I Replaced ALL my ADOBE APPS with these [free or cheaper] Alternatives!

[@JorisHermans]

Are you using any of these Adobe alternatives? Or maybe one I didn't mention? 🤔👇🏻 Drop it here... Edit: Oh, and the thumbnail was made in Affinity Photo! 👌🏻🔥

[@VigilantVisuals]

Perhaps an Adobe Audition Alternative? Im only paying subscription for that program

[@pixelrancher]

Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher (for pdfs), Inkscape and Gimp, Pixelmator Pro, Motion. And of course, DaVinci Resolve. And Photopea if you don't want to download software and just want to use a web browser. TRYING to wrap my head around Blender. And TouchDesigner.

[@LuVii03]

Adobe After Effects alternative

[@JaredJayLemon]

@LuVii03 TL,DR: you can't go wrong with jumping into Fusion (either the free version included inside Davinci Resolve, or the Studio version). If you're married to layer-based, HitFilm is basically the only other layer-based program on the planet. If you're looking for a 1:1 replacement for AE, the only one that _feels_ the same (that I'm aware of) is HitFilm Pro. It's like $13/month yearly or $20/month-to-month. I've tried the HitFilm stuff several times (going back to when they were FXHome and had their original VFX/compositing suite over a decade ago), and it's always been fine, but it's never been super responsive or polished. If you want the capabilities of AE and don't mind learning a new mindset/approach to the workflow, I can't recommend Davinci Resolve/Fusion enough. Fusion included in the free version of Resolve is incredibly powerful, but I personally think the $295 cost of the studio version (which includes both Resolve Studio and the standalone Fusion Studio, which adds more capability) is more than worth it. I haven't found anything I could do in AE that I can't do in Fusion (learning curve that comes with nodes aside -- Casey Faris's KZbin channel is your friend for quickly making the adjustment to node-based compositing). Fusion is really solid for motion graphics and is becoming really capable in 3D work (they are introducing USD support, if that's important to you. If you're looking for free but don't want to go the free Resolve/Fusion route (you do you), there is Natron, which is basically a free clone of the Foundry's Nuke; it's not the most stable or responsive software, and it's no longer being updated (from what I know). Blender is also quite capable for compositing and graphics work now, if you're good with a primarily 3D environment. If you're a Mac user, there is Apple Motion (which comes bundled with Final Cut Pro X); I own it, but I've never spent the time to really test it. My understanding is it's decent for motion graphics, but it doesn't seem to hold up for VFX work. There's also a new program called Cavalry, paid monthly, but I don't know enough to really vouch for it one way or the other (I think it's more focused on 2D animation/motion graphics than anything else).

[@lucahines]

@@LuVii03 blender

[@krane15]

People don't hate Adobe products, its that they hate subscriptions, and monopolies

[@talk2robby]

I love playing with adobe products for my own personal use, but I can't justify the price. When it first started I thought 40 bucks a month was a little steap but I paid for it, next year the price doubled without notice for a few months... Um yah... NO! sad face.

[@jeffaicher1245]

At this point, the two are inseparable. They are bloated, overpriced and app killers. I still can't forgive them for Macromedia. Good riddance.

[@z0phi3l]

For such an EXPENSIVE suite it is almost impossible to manage in a corporate environment, and Adobe corp support is pretty trash too Adobe has earned all the hate they get

[@metalfatigue]

I don't even hate monopolies, espeically if it means that everything is compatible with everything else. Like when the phone company was the phone company. Worked great.

[@DaveHaynie]

@@metalfatigue It does tend to be the case that companies impose compatibility within the company. But also consider that none of the phone companies were pushing the idea of the "advanced phone" all that hard. As with so many world-changing inventions, It took an exceptional individual, Martin Cooper, to invent cellular radio,

[@archilious]

I clicked to watch the video as soon as I saw the title. Finally someone is talking about the elephant in the room. Adobe is more like a thief rather than a company. Thanks for great suggestions.

[@GOCAPSDMV]

Finally? If you try to look up these type of videos, there are plenty of them just like this… I don’t know where you’ve been.

[@TrVlogs82]

Facts! I looked up the monthly cost, and it costs more than when they use to have the one-time purchase option, it's a rip-off.

[@helengren9349]

Well I do not understand what is great about the options that COST and are NOT FREE as it states in the title❗🤔 PAYING for one time is not free...🤷

[@archilious]

@@buckycore oh I haven't tried! Thank's for sharing your experience.

[@spitegaming9813]

@@helengren9349 As you can’t use Cracked Adobe now, but you can use these alternatives as Cracked

[@vsmithmedia]

All great points. I was a Adobe user for more than 20 years (college). As a graphic designer and creator it was my lifeline, but they are just ridiculous now on price and I felt like I was paying for unnecessary tools. Thank you for putting this out there. I now love DaVinni Resolve too!

[@TheSkar77]

Same with me. I quit it nbow. Price is not effortable anymore (77€ plus VAT monthly).

[@markoobradovic19]

Get Into PC , type that and be careful

[@vpryt18]

There are individual subscription plans for each app. You don't need to pay for tool that you don't use.

[@QuanticDreamer]

Same! I'm in the process of replacing all of their programs with free alternatives. Adobe has quality, but they've gone too far - it just isn't worth it anymore.

[@vpryt18]

@@QuanticDreamer Hi I'm from Adobe Inc. customer support dept. We saw your message on KZbin and we wanted to let you know that we are all crying with tears. After you cancel your subscription, our company will go bankrupt within a month. Good luck with your low quality, inadequate free software.

[@tah6746]

I use Open Source Audio, Video, and Photo Editing Software my self. Gimp, Darktable, RawTherapee, Audacity, and OpenShot to name a few from time to time. All of these programs are available in Linux which I primarily use. These programs are also available for other Operating Systems as well.

[@ronlugasale]

Open Source Audio? Can you attach your url?

[@lesparker6752]

Yes, Audacity is brilliant.

[@Macro-photographer]

Stopped using photoshop when monthly subscriptions started as sometimes I don’t use the software for three months or more at a time. I now use Affinity Photo and once I adapted to it, never regretted and never went back. The image stacking and panorama stitching works very well in Affinity.

[@markbphotography]

Man you are saying everything I have been experiencing with so many software providers. The are shafting all of us. Love your work and suggestion.

[@yoshi314]

what a time to be alive, when a one-time payment is a killer feature in a program.

[@TheBp77]

You had me at one time payment. 😂

[@johnqdoeIII]

when hipster passive income ideas go mainstream. revolt.

[@bruns-o-tron]

We are the only species that pays to live on this planet.

[@fernsehdesign]

well, As long as there isnt a program that can open and then animate Photoshop files without issues… Adobe will still be ahead of all the others. And no, I dont like that. Its a pain.

[@V1N_574]

Same as cellphones with removable batteries 🤦

[@keithdraycott]

I dumped Adobe a couple of months ago. Now my life doesn't contain a single monthly subscription fee, and it's awesome

[@ah5904]

what program you're using right now?

[@smellbee]

Broke

[@Demamg]

@@smellbee broke but not retrded to actually pay for adobe program LOL

[@TuneTamasha]

the monthly subscription is cancer

[@flosyd7891]

Canva maybe ​@@ah5904

[@francesludico_sarahpoli]

This video and comments are so helpful, not only for the great insights, but also by making me feel less alone in this saga for solution. Thank you all!

[@dude.dans_]

Inkscape is also a great free alternative to Adobe Illustrator! it's what I use to draw all of the artwork for my videos... although I still animate them on Adobe Animate 😅

[@doctormo]

I've been thinking about how we could add animation to Inkscape. Need to clean up SPStyle.

[@oculusone2999]

Try krita , it's awesome.

[@Brickerbrack]

Absolutely love it; I use Inkscape for all kinds of projects...

[@dude.dans_]

@@doctormo yah if someone could make an Animate program similar to MoHo or ToonBoom but for Inkscape, that would be A Dream Come True!

[@tonylifesteel]

@@doctormoinkscape no hav animation, oyu can aniamte svgs in enve2D/fricction or in moho pro.

[@Smaxx]

It's probably already mentioned somewhere down below, but if you're really still looking for a PDF tool… you purchased it already. All three Affinity programs are fully capable of opening/importing PDFs, depending on what you want to do (I'm usually just using Designer). It will then save the PDF to its own native format, but you can just export a new PDF once again, giving you all the options like image resolution, rasterization of unsupported things, etc. Only downside, just like most other programs, they might fail reading the "encrypted" sub-formats (where they essentially changed the character encoding to swap letters around).

[@godfreymckay]

Okay! I honestly didnt know this. Let me try it.

[@authorericar.stinson4849]

LOVE Affinity Photo! I haven't tried the other two yet, but I got into that six month free trial they ran a while ago so now's my chance. I mostly do book covers.

[@icdigitalassets8643]

@@authorericar.stinson4849 Go for it. Affinity changed my work life all three products are essential

[@hellpigeon_studios]

To add to this. Affinity Publisher also has Prepress Features.

[@finkejak]

They can't edit or export interactive pdfs though, so if you have to sign something or fill it out and send it elsewhere, that's not possible.

[@AlfaLyr]

Nice! My open software recommendations: Photo editing + painting: Krita Raw photo processing: Darktable Vector graphics: Inkscape (Krita also handles simple vector layers) Video editing: Kdenlive Audio production: Ardour Pdf editing and creation: LibreOffice draw

[@aamirrangrej2309]

Is there any for illustrator too, I want to make pamphlet advert for my small firm

[@AlfaLyr]

@@aamirrangrej2309 The best Illustrator replacement would be Inkscape, which is a very good vector graphics program. Anyway, for a pamphlet you can also use LibreOffice Draw, which is maybe more intuitive and also allows you to work with text and vector graphics.

[@makis1871]

Are these free?

[@AlfaLyr]

​@@makis1871 free and open!

[@AlfaLyr]

​@@aamirrangrej2309 Inkscape is the closer to Illustrator, but LibreOffice Draw would be very good for a pamphlet too :)

[@ytucharliesierra]

I am a hobby photographer. Some 15 years ago, when I switched to digital photography, I bought a Lightroom license and used it for a few years. Then I switched to Raw Therapee and I also have been using Gimp only. With these perfectly viable open source solutions it is nice to be independent from Adobe like that.

[@pinkahpandah]

Giving RAW Therapee a try. Thanks a bunch

[@nollpa2696]

Ever try "Darktable"?

[@camcab147]

My son is a motion graphics designer so when he learnt I went from editing my videos from HItfilm to Davinci Resolve, he was so proud! He said he was going to tell his friends.

[@jellepelle_illustrator]

Thanks so much for this video! I’m a freelance illustrator, and you’ve finally given me the push to switch. I’ve been paying for Adobe for 10 years with full access to all apps, but mostly used just Photoshop, Illustrator, and occasionally Lightroom and InDesign. I was fine with the desktop apps, but the price is just too high, especially with Creative Cloud Synced Files being discontinued without any cost reduction. Plus, the iPad versions of Photoshop and Illustrator are terrible compared to cheaper alternatives. After a few tries, I managed to get Adobe to cancel my subscription without any extra fees, so now I have to switch in a week 😅. I’m excited but also a bit nervous about trying the alternatives. It feels like a fresh start, and it feels great to no longer be stuck with something I’m not really happy with! Thanks again!

[@jellepelle_illustrator]

For anyone reading this, here is how I managed to get rid of Adobe's early termination fee: It took me multiple chats with different representatives from Adobe's help desk. Each time, I emphasized how long I have been a paying subscriber (10 years!) and explained why the price just isn’t worth it anymore. I also stated that I wanted to cancel immediately, but due to the early termination fee, I would honor my contract; I just didn’t want it to auto-renew. When they said this wasn’t possible and that I had to wait until 30 days before the end of my contract, I expressed my frustration, saying that I find this entire process absurd, especially since it is technically possible for them to stop the auto-renewal. The fact that they are not helping me is a choice they are making. I made it clear that I do not want a new one-year contract, especially when they suggest I could get a few months free, only to later find out it actually means committing to a new contract. Whenever an agent was not helpful or closed the chat, I started a new chat. I made sure to stay polite but firm in my request (AI really helped me avoid responding in frustration 😉). I persisted, and they eventually waived the fees and ended my subscription immediately.

[@driveinguy2]

I’ve been using Photoshop for over 20 years. I still have Photoshop 7 which does everything I could want the program to do. Just had to install it, along with Acrobat Professional, on my new HP Omen with Windows 11. No problem installing. No fees. No subscriptions. If you need to have the latest and greatest, you are going to have to settle for subscription costs. But, we do have a choice and can continue using the old versions of Adobe. They will work, even though they are old.

[@JFM1170]

I still also use Photoshop 7 and it is one of the few programs that works in Linux using wine.

[@JamesGreen-gv4yn]

For those on a Mac, an overlooked feature of Preview is that you can do a lot of work with PDF files. There is a Markup Toolbar and a Form Filling Toolbar (which has a sign PDF feature). It can often replace the need for another application.

[@lovemadeinjapan]

Especially if you have it team up with automater. Especially useful for compression and bitmap flattening (so there are no texts to copy and vector images to rip).

[@loriannpeterson2414]

Thank you for that info! I didn't know that!

[@frederichore1890]

Fantastic! Been a Mac user for years and didn't know this feature about Preview. Cheer and thanks from Montréal. 🙂

[@sophiemulders]

Not if you want to make an pdf accessible….

[@Steve_W27]

And you can insert and delete Pages, with Preview, which is something you can’t do with the free version of Adobe reader

[@ToneDeafPhantomZ]

Thanks dude. For the video about alternatives to Adobe. I've been looking into other programs for a while, and it's a jungle of options out there. Your video was really helpful in narrowing things down!

[@joshhuggins]

I moved from Adobe CC to DaVinci Studio & Affinity a couple years back and have never looked back!

[@davidpoo66]

But your still doing subscription?😮

[@bruns-o-tron]

I'm relatively new to video editing, and I absolutely love DaVinci.

[@GadgetsGearCoffee]

I'm about to do this but it's a big jump

[@henryasokan3503]

@@davidpoo66 not really, they're perpetual licenses and yo have the power to chose IF you want to pay to upgrade for better features. With free General updates.

[@winfriedmaus]

@@davidpoo66 DaVinci Resolve Studio is a perpetual lifetime license - no subscriptions and you also don't pay for upgrades.

[@Minakie]

I caved in and paid the subscription for the first month and it's INSANE how hard it was to be able to cancel it afterwards. I know they're trying to not lose subscribers but it just made me want to never subscribe to them again. I don't have the money for the subscriptions nor the brain energy to deal with their unsubscribe model.

[@kietzi]

this 👆 if they are smart, they would make it easy to hop on and off, but this way, they are just digging their own grave

[@citizenatlrge]

I used to read about how hard it was to get gym memberships canceled, and this feels like that. Ew

[@loriannpeterson2414]

Yeah, instead of focusing on keeping up with advancements, they are making it impossible to get rid of it and give people the runaround and lie to your face when you try to cancel. It is slimy, disgusting marketing and I will NEVER touch their products again - including their "free" PDF editor - it's ridiculous. Money guys are running company now, it seems.

[@PetkoIlev]

This I think is illegal, you should be free to cancel at any time... otherways.. what they'll sue you because you are broke ?!

[@markoobradovic19]

Get Into PC , type that and be careful

[@gustavocoimbra2398]

I couldn't avoid cracking a laugh when, as I was watching your video, an Adobe ad popped. Priceless!

[@AlexsandroSilva-ds4sm]

The same with me xD

[@thanujakularathna6710]

Same here

[@SirielleArt]

Yes, that was hilarious to see their AD here XD

[@sillygirlkc]

Same!!! The nerve...

[@privateuploads5397]

yeah that's how tracker works. IF you block these trackers you wont get ads that are targetted to your niche.

[@nwndr]

I like the adobe software, but I can't get behind any company that forces subscription only on principle. The fact that you can be paying forever to rent the usage and then lose access to all your work once you stop paying is enough of a reason to make me not use their products anymore

[@toby9999]

It should be illegal to not have the option to buy outright. And the purchase price should not be more than some reasonal multiple of the annual fee.

[@WhittyPics]

I totally agree

[@OnesUponaGame]

@@toby9999 No, not "illegal". Free market allows them to price how they see fit. We have the right to not buy/rent.

[@TarynIona]

@@OnesUponaGame But say you are in financial struggles, you go to cancel the subscription and not only is there an early termination fee, but they will try to pull that subscription out each and every month, even though you paid them the early cancelation fee. Not the only one this is happening to and some are speaking to attorneys.

[@ronaldlee3537]

@nowondr: This concept of paying rent, actually it is "leasing" comes from the mainframe world years ago, when huge data centers were run by corporations. When the desktop computer came about, the concept of paying for software much like buying a car, you own it. Many software companies are trying this concept. But in the mainframe world there was no public domain software, this adds a whole new wrinkle to desktop computing.

[@1Viewer_]

I like how your explaning 1 time purchase at 4:50 like it's some ancient forgoten thing it's like how it's supposed to be! Didn't know about some of these alternatives so thank you

[@twistedillustrations]

I use affinity publisher to edit pdfs. Affinity publisher maintains the text boxes. If you have the document font is perfect.

[@rgbman01]

It maintains SOME of the the text blocks. I find many instances when it doesn't. I'll open a doc and it will retain some and not others in the same doc. Really weird because the ones where it doesn't appear to be even less complex than others where it does retain text characters. So odd. I don't know of any alternative however that would be better.

[@Neldot]

Removing Adobe stuff from the PC is satisfying like removing a virus.

[@GuitarWisdom]

and it acts like a virus when it doesn't uninstall fully and keeps giving you popup .NET errors. I think I ran the cleanup tool 3 times at least

[@Blentux]

So true lol

[@IgnatSolovey]

Replace my InDesign scripts with anything else, I'll look at that. Yes, I'm earning with what I'm doing using Adobe software.

[@Blentux]

@@IgnatSolovey Yeah, I feel like many of us did and still do. I'm currently looking into alternative software.

[@IgnatSolovey]

@@Blentux won't find one. Because Adobe stuff became the industry standard decades ago. And some of their things are too damn good - and too hard to replicate, at least without facing a cannonade of lawsuits.

[@fourseasonsgirl]

You have no idea how excited I am to have found you! I have been an Adobe Photoshop user since it first came out in the 90s. That's when you OWNED and your it person installed the program. I upgraded until the new versions were unrecognisable and not efficient to use with habits already developed to save time... so I actually have an old desktop PC with no WiFi in which I keep designing with CorelDraw and Adobe... and will do so as long as the formats of the work can be exported to the jpeg, png, etc and sent to my current computer to use. I recently began to use Canva hoping it will substitute a lot for Adobe and CorelDraw...but keep running into glitches... e.g. Canva doesn't flip shapes! Only graphics. So I am excited you are offering this video because I REFUSE to pay a subscription to Adobe for their current version when I can still use 99% of my old offline version do to what most graphics programs can't! Thanks... I just subscribed too.

[@rhodellfields6802]

Went with GIMP about a year back. Has much more than an average user would ever need. Totally free and very solid software.

[@waelsj8215]

GIMP is great

[@ytucharliesierra]

Agreed! It is ideal for the casual non professional user.

[@WoidAudio]

Found GIMP in around 2003 and still finding features that i never used before, definately deep and customisable software, but light, simple and stable.

[@niconemo3929]

@@WoidAudio Gimp is really great only for non professional users. Nobody that actualy used to work with Photoshop on a daily basis could ever transition to Gimp. So many tried and failed (incuding me :-D, and I really tried, several times). You really miss a ton of very basic features for a professionnal and the ergonomy is not on the level as well. The transition is too hard. Affinity is for me the best alternative by far.

[@bernym4047]

Totally agreed

[@SourbotrithyComposer]

I feel peaceful when using Affinity Photo. And the price are good.

[@SomeCrazyVids]

Well the sold out to Canva, even though the promised they would never sell out. So you shouldn't because a subscription model is incoming

[@JFM1170]

When it comes to editing a PDF I have had some success using Libre Office Draw. Its a little quirky at first but after you get it down works great. It will open a PDF and save it as a Draw file for easy modifications and it will allow you to export to a PDF. One other plus its free and works great in Linux.

[@ebsystem]

I bought the Affinity suite during lockdown and got frustrated after expecting them to work just like their replacements, but persevered and I love Affinity apps now. I also hope they develop a Lightroom equivalent for Affinity Photo so I can organise and bulk edit in a similar way to Lightroom, which is the only one I miss.

[@likeabulletthroughabottle]

What really holds me back is the cloud storage. I haven't found anything that will allow me to edit my photos from my family computer, and my office computer, and my phone, and that my wife can put on her phone so she can look at our pictures whenever she wants. There's just no alternative there yet, and the cloud storage is the only thing holding me back. I actually like how my images come out a lot better with Capture One than I do with Lightroom, and that is really saying something because I had used LR for years and I was brand new to CO and just learning. But again, no cloud.

[@ebsystem]

@@entity0xcontact Affinity direct instead of the forums. I’m sure they’ll be more than happy to assist.

[@dezem7]

I would also like an Affinity Raw based catalogue/editor in the style of Capture one Pro :-)

[@Giovanni-Giorgio]

Dude, you're a hero. And i know how difficult it is to fully avoid adobe apps. Especially when everyone else is using Adobe and you have to collab with them for projects.

[@jfc8593]

Great t-shirt! Being a Ramones fan myself, this made me trust you right away 😊

[@FabiusandGertie]

I just got rid of Adobe entirely after using it for years. I am now learning DaVinci and I love it even more. Adobe feels like getting bent over with no lube.

[@livepuzzles5320]

Dude😂😂

[@yonbelgason]

I had a rough day, I thanked you man 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@FabiusandGertie]

@@yonbelgason Hope it gets better dawg!

[@tnmmovieproduction8823]

Adobe''s greed will be their downfall

[@user-ux4fo8gr9y]

That's what folks said in 1999.

[@sunilarkt]

@@user-ux4fo8gr9y They didn't have competition back then. Now they do

[@jatinprasad7341]

Agreed

[@stuartallenphotos]

People have been saying that for years. Meanwhile their customer base has grown.

[@sunilarkt]

@@stuartallenphotos Number of creators ahev also massively gone up

[@tomasbrun8242]

I did the exactly same thing a couple of years ago. Photoshop -> Affinity Photo and Adobe Premiere -> Davinci Resolve (free). As a creator, you don't really need anything else. BTW, Affinity Photo can save images as PDF-files (but not edit very well).

[@0cyrhoe]

I'm just a casual hobbyist. Sometimes, I'll need a piece of software like Substance Painter, but maybe only once in six months. Subscription just doesn't make sense for that kind of usage. I now use ArmorPaint instead.

[@2mcarp]

Thanks. I keep thinking and saying that I'm going to get off the Adobe train, but I'm just panicked about the learning curve and switching tens of thousands of photos out of my Lightroom system into something else. But, you've motivated me. I'm going to switch.

[@amaraperspectiva9250]

Hai, exactly what's keeping me. The moment i stop with Lightroom (which is all yamming up now so really unworkable) - I do use XMP files, so i should be possible to 'reconstruct' the former work? GOOD luck with your brave switch - interested to learn how it worked out for you!

[@megandd1797]

I'm scared too, and still paying every month and hating it, but I like using Bridge and haven't found any alternative for it.

[@gicopyitwarnet]

just come with me to sail the 7 seas 🏴‍☠🏴‍☠

[@Lure-f5h]

Hey. I recommend using a low key project as a test run. I completed it during the test run, realizing a project from stat to finish. Thats how I was able to feel secure enough for detaching from PS/Illustrator and transition to Affinity. Dunno if darktable and similar software have a trial period tho.

[@Equality-and-Liberty]

I like your presentation style. It keeps me focused, and you also give me a lot of ideas. I am more of an Open-Source person, so I will see how I can combine it with some of the solutions you presented.

[@Designer_Opine]

I’ve left my firm after 10 years (I know, scary) and with that, my Adobe license is gone. This suggested list is exactly what I needed to see. Thank you!

[@stevenvarner9806]

Consider Adobe Designer and Publisher as well. They also have iPad apps and many add-ons for their suite.

[@alexanderpapadopoulos3741]

You can always export your timeline as an XML(FCP7) from Resolve to Premier. Sure text , fusion and color grades wont transfer over but all your cuts and footage will be there

[@spicymusicpiano]

But why to do something in Premiere if you can do it (sometimes faster and better) in davinci?

[@johnnymacsmusic]

Thank you so much for this video. Content creating is more of a hobby at this point since I work a full time job and do KZbin when I can. I currently pay for the suite but only use (3) of the products. Premier Pro, Photoshop, and Illustrator. I miss the days before subscriptions when we could just, you know, buy what we wanted without feeling robbed each month.

[@MarceloGori]

I have being using Affinity and I love it! I just upgrade to V2 with a big discount and I got the all packet and yes Davinci is amazing!

[@JorisHermans]

I was pleasantly surprised when I finished my first thumbnail in Affinity.👌🏻💯

[@smysly_podcast]

Da Vinci Resolves - one love, forever! Guess which camera I bought after using da Vinci for three years? That's right - black magic 6K Pro! And this is the best purchase of my life! And, of course, I set up a Studio! Thanks to the DaVinci developers!

[@ardwych4881]

That's their business model, and it seems to work very well. Aussies.

[@zembalu]

I am no professional, but as far as I have seen, gimp has all the features of photoshop. Including more advanced things like α-channels, RAW-converter, etc. In addition, with gimp you can also program digital filters, which I did not find in photoshop. My gimp-manual has nearly 1.000 pages.

[@MiskaFruuga]

Thank you for saying: "slimey". EXACTLY what I felt when I looked for the Adobe subscription that would fit my needs as I got back into photography after a looong time this year. I even got pissed off when purchasing because I didn't know there was any good enough competitor. Until now. Thank you!

[@biancatainsh102]

Thank you! You have just made my transition from Adobe so much easier. Yes...so slimy

[@ErikPehrsson]

I just got a Mac for Christmas so these recommended programs really help a lot! Thanks for the recommendations!!

[@AJFaithFitness]

UPDF is available for a one time payment, and that its the Adobe acrobat alternative I use. It edits, and compresses, and much more. Available across all devices as well. I have come to like it…. There may also be a free version too, but I found it cheap enough so bought it outright.

[@Cadeadoo]

Thank you dude, I was looking at so many different options. UPDF seems like the best alternative. I'm Sold.

[@AJFaithFitness]

@@Cadeadoo Happy to help!

[@brad_in_yyc]

@@Cadeadoo Don't forget to give us an update about what's good and bad about it once you've had a chance to dive into it!

[@VanLutch22]

I see an annual subscription for UPDF. Mm.

[@rajendrameena150]

Wondershare pdf editor is very good option.

[@VeeJayAlexunder]

PDFGear hands down... for PDF Basic Editing and Compress...

[@HilleenDijkstra]

Awesome! Downloaded it immediately. Thank you!

[@charltheron2769]

Thanks mate. Excellent recommendation!

[@stephencollins9975]

Outstanding recommendation. Thanks!!

[@Blitnock]

This!

[@TheTraumaSherpa]

Brilliant. You inspired me to revisit my subscription plan with Adobe. I had the full suite and already using the Affinity Suite which I love... and really only using Adobe Express and Acrobat now. So basically switched to only Adobe Express (which includes Acrobat) and just saved 600 USD per year. Thanks man!!

[@Zwiesel66]

For PDF I would recommend you PDF24, it is actually a Windows PDF printer driver, but it comes with a lot of handy tools, all for free.

[@cindydecker57]

I second the recommendation for PDF24 - It is free and provides all the basic PDF editing and creating features I need.

[@douglasdrumond]

Except that he’s using a Mac.

[@Zwiesel66]

@@douglasdrumond Like me, but then you need no extra software for that, because you can do most things with Preview (or Automator) e.g. compress a PDF.

[@douglasdrumond]

@@Zwiesel66 However, you can't really edit a PDF in Preview like in Acrobat. For example, you can't delete an element or a paragraph. For instance, sometimes I save a page as PDF and it comes with comments. I want to delete those comments from the PDF. I can do that in Acrobat, but not in Preview.

[@Zwiesel66]

@@douglasdrumond That's true, but you can do all the basic things he mentioned, like reorder or delete pages, compress the PDF, etc.

[@John007Jackson]

I ditched Adobe. and got Affinity Photo 2, Designer 2, and Publisher 2 for $82. ONE TIME payment. The apps open up on my MacBook Pro and my iPad 13. I Love Affinity. I have taken over communications and I am switching all my stuff to Affinity. Video for me has been Final Cut Pro all the way.

[@MartinMichiels]

Depends on your needs but the internal Preview app of MacOS is able to edit PDFs (text annotation, arrows, ...) and there is a function in Mac OS to save a compressed version of a PDF. You have to save as with an option. I thin you can even create an Automator applet to compress the PDFs you drag to it automatically.

[@ellyelzinga01]

Been there done that with the cancellation fee from Adobe. What you have to do is contact them and tell them you want to cancel your subscription and don't agree with the extra costs. They will try everything to get the money from you. But if you threaten to take legal steps against them, they will very quickly change their minds and cancel the subscription without further costs. Because at least where I live (that is in the Netherlands), what Adobe is doing, is illegal and they are not allowed to charge the cancellation fee. And they know that what they're doing is illegal as well, cause otherwise threatening to take legal actions against them wouldn't bother them at all.

[@ChristopherFreedom]

Good video but please stop with the dirty screen filter... nobody wants to look thru a dirty screen... there is nothing cool about it... Thank you

[@Xvermilllll]

Bro who cares shut up and watch

[@Polly-e2l]

he's not doing it to be cool. I believe he believes it helps to avoid monetization/strike issues. I;m not a youtuber so I don't know for sure but I've seen people doing weird cuts, adding borders and so on. With the AI power that google has today I really don't believe that adding an effect on top of an image/video will stop AI from finding you, but it might have been a working trick back in the day that people still uses.

[@chizuck3322]

Yes wiped my screen like 15 times....

[@FredMaranhao]

@@chizuck3322same here! I thought “how did it got so dirty”!!!

[@RedDawg2k]

@@Polly-e2l So he’s an Union scab?

[@vladirke6029]

Affinity user here. I really like Affinity Designer as alternative for Adobe Illustrator, Affinity Publisher as alternative for Adobe InDesign and Affinity Photo for Photoshop. If you've used the older versions of these programs before they went for subscription, theyre pretty much alike so it really feels familiar, sans the AI stuff. I also like how integrated the 3 programs are making it easy to open any of the files you made with one program to another affinity program, like if you created illustration in Designer, you can open and edit it in Publisher or Photo. Im just a hobbyist and couldnt justify paying for subscription for programs Im not sure when I would use, so the one time payment really sold it for me. I don't like being hostaged by Adobe either. With Affinity I can open psd files also. Very good software really.

[@doribenba]

Since you use a Mac just use the built in preview app for pdfs. It’s great. Huge fan btw, I do editing in davinci, I am 13 years old

[@angelbear_og]

Fine for viewing, but sometimes we need to edit.

[@lynettejwhite]

@@angelbear_og Preview can be used to fill forms, but as you said, not edit the original form layout.

[@2DragonsDesigns]

Preview is way too clunky and time consuming to edit a PDF

[@2kBofFun]

@@angelbear_og You can do quite some editing in Preview, especially in tandem with Automator. I made quite some usefull PDF edit scripts that batch edit whole folders.

[@twi_lite]

YOU need to stop with the dirty screen filter ..... Its giving me anxiety that my screen is dirty and every time i tried to clean i realized its not my screen, its in the video;😂

[@Just_a_normal_guy11]

Yes. Feels the same.

[@Snakehead-zo4gh]

I was like how the heck it just got dirty 😂

[@manifestmarketworks8141]

Seriously, He needs to stop it. lol

[@cemgulpunk]

Stop dirty overlay team.

[@sampledfuture]

Haha, I was confused when it didn't come off after I wiped it... 😅

[@JMilMovies]

I stopped using Adobe last month. My current replacements are as follows: Adobe Premiere Pro -> Apple Final Cut Pro (I'm not a professional video editor so I didn't really want to go through the learning curve of DaVinci Resolve) Adobe After Effects -> Apple Motion (I know it doesn't do EVERYTHING that AE does, but it does everything that I need and allows me to import my AE files) Adobe Photoshop -> Affinity Photo Adobe Illustrator -> Inkscape I tried using Affinity Designer as a replacement for Illustrator, but their export functionality is lacking. Anytime I tried to export as a PNG or JPEG, the images came out blurry or pixelated. I tried to look up a solution for this online and I tried many suggestions, but it appears this is a downside of Affinity Designer (based on what I found online with people complaining about this export issue). They just don't have the export functionality set up to export high-quality, clear PNG and JPEG files the way Illustrator/Inkscape does.

[@Blizzardnz]

What gets me is, everyone was complaining of how they couldn't cancel their subscriptions. And they had to contact adobe to talk about cancelling. And still had problems doing it. This is my point of view... They don't have any power, we have the power. All they needed to do is cancel their credit card of payment. Then they can't charge you at all.

[@c.augustin]

Yep, exactly what I did - but that's not how it is supposed to be (not only in the legal sense). And it complicates matters, if planning on downgrading (from full CC to photography bundle, for example).

[@lovemadeinjapan]

@@c.augustin But Adobe probably does not comply to law either. Here in the EU, they may force you to complete a 1 year subscription, but then they automatically become monthly subscriptions. The only exception (here) is health care insurance, they always go by an entire year.

[@c.augustin]

@@lovemadeinjapan The problem is not to fulfill the complete year and then being able to change plan - the problem is that you can't cancel on the website at all! Maybe they've changed it by now, but there was no way to say "end my subscription when the year is over" (other companies give this exact option) …

[@DragonCMNDR]

@@c.augustin They do now. I was able to to cancel my plan months ago, and it is set to expire here in a week. I got to use it up until now still, it just says that auto-reactivation is cancelled, and my service will expire at the end of this service cycle without renew.

[@tbeiber09]

Open Office for PDF. It's free and I use it for everything you would use the Microsoft office for. Word, spreadsheets, presentations, prd, etc

[@oz0710]

I use Libre office and Inscape for pdf editing and also Inkscape for dxf extracting from pdf files. They are like swiss knife for me.

[@froman1960]

Open office is no longer supported so are you still having luck with it? LibreOffice is the replacement for it but I find that it does not open PDFs correctly as it is not a PDF reader but a designer like. It's called LibreOffice Draw.

[@IslandArt61]

@@oz0710 I use both these also, but I found the PDF functions could not replace my needs in Acrobat. I abandoned acrobat in 2016 and purchased another PDF program that also went to Subscription. Now I use PDF24 which is really clunky, but fills in for the time being.

[@MrDamoHutchinson]

Canva is a very good option for PDF too that's free.

[@Kaycii.Austine]

I use LibreOffice

[@crunch8484]

I would love Blackmagic to add a Stills page to Resolve ( and a standalone version ) as a photoshop replacement, combining traditional layers with Fusion style node trees, and Lightroom style and batch processing and file management. Imagine shooting and stitching together panoramic skies and other VFX elements and importing them straight into a Fusion 3d space for video work, or adding particle generated smoke and spark effects to z-depth split photographs, or creating automated workflows to process image sets with Fusion style node trees.

[@digital-alchemist]

I remember using GIMP back in college, haha. It was so bare bones. For mac users, I've heard Sketch is a good Illustrator alternative (but I have a PC so can't use it). Adobe is one of the biggest fish in the entire subscription SaaS industry and they're raking in billions (evaluated at 250B). I mean, $60/month ($720/y) is steep for a normal person. I only still use Adobe CC because my company pays for it. Glad to see some other software options finally getting a slice of the multimedia editing software pie. Adobe should not be a monopoly.

[@charlysteiger]

what pisses me off from adobe is that they push updates that kind of force the user to update the hardware (specially in Mac) as if users were receiving hardware updates from Apple for free

[@ibhardwajrahul]

😀😀😀

[@EditSoban]

what is the alternative for Photoshop and what about another adobe suite

[@dawnjohnson8739]

Affinity Photo

[@EditSoban]

@@dawnjohnson8739 thanks but i said other adobe alternative like devinvi resolve = adobe Pr ,Ae, Au.

[@LéonKoller-o4q]

For PDF editing: If you already use Microsoft 365 you can open the pdf with word and edit it than. This is very fast and a big advantage compared to other solutions is, that automatic line breaks aren't damaged when you do it that way.

[@jenpaul5645]

Holy cow just tried this - game changer!!! Thank you so much. I don't want to load more programs if I don't need to. I was able to open a PDF, take out some text and resave as a PDF and it worked seamlessly. Can't thank you enough for this comment!

[@LéonKoller-o4q]

@@jenpaul5645 : you're welcome :)

[@TheStevemuhkween]

Yes but then you're paying a subscription to MS, when you could be using the LibreOffice suite for free. (LibreOffice Draw will handle some PDF functions, but for PDFs I'm with the group up there ^^^ using PDFgear. It ain't perfect, but it works well, is being improved, and is 100-percent free.)

[@modulusruptura]

Microsoft is as bad as Adobe, need to ditch them too

[@Winkleink]

LIbreOffice can open PDF files for editing and then you can save them back again. PDF is an ugly file format for any post editing as it's focus is that the document will look the same everywhere so it prioritises layout over editability.

[@tanner.quintero]

This is a big step, if more creators do stuff like this perhaps Adobe will ajust their cost

[@ScottThePisces]

they should never have gone subscription only based to begin with, they have you paying the cost of the original program (you would own outright) for a 1 year subscription

[@GaryB007]

That's what you get when the accountants take over.

[@SeshanDecodes]

Adobe is a massive corporation and the company has a exodus of creatives. It will eventually fall. That is why they are desperate now with the AI Tools they have launched. Adobes Software launches are bad not tested properly and just bad overall.

[@rano12321]

or just not use their software, simple.

[@chrishenricks6405]

@@GaryB007 You couldn't be more right, and it's not just Adobe. We've become a throw-away society thanks to those greedy a-holes. From appliances to tools, nothing is made to last anymore.

[@JolynBowler]

thanx. excellent info. I have Affinity Designer and Photo. I'm enjoying them. Our local Computer Club is hosting a GIMP workshop early next year. Looking forward to learning more. 💙🌻💙

[@ScottThePisces]

Adobe really gave everyone a reason to sail the seven seas 🏴‍☠

[@thisisforfun10]

what do you mean? i don't understand that phrase

[@RS-Amsterdam]

Why join the navy 😂 if you can be a 🏴‍☠️

[@Betound]

Aye! I like that sentence “to sail the seven seas” 😂😂😂

[@Utoobzz]

Ironically, the people that sailed the seas were the ones that forced Adobe into subscription based software in the first place.

[@RS-Amsterdam]

@@Utoobzz It is the gready management that is the source of evil

[@rudycaruso4757]

GOOD FOR YOU! So did I, I'm so sick of the money making machine charging a subscription, I could care less if it's the newest version, I always did fine with less. 👍🏼

[@danielmayner19]

Been looking for a Bridge/Lightroom alternative for a while now. Looking forward to giving darktable a try. Thanks!

[@afrominded]

It's crazy that I took classes in college to learn who to use Photoshop and Illustrator. And now, I don't even touch them anymore lol

[@RoseWolf59]

I went to Black Magic as you told in video, great! I never used Adobe, far to expensive and quite complicated, I used all kinds of open source programs to get the same results as adobe, to switch the item into different sources, or just online. I like the freedom to choose my own conditions . Thanks

[@ryanreedgibson]

I stopped using Adobe three years ago. I use GIMP for images, and it actually does everything affinity does. I always used resolve for editing.

[@adesignersperspective]

i've used gimp for decades (i also have affinity photo and pixelmator pro) and gimp is just a massively deep piece of software which it's clear joris hasn't had time to grasp yet. IMHO it's always been superior to photoshop and the extension library for it alone is just massive. while my workflow has predominantly switched to other apps, there are still a list of things i use gimp for exclusively because it's simply the only software in existence that will do those things or at least do them efficiently.

[@Resolve4u]

Agree. I am satisfied with gimp. It does all what I want. Never turned back.

[@will2071]

Thanks for the great info. I'm now using Davinci Resolve for my videos. I had been seeing people talk about it, but had no idea there was a free version. For photos, I use Nikon NX Studio (free from Nikon). I also use Audacity for my nature recordings. Still looking for something suitable for PDFs.

[@KaizerHiwatari]

Adobe is a decadent monarchy and I'm the French Revolution, bay-be

[@itsmattyboom]

Subscription business model is GREAT for businesses and terrible for consumers. Some things logically make sense to be a monthly bill - your cell phone bill, netflix, but software? You should be able to buy outright. Adobe is selling you the same product every freakin' month! I can't believe people didn't wake up to this when it first rolled out and vote with their wallets by not buying. But they all got suckered for the "oh it's only $30!" Sure. A month. For the rest of your life! Glad to see you pushing back. I use Final Cut Pro to edit video. It's not free, but it's AMAZING. And you only buy it once. I've been using the same version for 5+ years as a youtuber and as a professional editor in my day job.

[@theronwolf3296]

Cars are doing that now. To 'activate' some stuff that is PHYSICALLY installed in the car, you need to keep paying them. There is a huge difference between that and a channel that gives you new movies every month--for that a subscription might be reasonable because they are generating new content. I am also bothered by companies who maintain your copies-in-process on their computer, besides privacy issues, they also have exclusive control over your workflow... if you end your subscription all that stuff becomes essentially unavailable. [my wife uses Photoshop, but she works a university, and they have blanket licensing... so fine. But this is no good for freelancers or small operations]

[@hirahiro2331]

It’s less of didn’t wake up and more so a “necessary evil” since companies look for skills involving those apps.

[@Rivanni1]

Adobe programs were my go-to for astrophotography, but I think I'll try some of these for sure... Adobe Firefly is the one-off, as I can't find any _Typography_ apps or sites quite like it, so I'm here if you find any. 😊

[@johncychosz8799]

I have been a photo editor, repairer, and content creator since 2006. I completely agree with dropping photoshop, I began using Affinity just this last year and it was pretty easy to make the switch. Subscriptions can burn 🔥.

[@TopOfThePopsRedubbed]

My understanding is that Affinity Photo IS a subscription.

[@bird.9346]

@@TopOfThePopsRedubbed No? It's a one time payment that will get updates until the next major version number. Though that could change in the future after being bought by Canva

[@jend80]

tldr: nope, as today (August 2024) still a free trial and one off payment. just googled to double check they haven't massively changed things recently, and right there on the offical page for the Affinity Photo free trial it says in big letters "No subscription after trial" followed by "For a one-off payment, you can purchase Affinity Photo for macOS, Windows or iPad, or get the entire suite on all platforms with the Universal Licence. No monthly costs whatever you decide."

[@johncychosz8799]

@@TopOfThePopsRedubbed No, it’s just a one time payment. I got the full pack of all three of their programs which gave me license to put all three programs on my mac, windows, and ipad. I really enjoy them.

[@TheKiltedCanuck]

I taught computer graphics since Deluxe Paint with animation, and Photoshop 1.0 for the Mac. Painfull transition, but i have groceries in my fridge. LOL. Do it. Do it now. LOL.

[@IvetaNikolovaNLP]

7:52 - Please, I want a video of yours without a hat! You're so charismatic with this "it's my brand" hat, can't imagine what will happen without it

[@soundsfromtheneighborhood]

Gimp, Krita, Inkscape, Darktable, Blender, Reaper

[@Resolve4u]

I agree, dear.

[@bernym4047]

Me too. I LOVE darktable.

[@LaVanaColebrooke]

Firealpaca is like the Clip Studio Paint, I use it for my children's book illustrations. I love it!

[@kevincozens6837]

Thanks for mentioning Reaper. I didn't know about that program.

[@TheStevemuhkween]

+1 for Krita. I know it's designed mostly for artists, but it runs fast and does 90 pct of what I would want to do in PS or GIMP.

[@ashersommer9108]

Perfect video. I'm tired of Totalitarian software. I don't mind paying, in fact companies like adobe would be doing better if they would sell their product for a reasonable price. That's exactly why it motivates so many people to use pirated copies. Sell your programs for 20$ to a billion users than asking for monthly subscriptions for software that has not had any significant improvements over 2 decades. The only additions came from companies they purchased. Another topic of its own is the cloud connection so they can even steal their user techniques and sell them as bundles to other companies.

[@krane15]

Thing is, its not just software. Its becoming a standard for big corporations universally. Look at google buying up everything. Once its all connected, and there's no competition, it will own you one way or the other. Block all mergers. All of them.

[@KJ-zr2ko]

You are so right. Of they were less greedy and made it affordable to there would never be a need for substitutes.

[@cchemmes-seeseeart3948]

Save documents you create with image + text as TIFF, so all parts are editable in numbers of programs that allow edit of those aspects (e.g. Krita, Scribus, Libre Office); export to pdf as needed. I plan to try it, but for pdf creation, Scribus sounds great. An open source desktop publisher. I need to create pdfs w/ images & text, as my artist digital sketchbook, so this looks promising; (although I've now learned that TIFFs can be superior/ smaller file size)

[@ynsl116]

10:10 You can edit PDFs in Affinity publisher 😉

[@TheHirade]

And in the Designer too 👍

[@there-son5775]

Obviously

[@wielpaquay1932]

As a photographer Lr and PS are the cheapest ($120 a year) programs that give you a high quality Raw engine, excellent masking, etc. C1 and DXO for example are much more expensive. Especially if you want to have the latest updates.

[@jimbryant2157]

Thanks for the thorough look through the Adobe alternatives. I am just getting started with digital photography and after spending too much on the camera, lenses, etc. my budget (and wife) will appreciate free and/or cheap editing software!

[@minjung3350]

With Blender you can do so much more than with Davinci, and it is completely free without drawbacks. Gimp with some plugins, e.g. GMIC and Synthesizer, adds a ton to this free software. Version 3.0 should also come soon.

[@FireAngelOfLondon]

I use Blender almost every day but Da-Vinci Resolve makes it look like a toy for video editing and colour grading. Suggesting that Blender is suitable as a professional video editing package is just like suggesting that a wax crayon is a good replacement for an artist's oil painting set.

[@notverygoodguy]

I do youtube tutorials on Blender. I edit them in Davinci Resolve. Not a chance I'd do it with Blender.

[@marcinszarmach3582]

I’m pretty sure both Affinity and Luminar Neo have now got capabilities to batch edit, saving presets etc so probably easy to be a Lightroom replacement and for someone needing to edit on the go Lightroom mobile is good enough for an annual fraction of the price.

[@pijarsukma9858]

I didn't know I needed a floating joris head slapped on some stock footage, but that cracked me up lol

[@tapabrataghatak7963]

Currently I'm using PDF gear app. Its a great app. Entirely free. Can add images to pdf, Edit the Text if its OCR enabled yes Can change actual content of the pdf. Compress, Convert join pdf, Split. And even you get A Pdf summarize ai(although not very good) all in all for. Basically you acn do almost everything. Convert pdf to word to txt, xml, even webpages all for free

[@IamShopping]

Looks great. What's the catch? I mean looks like it's a great tool and they invested a lot of efforts to make it so. Is there advertising inside or any other shortcomings that come with a free product? I just wonder why they give the tool for free.

[@fox_mulder24]

@@IamShopping Major free solutions are from Asia. Foxit's from China, aforementioned PDF gear from Singapore. Now, for a few bucks that you're gonna save, you're allowing them to process your files through their "cloud base compression" and "immediately deleting them".

[@IamShopping]

@@fox_mulder24 BTW, Singapore very often means Russia or China. They both extensively use Singapore to hide their roots. Most probably to steal data or plant a spyware into your system. So, if it's from Singapore and it's free, there is like 99,99% chance that this is some spyware.

[@tapabrataghatak7963]

@@IamShopping Idk, I was Randomly trying to find a Really Good Pdf to word converter coz I have to copy assignment🤣 I found the website and Downloaded the App. It's great. Even tho I don't use PDF that much.

[@musicalaroma8318]

im using it too

[@nutribe_mct]

I use Affinity Designer and it is easier than Illustrator for what I do. It is very flexible. I can open PSD files in it for example...But I need to have Illustrator to generate final PDF file.

[@MichaelTadashi]

I heard that Adobe pays design schools to teach with Adobe products so that when the students graduated they will inevitably buy and use Adobe products. Not sure how true is it.

[@KJ-zr2ko]

It is true. We use Adobe products free as students.

[@darkbulb367]

EVERY single designer I know, slaves by choice to Adobe has nothing but complaints. Locked out of use, bad connections, etc, it's just one impediment after another that usually increases project duration by no less than 300% and way more most of the time. Open source software has been a Godsend. Thank YOU open source programmers for every charity you do the end user who's sick of abuse from MicroShaft, Adobe and all others that think they have a right to eternally dip into our pockets.

[@streetcoder76]

1. GIMP, 2. Darktable, 3. Shotcut (or Kdenlive, Pitivi), Audacity (I haven't tried Natron yet). For PDFs, it depends: Inkscape for vector graphics, Scribus for desktop publishing, and LibreOffice. Krita is great for drawing and painting. However, it's important to note that you can't really compare these tools directly, as their workflows are different, and you can't expect a third party to replicate the same experience you are accustomed to.

[@christophkoepfer5331]

Great. I absolutely agree, but I still waiting for an Lightroom alternative. In my optinion the best adobe product. I just use max. 5% of the Photoshop possibilities. Thanx for this video.

[@ppww6076]

Yep. I also use LR for nearly everything. I know Photoshop is powerful but I mostly don't have the need. I'd want to have a program that I could transfer my LR catalogue to because doing it manually would be torture.

[@mass-im]

Darktable for OpenSource and On1 Photo Raw one time payment ..

[@debbitage]

Joris mentioned DarkTable. Seems promising.

[@mirosawgarycki3290]

Try Raw Therapee

[@amaraperspectiva9250]

@@ppww6076 Did you manage to find that? if that exists - I would switch in a heartbeat... But I got over 15 years all organized in Lightroom, including like photos with 7 different 'virtual copies' different styles. I don't want to loose that.... But love to ditch Adobe by now

[@moreorlesslikeso]

You're absolutely right: I, too, am still looking for a PDF editing tool that can really replace Acrobat Pro. Even if all I basically want from it is being able to reliably flight check production PDFs for print jobs (e.g. checking separations, ink coverage and overprinting). I think I've sort of searched high and low since switching to the Affinity apps years ago but I still haven't found a really proper replacement for Acrobat Pro, although I do think there are just so may (especially) graphic designers all over the world who'd wholeheartedly welcome program of that kind which would fit in this Adobe replacement scenario as to its features and pricepoint.

[@ZapataNews]

thank you for your comment....I was looking for PDF editor because we use Acrobat Pro (we are a newspaper) so we need the PrePress editing stuff .

[@christophersingleton4525]

Our office uses Wondershare PDFelement, it was such an easy transition to considering we make a lot of pdf documents and forms. That program has a lifetime prepetual plan for 1 user of $139 1 time cost and I haven't found any difference between Acrobat and PDFelement and they have a free download version too to try.

[@moreorlesslikeso]

@@christophersingleton4525 I've looked at what Wondershare says you can do with PDFelement but I cannot see that it actually offers the functions relavant for prepress checking which I actually need like being able to check colour separations and ink coverage. As many "post-Adobe-designers" seem to be looking for them it's quite strange that such elementary features, which Acrobat Pro has been offering for ages now and which are sort of essential for a prepress workflow are seemingly ignored by all these otherwise often quite powerful PDF apps. (Unless they are specializied - and expensive - prepress apps like PitStop). Maybe it's a licence thing? PDF is an Adobe developed technology after all, isn't it?

[@traumegaz]

bro your whole vibe was lit from the get go, I loved the gritty overlay and the screens, I thought it was me (rt). instant subscription..1:12 in . SALUTE ...TOTAL RECALL.... hold up everything you showed so far after that stellar intro..has been one time fee. thanks for having open comments.

[@traumegaz]

sorry edit..you said free or cheaper..i watch to the end. I recant all my judgement, as I was in folly to get to the end, and further - not grasp the total. Now I see the tutelage, and will shut the ef up.

[@traumegaz]

yup dead end, you have talent but you pushed that paid shit a lil too hard

[@himengmeng]

Do more DaVinci resolve tutorial plz thanks❤

[@JorisHermans]

🫡💯