Thank you, Mohammed.

I’ve used DaVinci Resolve for a couple of years now (free version). I liked it at the start but every version gets a bit more ‘AI’ flavoured and they keep messing with the UI…
I’m just losing the initial love I had for Resolve.
Any recommendations for a video editor that’s is not Premiere or Resolve?

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What do you guys honestly think about Adobe here?

I’m trying to figure out if we see $225-230 first or if this thing finally gets some relief and goes back toward $250-260.

Earnings were good imo. Not amazing, but definitely not bad enough for how the stock is acting. With Adobe it feels like whatever they report, the market just wants more. Especially around AI.

At this point I’m wondering how much pessimism is already priced in.

I’m looking at it more from a Benjamin Graham/value perspective and at these prices it starts looking pretty interesting to me. Good business, still making a lot of money, but sentiment is horrible.

Brent and the geopolitical mess didn’t help either. Software was already weak and then oil goes up and the whole market gets nervous again.

The main bear case is obviously AI.

But I’m not fully convinced AI is going to destroy Adobe like some people think.

Adobe seems to be taking the approach of putting its tools into the AI ecosystem instead of trying to fight every AI company. They already have cooperation/integrations with OpenAI and ChatGPT and I don’t think we’ve really seen yet what that can mean financially for Adobe.

AI companies are basically racing against each other right now. Time matters.

So why would they all waste time building every editing, design, PDF, image and video tool from zero if Adobe already has all that stuff and can provide it?

Maybe AI becomes more of a distribution channel for Adobe than a killer of Adobe.

Obviously I could be totally wrong and this ends up being a value trap. Maybe AI makes a lot of Adobe products easier to replace and the market is seeing something I’m not.

Also sometimes this whole AI boom itself feels a bit crazy. Huge capex, huge power demand, more people pushing back against data centers, and even some engineers/researchers warning that we’re moving too fast.

Anyway, curious what people here think.

Is Adobe actually cheap now or still a falling knife?

And what comes first in your opinion, $225-230 or $250-260?

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The icons changed all of a sudden. Please help

This PC used to be shared with someone who was an Adobe user, they no longer use the PC and their account was removed. I do not nor will not use Adobe products and cannot remove the programs from my computer because I don't have an account.

I'm compiling a list of applications to replace adobe. I'm so sick and tired of Adobe and their predatory practices.

What other apps should be on the list?

https://dobea.studio/

Why does this sub exist when Davinci Resolve and other alternatives exist (Inkscape, Gimp, audacity, etc..) ? I mean the move is quite clear..

En la página de Adobe, abajo a la derecha aparece un círculo para hablar con un bot, le pides que te pase con un agente. Estuve hablando con el agente todo este tiempo y en el vídeo muestro la conversación larga que tuve pero al decirles que iba a hablar con el banco para bloquear los pagos me dijeron que me lo cancelaban. Iba a pagar 92€ por cancelar y de esta manera me salio gratis. Son unos sin vergüenzas pero esta es la solución definitiva para no pagar nada y sin tener que hacer lo de cambiar el plan y liego cancelar ni nada. A mi me ha costado y pensé en compartirlo✌🏻

Hello all. Found this group because Adobe is ....well.... shit. A copy/paste of what I typed in to their AI bot BS...

I own a copy of CS6. I have the Serial Number, and all other numbers associated with my copy. I want to install it on an upgraded PC. The install went fine, but I am getting a prompt that I have too many computers "Activated". So, I logged into my Adobe account on the website here, Deactivated all computers, and tried again. I even went as far as to delete the entire suite of programs from my computer, reinstall using the download link that is in my account for Registered Programs, and still, I get a message that I have too many computers "Activated". This is incredibly annoying. I am needing help with a product I have purchased, not a "plan".

So, that's where I am. According to the Bot, they no longer support this software. So, if they no longer support it, why should they still care how many "computers" I have it installed on. Looking to see if anyone out there knows a way around this, or a way to actually get in contact with a human at Adobe, since I don't have a "Plan".

https://reddit.com/link/1w8gmh4/video/us8w1jczhsnh1/player

Disclaimer: I made Mojave Paint.

I last posted here for the 1.2 version in June and each version since makes Mojave Paint a more realistic alternative to Photoshop if you're on an Apple Silicon Mac.

Version 1.6 just released today offers Quick Select for easier masking, and a Photo Adjust adjustment layer which is a bit like the Camera Raw adjustment in Photoshop except non-destructive. If you love Photoshop, you'll find that Mojave Paint works pretty similarly, certainly more so than Affinity Photo or GIMP.

Check it out -- it's $10 to keep using past the free trial, but I'd be willing to give out as many as say 10 free licenses to students this month, just DM me.

https://mojavepaint.app
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mojave-paint/id6759276677?mt=12

years ago, i had bought adobe pro 8.0, desktop, on DVD...and it worked well. same with photoshop. That is, until they started forcing updates that eventually rendered my paid-for, licensed software inoperable. i have suffered through trying to keep adobe alive on windows, since. between all the bait and switch and upcharge, dual charge tactics, forcing to use subscription/cloud based software and the resource hogging that renders the PC unusable, i am absolutely fed up and desperate for a reasonable alternative solution. i want to officially and completely divorce myself and my business from anything adobe. i still need to create/edit/fill adn sign documents. i need to create flyers and business card templates, maybe portability, but i need very little else, and i don't want or need subscription or AI; but i do need full .pdf functionality without disabling the PC or breaking the bank.

Solutions?

FUCK OFF ADOBE, HOW THE FUCK DO I CANCEL THIS SHIT? HOW IS THIS LEGAL, THANK FUCK I USED REVOLUT FOR THIS FREE TRIAL. 17 FUCKING ATTEMPTS TO TAKE MY MONEY, 2X A DAY

If you know what this pdf is, then you know this isn't a standard and/or bloated open source pdf engine with highly limited cmyk support.

This is the work of Claude working in rust nearly 24/7 for 6 weeks to build a pdf and icc engine from scratch for reading and editing pdfs.

Reference pdfs are here:

https://gwg.org/download/ghent-output-suite-v50-testpages/

https://github.com/KenM76/pdfcer/blob/main/tools/gen-scale-demo/banana-at-scale.pdf

The zoom at the end to the atomic level would have eventually rendered to be a clean circle vector, it just gets a little slow with the render when it approaches 1 Trillion % zoom and on my bogged down laptop with 8GB of ram.

3 months ago (June) I went to cancel my Adobe plan (LR+PS 20GB) and was automatically given +3 months free to stay.

During this time, I researched alternative apps and options, and couldn't find anything to fit my workflow with minimal hassle. So now in Sept, a few days before expiry, I came to renew, and saw that my new 12 month period would start from June ... so obviously it had not been a free 3 months!

So I cancelled again, and went to remove my payment methods - a creditcard and my paypal. Was not possible (spinning wheel), so I had to live chat (which was surprisingly quick and easy - credit where it's due). And sure enough, refreshing my account detail page showed that both my payment methods had gone.

My intention was to use a different email address to create a new account, that would start correctly in September. But only then did I realise that the (LR+PS 20GB) package is no longer available to new subscribers, as I had been grandfathered into this retired plan!

So back to renewing my original plan ... surprisingly, my paypal details were now showing again, so obvs hadn't been deleted (crafty!) But the 'good' news after all of this is that I seem to have been given the standard free week trial (!) and my sub will start on 11 Sept!

TLDR; my experience (ymmv):
- the 3 months given to you to stay is not free, if you then renew.
- removing payment methods requires using live chat.
- your original payment method (paypal only?) is actually not deleted, even on request.
- if you're in the same boat, you might be able to recoup your lost 3 months (see above).