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0:36 Photoshop 4:11 Illustrator 7:32 Substance 12:18 Animate 16:05 Lightroom 18:26 Premiere Pro & After Effect

Davinci Resolve is literally a lifesaver for folks like myself who enjoy editing videos but cannot afford Adobe's high subscription prices.

"They pulled a Unity" 🤣

Affinity + DaVinci Resolve + Darktable + Blender _Done_

I got a adobe ad before the video started . How darrrre youuu ! 😅

The problem isn't availability of alternatives. The problem is that people are too lazy to even migrate to something else. People love to whine about issues of cost, licensing, privacy, etc. But when it comes down to migrating to something else, few people want to learn a new piece of software. Hell, people are reluctant to even TRY new software unless Daddy (Adobe, Apple, Google, Microsoft, etc.) releases it. Personally, if anyone isn't going to abandon these terrible companies for user-respecting alternatives, then those customers have no reason to complain about any of these controversies.

Tahoma 2D is a fork of OpenToonz with a modernized interface. It's a full-fledged professional animation studio. And it is definitely available for Linux, because I use it on my penguin machine)

I really wanna how anyone "loves" Gimp... I've been using it for years and every time I use it for serious work I'm always like "WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BE NORMAL!!!" GIMP: *crying* while trying to apply a basic gama correction filter...

Kudos to the smart people doing software engineering making FOSS, and paid, software alternatives to the pile of corporate crap.

Da Vinci resolve has a tap called fusion that is directly a competitor to After effect

And I would like it to share my Adobe experience here. If you have a CS6 Perpetual License and your OS or hard drive fails, you'll find yourself unable to launch the app to deactivate the license. This means your license becomes permanently locked to that specific hardware. Despite reaching out to Adobe, they offer no way to reset or transfer the license. This issue could affect anyone using CS6, and it's frustrating that there's no solution provided by Adobe.

Krita is mainly made for drawing, but i've found that it's not too bad for photo editing as well (at least the basic stuff). I like GIMP and i've used it for quite a few years but for whatever reason it was just so slow on my macbook, so for one school project i decided to eventually try Krita and the performance was like night and day. So if you need to just do some basic photo editing for a prototype or youtube thumbnail or whatever and you're on lower end hardware, do give Krita a try. Might have been a mac thing too because Apple isn't excactly known to be huge supporters of open source projects but still.

OpenToonz is available on Linux. Arch directly in the repos, Snaps (or flat) everywhere else. Tahoma2D is kinda like BFA, but for OpenToonz(it does have more features, but I think that was the primary reason for the fork in the first place).

The page is ugly because they know it doesn't matter and you'll rent it anyway. Leave and support projects that respect you!

Natron is a Nuke clone. It's probably my favourite video compositor that doesn't cost more than a house.

Autograph : At long last an actual solution to motion design which understands what it is all about !

Davinci Resolve/Fusion can do "Aftereffects"... not as simple, but capable, and even better on the compositing side!

For anyone wondering about CSP's controversy: They added a subscription system where you pay monthly to obtain updates, similar to photoshop. HOWEVER. Every year they are releasing an "X.0" version in *permanent* license where you can purchase or upgrade from previous version for discounted price, where you access all updates made previous year. Devs get money for updates and people do not get their software access denied the moment they stop paying. I find this acceptable compared to adobe's greedy behaviour where you no longer can do anything the moment you stop giving them money. It also costs a fraction of Photoshop, as you can easily get the PRO version for 20-30$ in permanent license during the common discounts. Also CSP's updates are often small, but useful stuff. On contrary of Photoshop that for illustrators and comic artists virtually hasn't changed since 2007. And for anyone worried about losing assets, last year CSP added native support for PS's brushes.

Any freelancers here who have to work in pipeline with agencies? Revisting/Re-using complex projects from & for customers in AE and InDesign (it always happens)? THAT's the problem for me to switch to the alternatives, as much as I would like to. I would really love to hear a serious solution for this dilemma.

Here's my new toolbox: Photoshop: Affinity Photo Illustrator:Affinity Designer and Sketch (I ditched Figma since ceo's statement about palestine... yeah) Premiere Pro: Davinci Resolve Animate/After Effect : Spline, Blender, Rive, Calvary, Jitter

I'm a long time AE artist and I had no idea about Autograph, it looks very promising! Thanks for including that one.

Left Angle Autograph is pretty good, receives frequent updates, runs nicely on Mac, and they've said they're pushing for it to be solid in the compositing and VFX side of things as well beyond its current Mograph strengths. Good video, thanks.

I moved to Affinity suite couple years ago. Had to wrap my mind around a couple things that didn't need to be so different, but come on in. The water is fine.

!!! Oh man I totally forgot that Paintshop Pro existed! 😮 I used to use that all the time back in the early 2000's before I moved to GIMP 😮

I went with the affinity programs and got the universal license allows me to install on Mac and windows.

Just watched Left Angle's KZfaq channel. Autograph looks amazing. Thank you for the video !

“Adobe, you will own nothing, and be happy.”

Autograph looks really impressive. The Key Features button on the Home page of their site links to KZfaq videos that show a lot of things.

Edius is a Video Editing application that I first discovered and recomended 16 years ago. I was blown away how good it was back then, how it "felt" like the older final cut pro (before they bastardized everything "pro" in favor ov bubbly-touch stuff). In recent years, I've liked the stability and reliability of Devinci, but I'd be tempted to revisit Edius just to see how far it's come, and just wanted to throw it's name in the ring because it deserves a mention!

One thing I would like to point out: Krita does photo manipulation better than Gimp does. It being a painting application does not in any way make it "not good for photo manipulation"

Switched to GIMP 10 years ago and never looked back, does all I need

Hey Mike, awesome video like always! Keep up the great work, I don't know how you do it! 😅

Inkscape will be more efficient in 2025 - in version 1.5. It was to be faster in 1.4 but programmers didn't make it for 1.4 with an upgrade.

It's unfair to compare Affinity Photo and Photoshop on a feature basis taking Photoshop as reference without saying that Affinity also got features that Photoshop lacks. Photo is way faster, more reactive, files are lighter, and enable a true non destructive workflow. It has features like liquify layers, which Photoshop cannot dream about.

Thank you for this video. Its good to know about the alternative software available while working on my commercial projects.

Good content. Deep and comprehensive with up to date details.

I would definitely recommend Autograph for mograph & compositing. The last few versions have been really great! Super fast with some impressive features and the developers are constantly working on new features and improvements. It's like what you would want after effects to be, just takes a bit of time to learn. No regrets switching, plus it was on sale for half price (might still be).

I used to love Substance painter. I kind of stopped using it the moment Adobe bought it.

Some interesting looking programms there. So far I have gotten by with pretty much just Blender and Krita. But maybe I should eventually take some time to take a look at more specialised options.

Thank you for these. I've been running all Adobe products behind a firewall for years (and I never use the cloud for anything), but even so, this really is the last straw. It's time to ween myself off their ecosystem for good.

Great video. No Adobe products are needed. You can replace any and all of them. Adobe did you a favor by showing you dont need them. Work with ethical companies instead. Sure you will have to learn new software, but whats wrong with learning new skills? For video Davinci Resolve is simply the best in class you should be using anyway.

First-person hands on or not. thank you for such an extensive list of tools. Subscribed.

Autograph looks amazing and so easy to use !!! Will be looking forwards to the project !😀

3:31 The controversy was the pricing scheme that they changed. Instead of the 1 time payment, they changed it to a subscription model if you want regular updates. Though they still offer the single payment method if you buy it for windows or mac (with major updates still requiring another payment albeit at a discount).

Having tested Autograph, it's clearly a real alternative to After Effects. With each new release, it gets better and better.

For after effects: Motion is Apple’s answer and it works with Final Cut Pro. I haven’t used motion but it seems cool. Fusion is Blackmagic’s answer and it’s built into the pro version of DaVinci Resolve (daVinci resolve studio). However I find it confusing the way Fusion fits into the workflow of DRS. If I want to color correct using the color tab and then use a fusion node on the output I can’t. If I want to use magic mask in the color tab because it has a better ui, I can’t run the background through a fusion node. I don’t want to render the video out every time I add an effect. I should be able to get a rough preview and then render the final project all at once when I’m done.

Davinci Resolve's Fusion is basically their answer to After Effect. After affect is basically what before digital was called Rotoscoping where they would project a frame on a table that one would then draw an animation over film and then taking the overlay picture. For example Industrial Lights and magic would have used rotoscoping to make a light saber glow by following the stick and drawing the glow over it. So Blender can also do this.

My biggest issue with Affinity, is that I'd like to have API support for better workflow integration with other tools. It would benefit Affinity to be able to integrate with other tools, since they don't cover all types of software

Autograph is a strong product ! This is a French product, so we won't have to worry about shady terms of use.

I think Corel Painter is also worth a mention as a drawing/painting alternative to PS, especially for more painterly workflows and concept art.

Fuison is one of best rival to After Effects! Fusion is a vector-based application. However, Fusion is a node-based workflow and the expression script is also totally different from After Effects. I wouldn't lie, it's definitely much more painful while switching from AE to Fusion and may need at least one month to get used. Personally I think, why so many people think there's no AE replacement, the biggest problems are the node-based workflow and most of them cannot import AI files to those alternatives. That's being said every vector graphic needed to be only a vector graphic. Everything has to re-fill/ re-colour etc... in Fusion too (Fusion can import PDS directly). More importantly, users have to keep an open mind because every software has unique features. None can't replace another... But as creators and end-users, we can choose what's better for us and those applications developers. (For me, seeing Adobe has become an unfair unfriendly company since 2012, I am not only sad but also furious.) DaVince and Fusion have been combined since version 15 or 14. Users who have purchased the Studio version can download stand-alone Fusion Studio too. Studio has more advanced tools and 3D functions than After Effects.

i hate gimp, love blender, love krita, love inkscape.

Yep Krita, Affinity Designer, Inkscape, Gimp-Awesome software.

I honestly am done with Adobe. Somehow I was getting charged double per month for a couple years in the recent past. I have since figured out what happened and fixed it. But I’m just an average dude who wasn’t even in school for it. I tried to tell them and asked for reimbursement but didn’t expect anything. I hate their subscription BS.

Autograph is really good and crazy fast which AE is not!

10:00 i was under the impression(just from what has been presented, not that anyone has said it outright) that Mixer is the driving force behind the experimental Substrate / strata tooling in UE

Regarding substance, it’s actually possible to still buy a perpetual license on steam for these for about 90-120 Dollars or something, great alternative if you want to buy it once

Thank you for the info. How about a replacement for Lightroom Classic. It would also be great if it had a little webserver so you could view your photo/video content on your Roku.

Interesting stuff. Thanks, Mike. I saw an Autograph review on ExplainingComputers YT channel. Chris uses it for all animated graphics and says it's a good alternative to AE.

Besides affinity designer, I also use rebelle 7 and paint storm studio. Realistic paint is like rebelle but love it.

Covered stuff I'd suggest, other than Blender can paint models if you set it up for it. It was a bit too jank for me, so waiting for something to come out or for a specific thing with it to be fixed. (Maybe it already has been, haven't checked in a while. It's when you paint on a surface at an angle, it projects the brush shape across it, so basically a circle becomes an oval at an angle. Unusable if it's still like that imo.)

i'm on a mac, best alternative to acrobat? i just wanna read and edit PDFs by marking them with pen lines, etc

8:11 Material Maker sounds interesting. 9:35 long time without any updates, 1 or 2 years, makes me nervous because security maintenance is a minimum expectation. When none, I start planning to scrape it off my device. Often we start using an app. Get comfortable. less inclined to try new or other. And really so many choices that you can spin wild just trying new stuff or swimming through heaps of features in your favorites. 20:03 Any comments on the iPad and iPhone Final Cut Camera (multi-camera control??

Are there any good alternatives to Adobe Acrobat? I use it for work and being able to edit, sign, and create forms is really handy.

Yeah, I've not found anything that replaces Photoshop for me, although it's worth noting that I use an older, non-subscription version. Affinity Photo is good but has too many niggles for me to use it as my main software. We've agreed before that Affinity Designer is better than Illustrator for us. The others don't come close IMO, although Krita is nice for the painting side of things but that's not my thing. Paint Shop Pro used to be my go to decades ago. Nice to see it's still around.

I bought Affinity Photo 2 after your last video. I haven't got the hang of it yet. I just wanted to make a selection with the magic wand and delete those pixels. For some reason it makes you jump through extra hoops to do something that simple. I moved to GIMP for that and it worked fine.

Just to add a little. Substance Designer and Painter can be purchased on Steam for $199 each. Which is a good way to get around the subscription issue.

Open Toonz is available for Linux BTW!

huge fan of 3D coat and Marmoset Toolbag, #D coats UV unwrapping is so insane with heat and stretch maps and their texture painting is so crisp. Marmoset Toolbag is my favorite render engine, baking is supoer easy in it and the lighting is just beautiful.

Great video well done! Fast Stone image viewer is very good program.

Adobe Animate is a powerful interactive vector graphics creator. You should have put Rive in the same category.

Other alternatives to After Effects & Inkscape: Linearity Move/Draw (Previously Vectornator) Just started trying them out, great products but I'm cautious because the subscription licensing and not being able to save files locally (do I really own my work then?) even though you can export without watermarks on free versions...

I use Texture Lab to make my textures, and Mixer to mix 2 or more to make new textures. Then Blender and InkScape for .SVG. As for model painting I use Agama Materials (Like substance painter). And Blender. Then there is Gimp and Krita. I use both. Along with MSPaint.

You missed Foundry Mari as it's the goto texture painting software in VFX as substance painter alternative, but it's very expensive and has subscription, so yeah. And you missed Pikimov which is a new AE alternative (clone) on the browser like Photopea.

Instamat is definitely not a drop in designer replacement if you use designer's full capabilities It is however extremely powerful and can do much nore than just generate materials. For the home gamer i would definitely recommend giving it a proper try

I honestly believe only smaller groups will leave Adobe. Bigger companies probably don’t care about the policy. Also remember, Adobe makes most of its money from private licenses, corporations, schools.. etc.

I'm surprised Capture One as an alternative to Lightroom didn't make the list. I've used it for about 7 years now and I believe most professional studio photographers use that instead of Lightroom.

I use Sony Vegas/Movie Studio Platinum. I just enjoy the workflow

Unless Apple discontinued it or otherwise integrated it either partially or fully into more recent versions of Final Cut, you missed one - the Mac-only Apple Motion compositing software, Apple's alternative to After Effects and a robust complement to a Final Cut-based workflow, regardless of how much it cost for what it does.

It' s not about Photoshop, that's replaced. After Effects is the real issue. Anyway, I just cancelled my subscription with them

For photo processing, I think Luminar Neo and Affinity Photo work very well in combination. Just my 2 cents.

Clip Studio Paint is very very good. There are perpetual licenses for the base app, which is full, and if you pay subscriptions, you will get every new features between versions(2,3 etc.). I always upgrade and so I will get every new feature with the next version. You can make comics and animations with its EX version. Also there are 3D capabilities to help drawing etc.

my personal pick for a video editor is either Flowblade or KDEnLive, at least until i learn Blender properly. Shotcut is also an option.

I use Clip Studio Paint and it can go on a really good sale at times. What the contreversy was, it was going to offer a monthly subscription for updates. While that sucks, it's only $0.99 a month. It's not mandantory either. So if you can do what you need it to do as is, you can just not subscribe, and when a new version, like 3.0, you can just do use the upgrade ($30 for me since I already owned the software) and you get all the past updates.

Please do a video on adobe acrobat alternatives. I use Acrobat to make accessible PDFs every day. I cannot find an equivalent program for Mac. One program’s final “PDF” is an image, not text! 😢 thank you. (I’ve noticed other comments asking about Acrobat alternatives also)

photopea has full layers support on .psd while gimp merge all layers to one on psd files

This is really helpful, not just to drop Adobe but to drop Microsoft. Photoshop is one of the things holding me hostage to Windows.

I would buy Affinity if it worked on Linux. I don't feel like I am missing anything from Krita but I need an answer to Illustrator. Inkscape is good but it's a little hard to learn. I use vector art so rarely that I want to use something that is much easier since I basically have to relearn Inkscaps every time I use it. Oh! I had to use GIMP recently because it had a filter Krita didn't, and it had really good performance. It loaded about four times as fast as Krita, and the UI was snappy even with a 16k imags loaded (280 megapixels). I am a Krita man, but GIMP has done a lot to improve itself in the past few years, definitely worth a look.

The hardest CC apps to find good alternatives for are, Media Encoder and Acrobat. Most applications for dealing with pdf are dreadful, especially 3D pdf. Alternertives to Media Encoder are Sorenson and Handbreak. Both Media Encoder and Acrobat are easily overlooked as they are a bit dull, but they are really important.

Does the term of service update affect Sunstancr 3d if it is the perpetual license versio. from Steam?

Love that affinity photo is gaining traction. There Design software is great too. Best thing is even I can afford it! Usually pricing for my country is shit but their pricing is reasonable.

Nice video, thank you. I suppose the only alternative for editing dds textures is GiMP, right?

Other alternatives for lightroom, and some quite professional ones at that, are DXO and CaptureOne. Not cheap, but better then lightroom in a lot of aspects.

The only thing missing here is audio tools. I used to use Adobe Audition for it's great graphical (spectrum) audio correction. Today i just use DaVinci Resolve. But I would love to know what else is out there. ...and what is Audacity capable of these days?

I wish this would be the down fall of Adobe, but nothing will really happened, they will lose some customers and there will be some more that dislike their practices. We who already hate Adobe will hate it more, this will not threaten their dominance of the industry though.

Something i need to clarify: Clip Stufio Paint AIN'T a commercial version of Krita. Clip Studio Paint came in 2001, Krita came on 2005, 4 years after Clip Studio Paint's first release

I started in Corel Draw. I didn't know they were still around!

Adobe audition vs Audacity 🤩🤩🤩

Perhaps because I'm an older individual who learned Photoshop back when it was version 3, and I used to mess around with color channels to create good masks, I believe that, with the exception of 3D work, you can accomplish pretty much anything you need with Photoshop 7. After that, most features are nice to have but not absolutely necessary.