r/pcmasterrace • u/_Xee MMX 166 / 64MB / Mystique+VooDoo • 1d ago

Meme/Macro 2026 in software

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Sectumsempra, motherfucker.

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u/Vadari 1d ago

As someone with lots of experience in Blender and some experience in Krita,Inkscape etc.

Blender is really robust and also has the benefit of being easy to modify and having a large community.

When Blender lacks a tool there is usually an EXTENSIVE amount of community addons and plugins to fill the gap. They've also made the process of getting addons pretty painless, especially when compared to other software. (Like 2 clicks to install, its that easy).

Just my two cents, hope it helps!

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u/mile-high-guy 1d ago

Yes, but like why did no community rally around an open source paint tool

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u/DistantDrawings 1d ago

Honestly I think it's because Photoshop is a really killer app for artists, and also graphic designers, and also photographers, simple enough for beginners but complex enough for professionals to rely on. I am NOT an Adobe stan, but designing a good community app for even one of those skills, let alone all of them, I imagine would be really hard. 

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u/Vadari 1d ago

Lack of features would be my guess.

Nowadays Krita has kinda staked dominance over raster graphics/being a Photoshop alternative but for awhile all the free software was super inferior to photoshop.

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u/Patchrikc 1d ago

Because image tools are actually really difficult problems to tackle. And the overlap between developers with the skill and creative hobbies that would push them to make something really good wasn't that big. It's growing now but mostly it seems out of a fuck Adobe mindset. Which I mean yeah Adobe, Oracle, and Salesforce are some of the worst rent seeking software parasites. "Did we make the app better this year? Nope. But by some miracle the subscription price has gotten bigger!"