide to charge for it again later. Now of course that doesn't mean that they *will* - it just means that they *could*. From there it's not so much about the subscription being $0 of $85, but rather a matter of…
Well that's not really my point :) My point is more of a "personal stance" kind of thing - I personally do not trust Autodesk anymore because of many of their past practices, and therefore, I am personally not willing to commit to any of their always-on software - because what may break, will break. There's nothing worse…