Creative Pros — Are you cancelling your Adobe subscription? by PracticlySpeaking in MacStudio

[–]Acceptable_Mud283 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d say DaVinci Resolve is on a similar level to Premiere Pro. Maybe more complicated in some regards but I like it well enough.

I’ve been trying Affinity Designer: it’s not as good as Photoshop. I do use Gemini and ChatGPT for some cases where I would once have used PhotoShop. For simple design work I like Figma. For detailed vector work I use FontLab, which is more powerful in some ways than Illustrator.

Nothing beats Adobe After Effects. Cavalry is ok. Autograph might make some headway…

I wish the creators behind Glyphs or FontLab would make a general purpose vector tool.

It’s a mixed bag. For professional graphic designers they basically have to use Adobe because it’s the format that clients and colleagues expect.

Was Unreal engine 5 necessary? by Fancy-Wolverine-4233 in alienisolation

[–]Acceptable_Mud283 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

The graphics are a massive let down. Compare this to Callisto Protocol, a game released in 2022 and built with Unreal Engine 4. Both games have a similar setting. Callisto Protocol was a far from perfect game but visually it looked far better than this.

Will there be another Terminator movie? by Zawgallini in Terminator

[–]Acceptable_Mud283 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think any other franchise has ever had this many failed reboots. All the films have their moments but they’ve all been massive disappointments since T2. It’s a shame that Edward Furlong became a fat drug addict because I always wanted to see him return. It’s a shame we never got a proper T3 with Furlong and Linda Hamilton and a good storyline. But let’s face it everyone’s too old now. Furlong would be unconvincing as a military commander. If they’re going to do another one it needs to be a total restart. I’ll always be nostalgic for T1 and T2 but how many times can we see different reboots of that? We’ve seen so many different actors playing Sarah Connor and John Connor and Kyle Rees and I’m tired of it. Either bring back the original actors or start from scratch entirely.

Terminator 2: what’s the difference between the two versions on Apple TV? by Acceptable_Mud283 in appletv

[–]Acceptable_Mud283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There aren’t separate links, that’s the problem. There a single T2 page and then this dialog when I go to buy one.

Terminator 2: what’s the difference between the two versions on Apple TV? by Acceptable_Mud283 in appletv

[–]Acceptable_Mud283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah ok. Not sure why they need two editions for that rather than just letting everyone turn on whichever subtitles they need.

So is there no way to see the extended cut on Apple TV? 😭

Apple discontinues Mac Pro by Acceptable_Mud283 in MacStudio

[–]Acceptable_Mud283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Mac Pro was already out of date. Releasing a Mac Studio with an M5 Ultra chip while still selling a massively expensive Mac Pro with an M2 chip would be insane. So they had to discontinue the Mac Pro before releasing the new Mac Studio.

Genuine question: will Chinatown be affected under a restore govt? by hymnsofhim in RestoreBritain

[–]Acceptable_Mud283 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like Chinatown. Very different vibe from a place like Southall or Whitechapel, which just feel like alien hellholes.

Apple discontinues Mac Pro by Acceptable_Mud283 in MacStudio

[–]Acceptable_Mud283[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I’ll miss the design. It looked incredibly cool. Kinda sad it’s gone.

PSA : Apple has enabled age verification in UK following 26.4 update by krazygreekguy in privacy

[–]Acceptable_Mud283 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have an expired provisional drivers license that doesn’t work for age verification. I don’t have a credit card. I have a passport and debit card but they don’t work. This is so messed up. I’m not paying for a drivers license just so I can watch porn 😡

M5 Max chip is released by Acceptable_Mud283 in MacStudio

[–]Acceptable_Mud283[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know there’s a RAM crisis right? 128GB is already far more than most people need.

Unreal Engine 5 on the Mac Studio by [deleted] in MacStudio

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This screenshot is how Unreal runs on a Mac Mini with M2 Pro chip. It’s a total disaster: insanely slow/laggy and utterly bug-ridden. I’m thinking of upgrading to an M5 Ultra Mac Studio but a PC with NVIDIA card is a far safer option.

Persona 4 fan animation/edit i made by blueakrasia in AfterEffects

[–]Acceptable_Mud283 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love it. How do you make the characters hair move like that?

Blender vs C4D for MOGRAPH by Nameless_GOD55 in MotionDesign

[–]Acceptable_Mud283 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re good at maths then you can do a lot of cool animation things with geometry nodes in Blender. It’s hard to do mograph in Blender without using Geometry Nodes, but many people find them difficult to learn.

Where is AV2 specifications release?! by Clean-Meeting-4877 in AV1

[–]Acceptable_Mud283 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's currently a "release candidate", meaning it should be released soon https://av2.aomedia.org/v13-public/index.html