So, what can be done with the software and why has it toppled Photoshop for me? It fulfills a childhood dream: the chance to open an endless box of LEGO with all the colors and elements you can imagine.

Pretty impressive to beat out LEGO’s own LEGO Digital Designer. In the recent past the LEGO Group purchased Bricklink, the team behind Studio and more recently (Jan 12, 2022) have officially endorsed Studio as the official virtual building tool for LEGO. Studio 2.0 is the most robust digital building software for building, rendering, and creating instructions. Well then, what could contend with Photoshop? In 2014 a small group of AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO) started work on what would eventually become the cleverly named Stud.io. Photoshop, and for good reason, is by far still the industry standard for editing raster graphics. Photoshop, over time has even transformed itself as a software, to a neologism (a newly coined word or phrase that hasn’t yet entered common usage) and on to being a fully established word. Previously, and for decades, that spot was staunchly held captive by Adobe’s Photoshop. In ringing in the new year, this month, I’m excited to announce that I have a new favorite creative software. Step by Step on how to make a MOC – My Own Creation! Look out PhotoShop – the Next Big Thing is taking over! Everything is Awesome in our blog post today!

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