Hey guys! Are you already using Davinci Resolve? Have you tried Affinity Photo yet? Write me in the comments?

Yes to both. I stopped paying for Adobe when they switched to RENTING. Started with them _before_ Photoshop, and used _everything_ Adobe as a proud fanboy/designer/director for a _long_ time. Today, my agency uses the full Affinity suite and DaVinci Resolve. 100% Adobe free, and very happy.

Affinity are offering a 6 month free trial, no strings and all features. Good time to give a try.

A long time user of Affinity Photo I have to say that it's not a replacement for Lightroom's asset management function.

@nidza018

12 күн бұрын

I am using Darktabale. It is much better than Lightroom, and FREE

I switched yesterday and canceled Adobe.

Davinci is magnificent. Photoshoot and Lightroom is a bit trickier, especially Lightroom as everything else is much, much slower, even Capture One, they still did not solve the problems with 5K and 4K screens previews, so slow. Refreshing preview after anything you touch is so slow, not in real time, this is unacceptable.

@user-io9wo2rx8c

14 күн бұрын

So true… Working on 5k-displays is painful, even worse using the 2nd display function in Lightroom. Capture One is, in my opinion, a tiny bit better.

@GordonRunklePhoto

12 күн бұрын

I switched from Lr to DxO PhotoLab, and it's working very nicely for me. No all the DAM features of Lr, but my organizational scheme does the heavy lifting on that anyway.

What about masking in affinity like in Lightroom ? Will I be able to do that as well ? Select aky , object , person etc ?

I Left Adobe Rental A While Back. I Now Use On1 Phot Raw.

@MarkDanien

15 күн бұрын

Might give it a try as well :)

@HarmonicGrunt

11 күн бұрын

@@MarkDanien It's Good! It's Also Yours To Keep For Life.

Great video, thanks!

This vid was a call to action for me.

The trouble lies with LEARNING CURVES

@AbdullahiAbdulkadir

15 күн бұрын

Not so much different.

@MarkDanien

15 күн бұрын

When I used Affinity, the controls already felt familiar after Adobe.

@marsrii4372

13 күн бұрын

What learning curve? I jumped on affinity and was producing in one day. It’s extremely similar. I jumped on davinci at work and was producing in a couple of days…

@WhiteRabbit-ci4oy

11 күн бұрын

@@MarkDanien You mean its basically a copy of adobe photoshop lol

Davinci and Affinity are good, but a proper replacement for batch editing like Lightroom I didn't find...

Just grabbed luminar neo on sale. Might try the ipad version of affinity 👌🏾

@MarkDanien

15 күн бұрын

I heard Luminar's AI is amazing 🤔

So please explain how a photographer who basically runs a business through Lightroom can switch. A photographer with 3/4 million images or more spread across 4 or 5 drives, all in one catalog. using Smart Collections, Smart Publish Collections, etc. Tell us how these other programs enable you to proof images to clients, send finals, etc., all from within them, without ever changing the original image, and not requiring duplicate or modified files because all the edits are maintained in their catalog. Explain how 1 photo from those 3/4 million can be found in a few seconds using a plethora of search tools like LrC offers. Sorry friend, I simply haven't seen a replacement for LrC. I happen to think the "Photography" subscription bundle, at the price of about 4 McDonald's coffees a month ...is well worth it with no replacement in sight. Adobe does need to retroactively stop pirating user content. They should limit it to things created using their freely supplied content and make the rest purely 'opt-in', with no program access denial if you don't. Fix that, and all is well.

@AbdullahiAbdulkadir

15 күн бұрын

For your use case, continue to use Adobe. Otherwise, you’ll have regrets when you switch.

@ontheruntonowhere

14 күн бұрын

If you're happy with Adobe's proprietary system, keep it. He's just letting you know that there are alternatives. There are a dozen decent PS alternatives and Davinci beats Pr and AE by a mile. LR is a good product and difficult to replace, but that may not always be the case. Keep your eyes open.

@WhiteRabbit-ci4oy

11 күн бұрын

@@ontheruntonowhere He is here to shit on the software. :)

@WhiteRabbit-ci4oy

11 күн бұрын

People who are on the internet for fun will know this. Folks who are making review videos and not making money from art are like this KZreadr. They are there to make you question prices, but they are not there to think about how to increase your business and make more money from it. Most of them are not even in the business, and they don't understand what Adobe Creative Suite means from a bigger perspective. Bros and sis, it’s a business, not just Photoshop for fun. It’s not about editing 9 photos for your Instagram feed on a Sunday afternoon or making 1 video per month. Get over it. It's professional software, and it costs money. These costs are nothing compared to the prices of the work that can be done with this software. Plus, accept the fact that the hourly rate for using this suite is basically the price of this kit, which offers everything you need at a professional level.

@ontheruntonowhere

10 күн бұрын

@@WhiteRabbit-ci4oy You completely misrepresented his argument. It's like you didn't even watch the video. He was quite clear Adobe's software is fine but he disagrees with the subscription model. Not everyone is a successful professional with hundreds of dollars to spend on a sub. For those people, there are alternatives. Nuff said.

Mark, You forgot to tell US that Davinci Resolve has a Paid Version. But I prefer Free. Thanks for showing Affinity, I've not tried either one yet. Terry

I'm currently making this switch for photo (DxO PureRAW4 + Affinity Photo 2) and use Photo Mechanic to manage assets. Not perfect but looking forward to ditching Adobe. (If you need the best color management consider Capture 1 for that even though it's another subscription). Another alternative could be DxO PhotoLab Elite, as it looks at your existing folder structure. DaVinci Resolve is a steeper learning curve for me but amazing re: quality.

Affinity? Pixelmator Pro? Krita? I’d be happy if I were able to paste an image into a selection. I could do that in photoshop 2

@Michael-fw5ef

12 күн бұрын

You can do that in Paint Shop Pro.

@jean_mollycutpurse_winchester

12 күн бұрын

@@Michael-fw5ef thank you I'll check that out

@LV4EVR

11 күн бұрын

In Affinity Photo, you can paste inside a selection, but it has to be on a pixel layer, and the selection has to be filled. While this _works,_ it seems quirky to me. You can paste inside a _shape_ in no problem.

@jean_mollycutpurse_winchester

11 күн бұрын

@@LV4EVR thank you. I should dearly love a step-by-step description on how to do that because I believe I have exhausted all possibilities.

@LV4EVR

11 күн бұрын

@@jean_mollycutpurse_winchester Sure. On an empty pixel layer, create your selection, fill with a color (doesn't matter), choose Edit > Paste Inside (Ctrl-Alt-V on Windows). The filled selection then acts as a mask for the pasted content; the content itself can be re-positioned/modified as needed. What threw me was expecting to be able to do this with an empty selection; I _think_ that's how it worked in Photoshop. (Yay, I'm forgetting Photoshop!) Hope that helps.

Adobe has a really great products, but the way they sell them or maybe I should say "rent" - it's comical. I'm not sure if I wanna pay Adobe anymore. I feel like I will give Affinity and Davinci Resolve a try. Especially now when my laptop should be able to run Davinci without a problems like a previous one. I see that Affinity still lacks of some features and options, but hey, maybe we should just give them some time, becauase who knows what they will add in the furure. I think Adobe is also aware of people switching to other softwares and maybe they will become less greedy (yeah... probably no lol). Really good video and I just subscribed

I think you've adressed the question in a wrong, or incomplete way. That's not the main reason people are leaving Adobe. In fact Adobe is being sued by the Costumers Agencies in the EUA, not because of the unsubscription fee, but because they are making it "impossible" / very hard the process for the costumers. The subscription mode has been like that for years. since they switch from a one time payment pack to own the software (called Creative Suit), to a subscription plan (called Creative Cloud); in this Creative Cloud, you never own the software, instead you license the various programs in a year-based plan, that you pay every month. Lets faced it, the same occurs with your telecomunication operator (at least in my country). You make a 2 year contract with, say Vodafone, and if you want to cancel that contract before and change to another operaator, the company will charge you with whats left. Its basicly the same here. The main issue with Adobe is their latest Terms of Service, that you MUST agree and in which you give Adobe a license for infinite time, of every document you upload to their cloud. In other terms, every picture, vid, sound, document, etc.... that you produce, Adobe gets to do with it whatever she wants. You still own your documents, but Adobe gets infinite license to use them - for example, to train their AI. Another import issu is your privacy, since in those updated TOS, you authorize Adobe to search your documents in your PC. I'm a profession image editor and I work with government agencies; news agencies; private clients. In every work, I sign a privacy contract with my costumers... And now some guy in Adobe has access to them??? That's the real issue here.

@ontheruntonowhere

14 күн бұрын

They are both serious issues and reasons to switch.

Develop persona is more like Camera Raw it’s nothing like lightroom.

Affinity was acquired by Canva and will probably become a subscription-based app like Adobe

@vkrickles

2 күн бұрын

They ( Affinity and Canva ) have stated that they will always keep the one off price option. Canva seem to be a more ethical company and Australian!

Affinty's lack of autotrace is problematic.

@raindroptimemain1651

14 күн бұрын

It’s easy to use Inkscapes autotrace in combination with affinity designer.

@lazydude5681

11 күн бұрын

I've seen people mention this and I'm surprised people actually use that... Like, for what? It only produces low quality vector of whatever you put, maybe not for flat icons tho...

@LV4EVR

11 күн бұрын

@@lazydude5681 Interesting. I've had _very_ good results with Inkscape's Trace Bitmap function, both for simple line art like icons as well as much more complex full color objects. As much as I'd like to see this in Affinity, Inkscape fills this gap for me extremely well.

Masking Like LR is the main reason still on ADOBE

I am not yet subscribed to Adobe and I don’t plan to. Yes, roughly 10 bucks a month is not that much but the idea to pay that for the rest of my life is insanity. They put a lot of work into the catalog so that you get attached to it and don’t want to lose it ever again. The editing part can be replaced easily but they know they can trick people into lifelong payments as long as they become their essential asset management homepage.

No, not literally everyone.

So you are one of those people who got into the trend of making videos against Adobe? A giant company that makes $250 billion a year? A company that has revolutionized art development with software in human history? A company that has been offering various industry-standard software for over 40 years? Alright

@AmielCetraro

8 күн бұрын

So you are one of those people who defends the billionaire company, like they cared bout you

@davec2741

7 күн бұрын

​@@AmielCetraroProbably while wearing a useless mask

@briancodos

4 күн бұрын

Has it been offering various industry standards? I have been working for more than 10 years in the creative industry. Adobe has barely changed; it's the same boring software, just focusing on using AI stuff, adding NOTHING to the creative field. I am testing Affinity now, and believe me, in terms of user experience and tools that are truly useful, Affinity should be the standard for creative software.

I don't really see a big problem in reading and understanding the agreement text of the subscription contract. Adobe offers annual subscriptions with monthly payments. There are no monthly subscriptions. It's not that difficult to understand. The real annoyances with Adobe, in my opinion, lie in certain details of the applications and the constant conversions and changes to Adobe's offerings. I'm extremely angry with Adobe in many ways, but this concerns specific details of specific applications. "Leaving Adobe" is a rather simple-minded slogan, because what does it actually mean? Adobe is a company that offers a huge number of different applications. Which Adobe application exactly is worse/better than a certain alternative? Do you want to spend just 8 minutes on this? Davinci Resolve is certainly one of the best you can get for video editing, and in my opinion you don't need Adobe for that. But I haven't found a really practical alternative to replace Lightroom, for example, when I need to edit hundreds of RAW photos in a weekend. These are just some examples. Take a look at the entire portfolio of Adobe applications! You could make KZread videos about this for the rest of your life.

@ontheruntonowhere

14 күн бұрын

It's not that it's difficult to understand, we're not stupid. It just sucks. Most people don't need the entire suite of Adobe apps. The audience for this video mostly uses Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere and After Effects. As you say, LR isn't easily replaceable at this time, but the others are, and we're raising awareness that there are alternatives for those who are fed up.

@Visual_Notes

14 күн бұрын

@@ontheruntonowhere If someone uses Photoshop professionally, why should he be angry that he has to take out an annual subscription? Will his professional activity not last that long?

@ontheruntonowhere

14 күн бұрын

@@Visual_Notes You tell me. I don't know the situation of every creative out there. I imagine there are many who are not full-time, not yet successful, recently laid-off, etc. I imagine there are many who can't afford to spend hundreds of dollars a year on tooling, or don't enjoy getting gouged for early cancellation because their life situation changes or they find something better and less expensive.

After 2 months youtubers are still riding this story like it's hot news.

@ontheruntonowhere

14 күн бұрын

This story is relevant and growing because more and more creatives are getting fed up with Adobe's greedy gouging. Adobe needs to ditch their subscription model, and especially the unconscionable early cancelation fee, which they've implemented because they're hemorrhaging users. People want out. I'm one of them. I split as soon as my sub was up. Been on Davinci ever since and it's honestly sooo much better.

"Everyone"? Yes, they say they will leave.... ;-)

@vincevinnyp9224

16 күн бұрын

Subscribers up by 3.75 million since January. Now at over 33 million. I am not sure that is everyone leaving.

@konstantinmelikhov4383

15 күн бұрын

@@vincevinnyp9224 google trends for premiere pro are definitely well down

everyone? what a stupid statement

0:04 "Literally everyone is leaving Adobe for different softwares" Nonsense.

@lingfish1

12 күн бұрын

I was just going to comment the same thing... a bit tired of the overuse of the word "literally". Not to mention people aren't *switching* to Resolve... it's had a huge userbase for many years.

@AmielCetraro

8 күн бұрын

Yessense

Affinity does not have AI features

@BojanBojovic

16 күн бұрын

Great.

You are simply being paid by competitors. There is nothing wrong with Adobe and nobody is leaving the markt standard applications, simply because the whole market works with it and because it's by far the best there is. Your channel is bogus.

@togglebutton3312

16 күн бұрын

Reading your comment one could say that you were being paid by Adobe. Adobe is NOT the best there is...Adobe is a greedy company and much to my surprise some of their key programs are STILL buggy even after 20 years! In the 80's I beta tested Adobe Illustrator, Dimensions, Page Mill, Go Live, and Dream Weaver. I was using Photoshop (ImagePro) before it was called Photoshop. Their strategy was simple if you could not make something great, buy your competitor out, kill the software then strip it and copy everything rebranding it as your own...QuarkXpress, Aldus Pagemaker..etc. Their subscription model is the defacto pattern for most greedy companies today and it SUCKS! I left Adobe the first day they introduced their subscription scheme and have never looked back.

@MarkDanien

15 күн бұрын

I am not paid by anyone at this point but I value your opinion. Adobe softwares are great but that doesn't there couldn't be better alternatives out there. Personally I prefer to use Davinci Resolve now and getting used to Affinity and other softwares.

@ontheruntonowhere

14 күн бұрын

PS, Pr and AE are easily replaced. LR is admittedly the best, but it's only a matter of time until something else comes along and starts chipping away at its market share, as happened with the others. I'm networked with a ton of freelance creatives who've left Adobe over the subscription model and early cancellation bs, as I have. We talk to each other, and Adobe is definitely a topic. People who work for big agencies can afford to stay with Adobe because they don't pay, their companies do.

@togglebutton3312

13 күн бұрын

@@MarkDanien Why did you delete my comment?

@MarkDanien

13 күн бұрын

@@togglebutton3312 I didn’t delete any comments