Developers not working in video games will soon pay a per-seat licensing fee to use Unreal Engine.

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… The news came from Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney himself in a presentation at Unreal Fest 2023. …

… He claimed that the pricing model will not be “unusually expensive or unusually inexpensive,” and that its pricing structure will be similar to subscription services like Maya or Photoshop. …

    • tsz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      517·
      1 year ago

      It’s not. It’s miserable to actually use. It’s miserable to manage in a production setting. It’s just not acceptable unless you’re working for yourself.

      • Khrux@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        I’d recommend Photopea for casual use that’s not miserable to use. It’s in browser only and is basically a photoshop clone with slightly less features, but it’s amazingly close to Photoshop when I need it to be, even with things like using a pen or a really specific option menu.

        It does generate it’s revenue via banner ads but I’ve never seen them with my adblock, if I’m needing to quickly whip something up and utilise my Photoshop familiarity, it’s my go to.

        • sfgifz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          I use Photopea too for basic editing, but it certainly wouldn’t be good in a professional environment.

      • Wooki@lemmy.worldEnglish
        852·
        1 year ago

        “oh no I have to learn something new 😭😭😭😭”

        It’s easy, real easy in a production setting. Different is not hard.

        Publishing to other formats and opening more formats are an absolute strength!

        • lloram239@feddit.deEnglish
          272·
          1 year ago

          Gimp was competition for Photoshop some 25 years ago. Photoshop has improved a lot since those days, Gimp hasn’t. Gimp isn’t even the best graphics app in the Free Software space anymore.

          • Wooki@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            1 year ago

            I have used gimp over the past about 15 years, photoshop & Corel suite past 10 & 4 years ago as well. Gimp is not photoshop anyone who has used it, understands that it’s a different product and frankly it does not matter. It’s very capable where it matters and the net result is it costs nothing. No rent charging for nice but not necessary features for myself.

        • errer@lemmy.worldEnglish
          242·
          1 year ago

          Yeah…no. It’s objectively worse in many ways. Student on a budget? Hobbyist? Gimp will get the job done…but then again so will Pixlr 99% of the time. It’s gotta get a whole lot better before production houses seriously consider switching.

          • Lemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            1 year ago

            I’d also like to add Photopea to the list. Gimp has plenty of competition that have pulled themselves up in a shorter amount of time.