More than 3 years using Adobe and never understood how their programs are "industry standard" so many bugs, so many crashes. And now somehow AfterEffects can't even make a decent chroma and tracking while DaVinci did it with no effort. And I have a Photoshop project that eats somehow 30 fucking gb of temporal storage everytime I open it it's insane.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I think it really came down to them having the core 3 apps (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), and the. Buying I’m up anyone along the way that challenged them. Not until Affinity has any one company been able to compete with the big three.

I too never wanted to constantly pay into the adobe overload. I use Inkscape and Gimp primarily. Love open source options. Can’t wait to check out your options. Thanks.

@DaveConrey

4 жыл бұрын

Did you get a chance to look at them? They're also super cheap right now

@noahchicoine4780

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah sadly the sale just ended but Affinity is MILES better than inkscape and gimp. It's really so "just short" of Adobe it's amazing.

@joshmcdzz6925

2 жыл бұрын

@Jaquan Kelsor I hope you paid for the browser you're using at the moment and the search engine and even KZread you're viewing this on, otherwise you're a hypocrite. At least that's how you think everything operates in the society

@joshmcdzz6925

2 жыл бұрын

@Jeanette Darley, really great respect for people who give open source apps a chance. Right now the web is powered by the free Apache web server, or nginx server running on the free linux operating system (which Adobe is likely using), with other free applications. Davinci resolve was given a chance and it's better than premier today, if people support Gimp and Inkscape and can be patient, they will be FREE from the risk of the current Adobe contenders (AF) selling out.

Switched to Resolve and 17 was the nail in the coffin. Thanks for the insight I am now looking at Affinity.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Right on.

very informative, love the freestyle. ok with the quick edits at thought breaks.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much

I'm thinking of doing the same, I'm allready doing most of my online post production on Davinci Resolve Studio, and Affinity Photo seems like a no brainer especially since it supports .psd But, what about motion graphics? I need to be able to make motion graphics aswell, is fusion in Davinci good enough for motion graphics? I mean it's great for vfx, but vfx is not the same as animating logos and creating motion graphics? What is the replacement for adobe's After Effects, I need to find a AE killer. Do you know one?

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I personally don’t do a lot of motion graphics and never used after effects , but what I hear from many is that Fusion is really good. There’s a guy here on YT named CaseyFaris that does a ton of great videos on Davinci. I’m sure you can find info on it with him. kzread.info

I switched to Affinity photo.

@DaveConrey

4 жыл бұрын

nice

You are a brave man, Dave! I made cut the cord a couple of years back and haven’t regretted it for a minute. I look forward to learning about your new adventures. Me thinks you will not be sorry.

@DaveConrey

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve been happy once I got the lay of the land.

I myself just binned Adobe. Sadly I haven't fully binned InDesign because there really isn't any way to publish ebooks without it and I just happen to be trying to learn that. Why did I bin Adobe, yes cost like many people. But really, creative cloud Online only model SUCKS. I use the product all day at work, and it can take me up to an hour just to get logged in minimum between pinging and verifying my account. And then I come home and, like tonight, I just gave up straight up gave up trying to log into Adobe. It can take me up to 2 hours to try to log in without it kicking me out saying it "can't verify my account." I can log into CC, and then when I launch InDesign or Photoshop it kicks me out of those programs and out of CC all together. And by the time I've fought with CC, it's late and I have to go to bed so I can function at work the next day. So what was the point. Until they can get a better verification system, and really I switched to Affinity just last month and so far I'm not looking back at well... "much". Like I said, I just can't publish ebooks from Publisher yet, but I'm sure they'll get it figured out.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, hopefully they'll introduce that feature sooner rather than later.

I remember Quark Express! Yes I'm that old.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I started on Aldus Pagemaker, then Quark, then ID.

@lancasterspades6558

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, these days old is gold! Lmbo

I agree i switched from adobe to affinity i wasnt going to pay for that subscription plan. And for lightroom i switched it from lightroom to on1 photoraw. Also i dont know if you know this but one of the original creators of photoshop is the creator of affinity

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

That I did not know. Interesting.

Sub here...for spray painting on a canvas and smearing paint on it....a true artist at heart...were starting to reach the age where these overpriced sofwares are getting some serious competition...we might be seeing new industry standards in the years to come...blender comes to mind...its moving faster than any other 3d program out there...and in a few years its gonna be a hard contender against programs that cost several thousands of dollars...im gonna check out affinity...i ditched photoshop years ago when i got into digital painting i hated drawing in the program...

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I hear ya. I actually use Procreate for most of my digital artworks, but I will often bring them into Affinity Photo for touch ups I cannot do in Procreate.

I have already switched to affinity photo and design it’s time to get read of that Adobe premiere pro and start using resolve I wish affinity could come out with their own video editing software and after effects like but better.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I’m not sure that will be there focus for awhile, but it could happen. Now is definitely the time to be focused on video production.

Corel Ventura was the best page layout program ever created. Powerful, intuitive, and fast. Far better than ID and Quark. Sadly, it was PC only and Corel foolishly let it die in 2002. Used it for years until we switched to Macs. Still miss it.

@DaveConrey

4 жыл бұрын

I actually think InDesign is a fantastic program, albeit a little bloated lately with a lot of elements that are unecessary for 99% of users, but I was always happy with the program. Just wasn't enough to keep me from dropping it for Affinity Publisher though.

as an editor that would and still tries to use after effects, adobe is really discouraging:/ I’ve heard it from other creators too but I simply can’t afford like 500$ a year when I’m not using it professionally. it’s really discouraging and depressing

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Have a look at DavinCi Resolve. The Fusion aspect in the app is a solid option for After effects.

Thank you for sharing your experience with us. I feel the same way, the Adobe apps are very bloated by this point, lots of things that you don't use or even need, and they just keep on boasting the system requirements, which is why I am researching the Affinity apps. I honestly can't afford to upgrade my computer right now only to keep up with the requirements Adobe is asking for, and it is cheaper to just switch to Affinity.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Significantly cheaper, and with the next major version of Affinity apps not far away, I think they are going to make a serious dent in 2021.

@SmashBrosmike85

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey I hope they will make a dent, that's the only way Adobe will step up its game.

Love the Cross over from TikTok!!! Great Episode!!!!!

@DaveConrey

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I know this isn't an option for people doing professional production (at least it's true if they still impose the same restrictions they used to with CS on educational licensing), but it's worth mentioning that Adobe has made it pretty easy to get/keep educational pricing. If you have a student ID and a .edu email address, you can get an educational price ($20/month). You don't have to be enrolled, but you're not supposed to keep it more than a year after you graduate.

@DaveConrey

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if you can get that student pricing, take advantage of that for sure.

I was working in a small printshop, mostly laser printing, and we got rid of adobe for 2 years. Everything was fine and even better. But now that i'm working in a much bigger one, i had to come back to Adobe. We gave Affinity a try, but we had too many issues mostly with pantone, black and color separations. Affinity gives more freedom to designers, but adobe is better for prepress and professional printshops. With Affinity You can't check the color separations to make sure everything is fine and most of the time, it's not.

@DaveConrey

Жыл бұрын

agreed. Affinity is not leaning as heavily into print production right now. It may not be on their priority list.

@DaveConrey

Жыл бұрын

and thanks for watching.

I just concluded my 3 years transition from After Effects to HitFilm Pro and I'm very pleased... It was the last Adobe software I used... I've been moving from Adobe software and a few pieces of software that went subscription only to alternatives of one-time payment or open-source. I don't like it when the only option is to rent my tools. Subscription can be an option but not the only one. The same way I like the option of buying a car and there's the option to rent it if I want, I need to be able to buy my work tools outright. I'm pleased to say that since the past month I'm Adobe-free :-) After Effects was the last to be delete because I had lots of plugins and templates I needed to replace or adapt to HitFilm, DaVinci Resolve (and Fusion) and Blender but I got the job done (not all but what I actually use, I was able to do it). And way before that I said goodbye to Premiere, Photoshop, Lightroom, InDesign, Illustrator, Audition. If anyone is interested (or on the same path I was) here are the programs I use the most on a daily basis: DaVinci Resolve Studio, HitFilm Pro, ShotCut, KDEnlive, OBS, Aegisub, Synfig Studio, Papagayo, Pencil, HandBrake (video), Fairlight, Audacity, Ardour, LMM Studio (audio), GIMP, Krita, Darktable+digikam, RAW Therapee+Photivo, Affinity Photo, Luminar, (photo), Scribus, Inkscape, Affinity Designer and Publisher (graphic design), HitFilm Pro, Fusion Studio, Blender, Natron (VFX), Ashampoo Burning Pro , Img Burn, DVDStyler (media burning), GNU/Linux distros, LibreOffice, Task Coach, Tryton, Thunderbird, FileZilla, 7zip, Clonezilla, Free File Sync, GRSync, GParted, PhotoRec (other).

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

right on, thanks for watching.

@FrankHeffleyOnYT

2 жыл бұрын

Bravo! Too many Adobe Sheeple who have fallen victim to the “industry standard.” I salute you for what you’ve done.

@Mariojrmatos

2 жыл бұрын

@@FrankHeffleyOnYT It's all a question of stop resisting change and willingness to experiment new programs. I got fed up with Adobe's greed (and other software companies for that matter). I prefer to use open-source and support these programs financially alongside other paid-once software (see above) than overpriced programs with outrageous one-time prices or costly and inflexible monthly/yearly subscriptions...

@FrankHeffleyOnYT

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mariojrmatos For the programs that I use, I have Filmora for video editing (one-time purchase option), GIMP and Inkscape for basic graphic design as well as Cakewalk for a DAW. I’m considering purchasing Hitfilm Pro once I get a new computer (which won’t be happening anytime soon due to the recession). I might just install Natron though since I’ve barely stepped foot into visual effects and then move onto Hitfilm after. All of that aside, it’s ridiculous to see Adobe’s subscription model and the amount of people that have fallen for it. On my main channel I’m a small content creator for a community that has adapted After Effects and Premiere as the norm for making said content, and even a few years back in High School I took a computer graphics course and all of the programs we used were from Adobe. Both sides looked down and ridiculed me when I made it clear that I’m against Adobe and their Creative Cloud B.S.

What would be the best option for Lightroom?

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

The closest would be Photo, but it’s not a true equivalent. Lightroom is unique tool and in my opinion, doesn’t have a true rival yet.

@ElPirataKraken

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey Thanks sir!

Another PS user bites the dust! I’m In and loving it!

@DaveConrey

4 жыл бұрын

Nice!

I have to agree... Been a multi media designer for 20 years. I've replaced PS, AI, PR, LR with Affinity Photo, Affinity Design, Wondershare Filmora and Apple Photo and it feels really good. Affinity Photo is an amazing piece of software. I also LOVE the HDR feature for when I was experimenting with my new (old) Fujifilm X-E2.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Right on! Glad you’re digging it.

@BruceHarms

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey Oh and forgot to say great vid!

I need help....I never knew what adobe was or how to use it. I need to cancel it.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

it's been so long, I forgot the process, but here's some info: helpx.adobe.com/manage-account/using/delete-adobe-account.html

To be honest, I myself feel that adobe charging on monthly basis is not that gr8 now. See I’m very thankful to my uni for providing me 4yrs of adobe that’s they include in my fees 😅 but it doesn’t feel that way. However, affinity designer software is completely new atm can is proven to very good and have a level of adobe standards in terms of user interface is similar.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

agreed.

And this is why I cross train programs, you never know when a company is going to go out of business or misbehave. It's time to hit the frontier for alternatives.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Truth. I don't see Adobe going anywhere anytime soon, but you never know. Quark is still holding on for dear life and they haven't been a factor in over 10 years.

Awesome video

@DaveConrey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

interesting info. will be checking out davinci

@DaveConrey

4 жыл бұрын

L0rdCROISSANT Of all the programs I switch to, daVinci Resolve is the one I dig the most.

Agreed

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

I did the same thing yesterday.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the club

I'm with you. I basically dumped all Adobe products and am now using various alternatives, many of which are free or are a one-time purchase. And I think there's little doubt that Affinity is Adobe's worst nightmare come true.

@DaveConrey

4 жыл бұрын

I agree with that. I'm sure Adobe is paying attention.

@mgabrysSF

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey I can't see how Adobe can compete at this point. Their 'bloat' creates a whole set of users reliant on whatever ge-gaw they wedged into the Creative Suite - so streamlining it would cause no manner of howls from their current user base. Serif has the luxury of adding features people 'want' slowly and with user-feedback. Adobe is cut off entirely from that scenario.

Davinci Resolve 16 is what Im using

@DaveConrey

4 жыл бұрын

It's a great program

Hi Dave Good on ya, I just switched to using Affinity suite and Davinci myself, I watched adobe being born (im an old git) and after years of being loyal to the brand (pretty easy nothing was really in thier league) the last 3 years Ive been dying to get away from the Brand. Im overjoyed that other companies are finally rising up to show their metal. The almost exact thing can be said about Wacom. Competition is always healthy. Vids always make me smile and usually make me think for a moment, keep going bud. Arts kewl too. There's something rebelious about the sound of a spray can lol (as I say, Im old schooler)

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

“Something rebellious about the sound of a spray can.” I like that. Thanks much.

I'm going to check them out, Yeah I remember Quark

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

I don't even know what I would do if I had to go back to Quark.

@kevinhilderbrand3254

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey For years I used Coreldraw with my computerized engravers Another blast from the past

OMG I'd forgotten all about Quark XPress!

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Years ago, after switching to Adobe inDesign for awhile, I was asked to find and open some documents in the archive. They were Quark documents and when I opened them in the app, I was completely lost on how to use it. At the time, it didn't feel that different from InDesign, but in retrospect, it truly was a whole different animal.

@PamStucky

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey I never liked Quark. I really loved PageMaker (I even used to teach classes in it) but that is long, long gone! As is Aldus!

@PamStucky

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey I just realized I've been using desktop publishing for almost 35 years. (Not sure if I started Aldus PageMaker in its first year, 1985, or the year or two after that.) This will be only my fourth desktop publishing program - Aldus PageMaker / which became Adobe PageMaker, Quark XPress, InDesign, and now Affinity Publisher. Oh and Microsoft Publisher but does that even count? Honestly discovering a new program is a happy place, I'm finding. It's like riding a bike and finding the ... uh ... gears and stuff (I don't ride bikes) are all there but just in different places. So fun. Thanks again for sharing your learning!

I switched from PS to Affinity Photo and from Premier Pro to Da Vinci Resolve and I'm as happy as a pig in mud ! Goodbye Adobe.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Right on. 🤜🏻💥🤛🏻

It's crazy how much of a monopoly they have in the business.

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

and no signs of being disrupted yet. I love Affinity, but they move very slowly.

@CoasterMan13Official

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey it's okay. I use GIMP, Krita, Pinta, and Inkscape. Adobe needs a long, painful spanking.

Not only is Adobe super expensive, it's actually not as good as competitors in some major ways. Compare with Sketch or Pixelmator. Also, Illustrator's color picker is a joke

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

agreed

I use Adobe Bridge in lieu of LR. It is a better browser than Windows and my RAW files open automatically in Affinity Develop Persona.

@DaveConrey

Жыл бұрын

Noted, but don’t you have to be subscribed to Adobe to get access to it?

If I could break free from Audition I'd kill my Adobe CC subscription. Davinci Resolve is a great program.

@DaveConrey

4 жыл бұрын

Anything I've done in Audition I have been able to replicate in the audio portion of Resolve.

@CarlOlsonArt

4 жыл бұрын

Dave Conrey does that include Audition Retime tool? Man that is a real time saver when trying to match up length of songs to segments. Don’t have to have it but I’m terribly spoiled. Match Loudness for LUFs is super easy, too.

@CarlOlsonArt

4 жыл бұрын

Dave Conrey I’m following your experience breaking free of Adobe closely and value your observations. I want to throw their yoke off.

@DaveConrey

4 жыл бұрын

Carl Olson TV the retime tool is definitely beneficial. I haven’t gotten deep enough into Resolve yet to know if it has a similar function, but I will research this.

What they’ve changed is just how their user interface looks aesthetically!

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

which app? Adobe or Affinity?

@VINAYAKSONI007

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey Adobe

hey buddy love your content

@DaveConrey

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man, I appreciate it.

That’s just like procreate they charge us once and enjoy their softwares for life.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

indeed.

I just cancelled my annual plan, 1 month left before the renewal. I'm just going to use my wife's work account of Adobe CC she gets free because you can use up to 2 PCs. So it works for us. Seriously Affinity looks like a good alternative. Adobe needs to change it to where you pay software 1 time use of $400, and annual maintained is a subscription of $200 and it would be worth keeping so I just pay $200 and if I cancelled the A.M. I can still use the last update ofthat software I have. I see that as fair but $600 every year indefinitely or you are cut off is stupid.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Thanks for watching.

leave LInks in the description for your thesis

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

This is as much thesis as you get. Unless you want to watch my other videos on why I like Affinity Photo more than Photoshop. The rest is practical application.

I honestly believe After Effects and Premier got WORSE from CS6 to CC. Photoshop got a little upgrade. Illustrator and Indesign I honestly see no difference. I remember the time before Adobe bought Macromedia Fireworks... it used to be my favorite program

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Fireworks was great. Back then, people always talked about how much Macromedia was doing better work then Adobe... until they got bought.

@lautaromondaca

3 жыл бұрын

i love Freehand

I JUST CANT FIGURE OUY HOW TO USE FOR MY PURPASE.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Need more detail to know what you mean.

This is just a theory... but I believe Adobe has some Major updates ready to release but as long as they are on top of the game without any serious competition, they will just milk that money cow. It is the same thing with GTA online, they pretty sure could have released GTA 6 long time ago if they wanted, but hey, people buy the old game... Or electric cars. all of the big automobile manufacturer had some kind of electric cars in their garages, and for damn sure could have developed one if there was any need to, it was just when Tesla was going big that the others were getting serious about electric cars.

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Their typical solution is to add more shiny features, or build apps that most people won’t use, and then justify the price increases. I think, if Covid hasn’t happened, Adobe would have raised their price in 2021 to $55 a month or more for CC, but that may have to wait. If they do release a major update, there definitely will be a price increase. It’s how they justify it every time.

@LuccaGasser

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey 2020 strikes again haha, looks very much like an adobe strategy, indeed. I miss the times when you buy a product, and then it is YOURS. All that subscription based BS and all the micro transactions... AIDS. So happy Affinity had the courage to go the old way! Will tell everyone to use affinity. Thanks for your videos about affinity btw, helped a lot to switch over!

Too expensive

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Which? Adobe or affinity?

Illustrator is the WORST of the Adobe Big 3. Very clunky and unintuitive. In IA you still cannot align strokes to the outside of live text! Unbelievable. Marquee selection also sucks. Everything the box touches is selected. It should only be the things completely enclosed in the marquee. Affinity Designer gets both of these right. I still use ID for layout, but use AD for all my ad design.

@DaveConrey

4 жыл бұрын

Mike Wiley I’m still finding the nuances with Affinity Publisher, but it has impressed me. Designer is definitely a superior app to Illustrator.

@mikewiley6633

4 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey Thanks, Dave. Still considering moving over to Publisher. Hope all is going well for you.

tell me that I can replace After Effects to make motion graphics and I'm yours... I can't stand Adobe one more day...

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

Although DaVinci Resolve has some very capable motion graphics capabilities, I wouldn't put it on par with AE just yet.

@notnotjake

2 жыл бұрын

If you're on a Mac, you can try Motion

the app is very expensive and very problems for all

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Adobe, yes.

Your not long winded at all!!!

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. 😉

Adobe upgrades are patches to keep people from pirating and not much more. As a paying client I have been shut out three times. Customer service is horrible and you suffer hours helping them to improve their patches. BS!

@DaveConrey

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@garagewineco.9732

3 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey My second day with Affinity!

davinci is batter than audition, effects and primer? ROFl

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

1. Never said it was better. 2. If you want to give Adobe, be my guest 3. It's obvious that you've never looked into the capabilities of Resolve, so maybe you should do that before commenting, just a thought. 🇺🇦

Linux OS = FREE Inkscape (SVG) = FREE Blender (Animation) = FREE GIMP (Raster) = FREE Shotcut (Video) = FREE Ardour (Audio) = FREE

@DaveConrey

2 жыл бұрын

Free doesn’t often equal better. Inkscape and GIMP are crap in comparison to Affinity. However, Davinci Resolve is free and yet still considerably better than Shotcut.

@joshmcdzz6925

2 жыл бұрын

@@DaveConrey you're right. But it's a matter of time. Linux was crap in the days and windows was the top dog. You can achieve the same result in those programs(probably not as efficient). Don't shove them aside because they are still work in progress.. I agree AF is miles ahead of Gimp and I use them all but I still find myself more often in gimp cuz of the support)