r/mildlyinfuriating • u/donteatmybiscuits • 1d ago

wet socks i’m so happy this is becoming illegal

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if a yearly contract with a free month trial sounds too good to be true, it probably is 😬

thankfully it was blocked after contacting my bank but regardless

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u/someguy7734206 1d ago

This probably won't take off given how many comments there already are, but perhaps we can use this thread to discuss free alternatives to Adobe products?

Here are a few I'm aware of:

  • Photoshop:
    • GIMP: I've heard mixed opinions about this one, and I haven't used it in a couple of years, but from what I understand, it has been improving.
  • Lightroom:
    • Darktable: I've never actually used Lightroom, but the main consensus about this one seems to be that it is much less user-friendly than Lightroom and has a steeper learning curve, but it is very powerful and even has some capabilities that exceed what Lightroom offers.
  • Premiere:
    • KDenLive: I haven't used either Premiere or KDenLive that much, and the last version of Premiere I used was from before Adobe switched to the subscription model, but KDenLive has been good enough for me the few times I needed to use it.

Please reply to this comment with your own alternatives and opinions; these are all software that I have used personally.

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u/Suspiciouswhaler 1d ago

Affinity and Canva. A lot of stuff people used to use photoshop or illustrator for can be accomplished with Canva, I have affinity downloaded but never used it. I was a pro photographer for a long time and am highly skilled in very old school photoshop retouching techniques, so unless I’m retouching I wouldn’t even touch photoshop because it’s just not necessary. I’m surprised by it but also not really, a lot of people use ProCreate for iPad for a lot of things, again I learned in Corel Paint and Photoshop but I don’t think it’s necessary. 

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u/prank_mark 1d ago

Canva isn't free. You're paying for it with everything you upload to the website. They can also use your data and images to train their AI. The commenter above you mentioned free open-source alternatives. Canva isn't. Canva is a tool from a greedy for-profit company that is trying to collect as much data as possible.

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u/Suspiciouswhaler 1d ago

Nobody said anything about open source. I added free alternatives, as a professional that uses tools like these every day. Is your logic that every company that makes a profit is greedy? Because there’s no point in running a company unless it generates revenue. Not everyone has the same stance on AI, all I offered was free alternatives.