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US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel | The Justice Department alleges that Adobe hid early cancellation fees and trapped consumers in pricey subscriptions (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I’m a big fan of Affinity Photo and Illustrator. I switched when Adobe went to the subscription model. It’s very similar, and they have full tutorials on Vimeo for anything that works differently. It’s definitely worth the $20.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As a “prosumer” photographer (I do semi-pro landscape photography mostly, with a little astrophotography as a hobby when the sky is clear enough), I’ve been really happy with Affinity Photo over the Adobe suite. Definitely recommend. I just hope they keep their quality up since being bought out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Who did they get bought out from?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

They were independent as Serif, but Canva bought them earlier this year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serif_Europe

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I switched to the Affinity suite today after almost 20 years of using Adobe products. After the trial I realized that I actually enjoyed the layout of the tools and the familiarity between photoshop and illustrator. Their InDesign alternative (Publisher 2) is pretty nice too. It really helps that they’re giving 50% off right now. (Smart marketing btw)

Only thing I’m struggling with finding a replacement for is after effects. I already made the switch to DaVinci for video so motion graphics is the only hole left to fill and then I’m free from Adobe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That looks great. It's mostly a Photoshop replacement right? I'm also looking for something to replace Lightroom, with the same amount of functions on desktop as on iPad. Any recommendations?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I think Affinity Photo is their lightroom replacement: https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/

Edit: I don’t think there’s a mobile version

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

With mobile I also meant iPad so they're good on that. To me "Photo" has a lot of Photoshop abilities (drawing, pencils, etc.) while it lacks, or seems to lack, some Lightroom functions (categorizing, overview of photos, ratings, etc.). But maybe I haven't looked at it good enough. It's certainly a good option to replace photoshop for me, because I don't use most functions of photoshop.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It works great on iPad, but it doesn’t store and organize.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/affinity-photo-2-for-ipad/id1616823773

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I've heard darktable is good. Haven't used it myself