Adobe under Attack! Why I Choose One-Time License or Free Software

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21 күн бұрын

In light of the recent controversy surrounding Adobe's terms and conditions, I decided to dive into why I prefer one-time license or free software for my creative projects. In this video, I'll discuss my favorite alternatives to Adobe's subscription model, including:
iMovie
Canon Digital Professional 4
Darktable
Apple Aperture
Luminar Ai
Try these:
Luminar Neo
Audacity
Davinci Resolve
Have a butchers at their sites:
Alex Nail
/ @alexnail
greg benz
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Join me as I explore the features and benefits of these fantastic tools and share my insights on making the switch. If you're looking for cost-effective and powerful software solutions, this video is for you!
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@rosumparat 16 күн бұрын

The moment they went full on subscription instead of one time price I just cracked the F outta it. works like a charm since.

@KrunchyJD 11 күн бұрын

What about Affinity photo, as a Photoshop replacement..

@KrunchyJD 11 күн бұрын

DXO photolab has a perpetual licence, and is very good

@ChristianClark 17 күн бұрын

Affinity Rules !

@andrewfindlayphoto 17 күн бұрын

Go Affinity ! 🤣

@philosuileabhain861 12 күн бұрын

@@andrewfindlayphoto Until the new owners Canva, decide to take Affinity Photo, Designer, Publisher down the SASS route a la Adobe/Autodesk. Then what?

@lorenzen73 10 күн бұрын

Wow good old Aperture sad that Apple left it to sail away nice info do

@andrewfindlayphoto 10 күн бұрын

The should have incorporated Aperture into. Apple Photos 😭

@ratbertovich 13 күн бұрын

One problem with the CC TOS involves uploading licensed images from third parties. When I license, say, one of your photos to put in a leaflet, I don't own it. Adobe does not differentiate between what's mine and what I licensed. Their "license of your content" clause in the TOS is much more problematic then first meets the eye: I cannot license the third party content to Adobe for whatever purpose, as I'm not a licensor but a licensee myself.

@andrewfindlayphoto 13 күн бұрын

Your right. It gets us all into a tangled legal mess over exclusively, licensing and copyright. 😵‍💫

@Wolfer1OOO 17 күн бұрын

I tried Darktable and I agree, definitely clunky! Another free option is Rawtherapee which works well, the biggest limitation I find there is the lack of masking. That's what then lead me to ART (which is a Rawtherapee fork), it has more masking capabilities although in comparison to what I've seen of Lightroom on youtube it is a little lacking still. But it does the job and is relatively intuitive and is free!

@andrewfindlayphoto 17 күн бұрын

Thanks for the info I'll have a look at Rawtherapee and Art 👍😁

@morgorth3242 17 күн бұрын

wat are your system specs??

@andrewfindlayphoto 17 күн бұрын

2012 mac mini dual core with 16Mb of RAM. Away from the computer at the moment. So no precise specs. But it still works well enough 😁

@morgorth3242 17 күн бұрын

@@andrewfindlayphoto i think its realy time for an upgrade :D

@christopher8116 12 күн бұрын

Bring back Perpetual licenses.

@orindae1032 17 күн бұрын

Free software is always the best software.

@Franklin-vx6wk 19 күн бұрын

Well done Andrew. Why pay for something when you can get it for free. Power to your elbow !

@ChristianClark 17 күн бұрын

Affinity Rules !

@flixxfotojenslindner 15 күн бұрын

So, you're working for nuts? Some people are really funny. Not.

@TPCDAZ 16 күн бұрын

You get what you pay for. Photoshop does more than any free or one time fee software out there. Simple.

@lubossoltes321 16 күн бұрын

And you are PAYING Adobe to use your work for their own purposes instead the other way around.

@TPCDAZ 16 күн бұрын

@@lubossoltes321 If that's in the terms then so be it. It's what I signed up for. Would be pretty hypocritical of me to want to use generative AI and image generators then turn around and say "but don't use mine" now wouldn't it.

@davehigton 18 күн бұрын

Feel the same way. Affinity photo is a great alternative to photoshop, it doesn't have the ai tools at the moment

@robertdouble559 16 күн бұрын

It'll go subscription soon enough now that Canva own it, so don't get too excited.

@robertdouble559 16 күн бұрын

Canva have half decent AI, so expect they will add generative fill (and a subscription plan) to Affinity real soon.

@flixxfotojenslindner 15 күн бұрын

So do whatever you want. Nobody cares. I guess you will also work for no salary because someone is doing your job for free.

@karlgunterwunsch1950 18 күн бұрын

Darktable is gruesome, that only a complete masochist would use (no way to get a predicatble result, except if you use the depreacted display centric workflow). Luminar is a complete ripoff (Luminar AI already is on it's last leg and will not run very much longer, the next operating system update can end this abruptly with no recourse (and the successor now is basically subscription only).

@andrewfindlayphoto 18 күн бұрын

Darktable is value for money = free. Luminar works well if you don't go to far or you want to go extreme. I don't care about constantly upgrading my OS especially Apple. I would always be one OS system behind. It's less hassle that way. I'll probably have to upgrade someday when my computer gives out, but I'll keep my cash until then. I'm still running a G4 Mac for some applications. So who knows!

@karlgunterwunsch1950 17 күн бұрын

@@andrewfindlayphoto Luminar is the worst when it comes to keeping up with Apple MacOS. You will probably lose Luminar AI with the next OS update, no matter what. They never cared to keep up even when the product was current, and Luminar AI is discontinued. And while you still can purchase Luminar Neo outright they already limited it's lifetime to 2 bug updates - but AFAIK only if those updates don't contain new features (and that means probably 0 bug fixes for those that didn't go the subscription route - which happens to be more expensive than the LR+PS if you look for a good deal which are available multiple times a year)... And Darktable is free but very costly in learning curve and with that scene referenced workflow they so tout is only suitable to horrendous HDR images.