🚨 Apple Just Bought Adobe's BIGGEST Competitor Bye Bye Photoshop?

[@CharleyPangus]

Just to clarify: I’m not leaving Adobe. Photoshop has been a cornerstone of my career since I started my channel in 2013, and I still love it. This video was meant to help those who can’t afford an Adobe subscription by highlighting Pixelmator as a $50 one-time purchase alternative. Yes, Affinity is a big competitor to Adobe, but who cares? Use whatever works for you. And remember, software doesn’t make you a better designer-skills do. Happy New Year!

[@wesleybilly8097]

you cant. that would be stupid. this just feels like clickbait and im sorry it does. its 60 dollars a month for me for the whole suite and you can make your 60 dollars back in one day.

[@Arzxalan]

the biggest Competitor for photoshop is affinity

[@CharleyPangus]

@@Arzxalan not the only competition though. Apple has a lot of money… they can do big things with Pixelmator and their AI integrations.

[@Arzxalan]

@@CharleyPangus they can , in the future not now , if you search photoshop competitor the first 20 videos that will be shown would be about affinity , I did not even heard of this app that you said

[@noiszstar]

@@CharleyPangus like they did Fcpx ?

[@noiszstar]

I think Apple realize thé slept on affinity when Canva slid on that deal

[@miguelcollado]

Canva bought Affinity

[@kekoavan]

Nice Video. Go to settings and then workspace. There's different options you can choose from. The design option has all the tools and layers on the right side. I hope this helps.

[@CharleyPangus]

Dude I literally learned this right after filming this video haha. It’s so good!

[@kekoavan]

@ awesome! I can’t wait to see what they do with this program. I’m not too long ago quit Adobe so I’m looking for options that can help me with my workflow.

[@kekoavan]

@@CharleyPangus WOW! You can customize your own layout! It's under the tab Windows, Customize layout. I'm starting to like this software. 🥰

[@rikwilkinson7977]

One reason I learned photoshop first was so if I had to go cheaper it wouldn’t be so hard to transition. If you start from the bottom and work up to PS itll take you forever

[@tiffanyw3794]

I have never heard of pixelmator

[@CharleyPangus]

@@tiffanyw3794 honestly same until recently haha

[@CrossMyHeart_clothing]

Yoooo how you were able to add those effects that easy made me ready to go and try it. Awesome video Charley

[@CharleyPangus]

@@CrossMyHeart_clothing good to see you on KZbin land!

[@leifn]

For a serious competition it probably needs all the bells & whistles of photoshops masking capabilities. I'd really love that because non-destructive workflows are soooo much better to handle.

[@CharleyPangus]

@@leifn absolutely. To me it seems like pixelmator does have a non-destructive workflow since all styles integrate with the layer without rasterizing.

[@facegrabchicken2096]

I’m a year into graphic design (through KZbin) and photoshop can be overwhelming sometimes. I was wondering if I should buy pixelmator now or wait until apple does something to it? My thoughts are to just buy it now right? In the chance of apple turning it into subscription based. The only thing is what if there’s cool upgrades and features they put into it that’s outside of the previous subscription. Anyways love your videos Charlie!

[@CharleyPangus]

@@facegrabchicken2096 I would say this. If you own a Mac I would download the trial and just see if you like it. Affinity is also powerful and offers more tools than pixelmator pro but can be confusing just like photoshop. Overall you won’t lose if you buy pixelmator pro because you can do amazing things with it. Hope this helps and happy new year!

[@fezza__]

Seeing some tutorials or designs on this would be a true test. 50 bucks for life is incredibly competitive tho IF it can come close to PS

[@CharleyPangus]

@@fezza__ the fact that I was able to learn this software in minutes and get close to, if not the same results as I do in Photoshop, is mind belong for $50. Time will tell though.

[@ericadusei2666]

Please how old is Pixelmator?

[@CharleyPangus]

@@ericadusei2666 I believe it came out in 2007.

[@ricardo.i.i.i]

Looks cool bro. I might switch to this

[@CharleyPangus]

I'm excited to see what they do with it!

[@foto21]

Adobe has been sitting on its laurels for too dang long. And they charge a lot per year to stay in their environment and bunch of their software is bogus, though it is detailed, but Apple can wreck them if they try.

[@Mrtwotimesz]

Nice, I just watched it I’m going to add it to my workflow thanks CP

[@CharleyPangus]

Anytime 💪

[@chomsky72]

Not if Apple makes the app exclusive to its OS.

[@bubyoz]

you cant beat the adobe third party scripts and plugins :D nobody uses vanilla PS or AE tho.

[@LucidFocus]

CHARLEY! Your video has convinced me to give it a try. I was introduced to PS back in the late 1900s 😂 while finishing in college back in ‘89. If been working professionally with PS since ‘90. It’s time to explore a cost effective all while compatible alternative. THX

[@CharleyPangus]

@@LucidFocus I appreciate the positive comment! So many people had their pitch forks at for no reason haha

[@LucidFocus]

@ Those are the people that are not forward thinking and often times, get left behind. I’m going to add it to my tool box. Thx again.

[@CharleyPangus]

@@LucidFocus I couldn’t agree more. Happy new year 🎊

[@mally_dTV]

I'm an old school adobe head. Curious to see if it could be done.

[@CharleyPangus]

@@mally_dTV I think it’s about time. We will see! I love Adobe though.

[@ozedsal5581]

My only problem with Pixelmator Pro is there's no history like Photoshop

[@CharleyPangus]

Oh really?? That kind of sucks not to have

[@ozedsal5581]

@@CharleyPangus it has but it's different

[@mikeprice820]

I still have a 2010 version of pixelmator on a old macbook.

[@CharleyPangus]

@@mikeprice820 what!!! Now I want to see what it used to look like haha

[@desiloe_ministries_int]

We are waiting for tutorials

[@oNovais]

They probably just integrate features into the mac editor or even worse just to contract at once the ai developing team and do nothing with the software

[@CharleyPangus]

@@oNovais yeah a lot of unknowns right now. It seems like Apple wants to help the company with funding and let them have the control but who knows right now.

[@homestudio6196]

So its only for Apple? Or can we use on PC?

[@CharleyPangus]

I probably should have touched on this. It’s only for Mac as far as I know.

[@ciixcoin]

this so good, I'm about to own it.

[@CharleyPangus]

I love it so far! Been playing with it more.

[@bakeraus]

This isn't how competition works in a business landscape, you need competition of different companies not one being Adobe. It would have been better if Pixelmator was bought by Affinity (Canva) and they adsorbed that into their eco-system so it would be Serif LTD vs Adobe.

[@CharleyPangus]

That’s exactly what this video was about…. Different companies lol. Pixelmator backed by Apple, affinity backed by Canva and Adobe is Adobe haha

[@CharleyPangus]

If Canva also purchased pixelmator that would be considered more of a monopoly.

[@bakeraus]

@@CharleyPangus I see, sorry my dumb sir, I always think of Adobe and Apple as one team. I’m old school hehe Hopefully affinity gets some nice updates, so the competition heats up.

[@Fahdlevrai]

FINALLY A GOOD NEWS Adobe just release the same softaware for year Don’t get me wrong they are some progress But that’s not impressive for a company like Adobe

[@CharleyPangus]

@@Fahdlevrai yeah very true

[@jonathandavidajayi9309]

Oh yeah, that version of it 😅

[@CharleyPangus]

Haha

[@belgiumkiddo]

I'd be down for pixelmator tuts

[@CharleyPangus]

@@belgiumkiddo I’m honestly considering it!

[@91750fast]

uhhhh im just gonna use photoshop brother

[@CharleyPangus]

@@91750fast I mean I don’t blame you haha

[@83442handle]

Plot twist: Adobe buys Apple's biggest competitor Microsoft to get back at Apple!

[@CharleyPangus]

@@83442handle imagine

[@rauvast]

we must not have the same photoshop lmao. this is not competing with photoshop

[@CharleyPangus]

@@rauvast I mean I have the latest version of Photoshop. I’m not saying it’s going to win right now nor am I switching… but for $50 it’s a steal for people who can’t afford Adobe. It has a lot of the same features minus AI implementation.

[@dee-deeoverton1300]

It’s not a subscription yet!!🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@CharleyPangus]

I’m hoping they don’t add one

[@audio6652]

If you buy it I am sure it is good 👍

[@CharleyPangus]

@@audio6652 I bought it right after filming this video. I want to make tutorial on it.

[@miguelcollado]

14:53 $50 per month??

[@CharleyPangus]

Simple mistake… filmed the outro at a different time since I formatted my memory card and had to reshoot. At the beginning of the video I mentioned it was a one time payment.

[@ArminSteiner]

well just is about three months or so ago :) and we will see if Apple does anything with it or like other apps just let it sit and collect dust.

[@CharleyPangus]

@@ArminSteiner yeah we will see!

[@DavidSwinney]

Talk to me when Pixelmator is available for Windows ... you know, the operating system that the vast majority of people use? 🙄

[@CharleyPangus]

@@DavidSwinney I wouldn’t say the majority use windows. Most creatives I know use Mac. A few of my 3D buddies use windows. Don’t get me wrong, I think pixelmator should definitely migrate to windows as well.

[@jjaylad]

0:59 Saying any of these are more like a Lightroom competitor clearly shows you don't use Lightroom and have no familiarity with it.

[@CharleyPangus]

@@jjaylad I’ve probably used Lightroom more than you. I can almost guarantee it lol. You should also do more research before leaving dumb comments. Capture One and Luminar Neo are literally Lightroom competitors 😂😂😂

[@jjaylad]

@CharleyPangus I've been using LrC since 2008. Collections, Smart Collections, Publish Services, Publish Smart Collections, Lens Blur, etc.. Over a million images spread over numerous drives, all in one catalog, keyworded, all GPS'd. I've found the others to be cumbersome wannabes compared to the functionality of LrC. And now, with the Ai features enabling 100's of images to be Ai edited to a baseline, independently for each image, literally in seconds, it is getting almost unfair. I have tested others but gave up on them in a very short time due to their workflow issues. I've been ticked at Adobe sometimes. For example, start with a jpeg in LrC, edit in PS, and try to get a jpg back into LrC. Luminar, Topaz, Evoto, and most if not all other plugins can do it with an 'Edit in' choice, but Adobe makes it a cat herding exercise. Nevertheless, to me, nothing compares with the overall functionality of LrC.

[@CharleyPangus]

That’s cool! By the way, I love Adobe so no one needs to convince me. I’ve been using Adobe since they sold discs. They’re on top for a reason. Happy new year

[@Humboyz]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 bye bye photoshop? the oldest sentence in the human story

[@CharleyPangus]

It’s meant to be sort of a joke. Obviously Photoshop isn’t going anywhere.

[@Papichuliyana]

Lul No matter how much apple tries to copy adobe Adobe is adobe Nothing can replace it

[@CharleyPangus]

@@Papichuliyana it’s not that serious. Just a fun exploration of new software. This is a great option for some. 💪

[@Papichuliyana]

@CharleyPangus hey man happy year 🎊

[@CharleyPangus]

@@Papichuliyana happy new year 🎊

[@nifeab]

aphoto s2

[@CharleyPangus]

Come again? lol

[@arpanConYT]

yeah a lot all them tried before.... can we stop this kinda stupid videos? if you want something better than photoshop, then pray SOME actually buys adobe not other competitors...

[@CharleyPangus]

That’s just your opinion. I don’t think these videos are stupid at all. You didn’t have to click on the video or watch. It’s wild how someone can get so worked up over a piece of software that’s affordable for people who can’t afford expensive subscriptions….. like come on dude 😂 Go touch grass lol

[@_HMCB_]

@@CharleyPangus your reaction seems childish. First time watcher too.

[@thepurpleufo]

Nothing to get excited about. Apple will dumb this thing down so much that it will be unusable for professionals.

[@CharleyPangus]

It’s the skill not the software. Photoshop is only as good as the user. I guarantee I can out design most people with pixelmator and no ai tools.

[@bahakebaili]

First one

[@emiroviski]

Remember when photoshop died because of affinity? Yeh me neither. Apparently whenever a new app drops on the market it’s “bye bye photoshop” for about two weeks lol

[@CharleyPangus]

@@emiroviski it’s not that deep just a fun video to test new software. My entire channel is based around Photoshop and illustrator so clearly I’m a huge fan lol. At the end of the day people can use whatever they want.

[@alejandroteran6497]

Please let me know Charley where to write you cause already sent messages through email. Thanx

[@CharleyPangus]

Hey! I didn’t get an email from your name. Hmmm what’s up!

[@alejandroteran6497]

@ Thanx for responding Charley, well man, I scheduled a 15 min meeting for the online courses you offer, I see they went sold out so I made the meeting schedule but waited and no response. But I’m super interested in the courses you offer man and would like to know more info. Let me know where to send the info or where to respond to you man. Appreciate it