Software
Has anyone here manage to come away from the adobe subscription to a stand alone software if so which have you settled on ? I use Adobe Elements 10 which I bought around 6 years ago. It does me for my still photography. For editing video I use Pictures to Exe 8, again which I bought 5 years ago. The only cloud storage I have is YouTube, which is free at the moment, Mediafire which was free last time I used it. I did have Vimeo & another I can't think of the name which are now both pay sites & don't use any more. I also have 2 1 TB hard drives for storage, 1 is full the other nearly full, so I may have to invest in a third, but as I get older my requirements have reduced. I'm happy with MP4 video, so storage is minimal. I got the final standalone version of lightroom and it supports my cameras so I’d ok for now. It’s still available to buy on disc if you look.I never had photoshop, though I used to use it professionally years back.
GIMP does a fair approximation for nothing at all. I know we can still get the Stand alone think it around £100 but it doesn't support my Camera unless i convert to DNG I changed over to Affinity Photo. I haven't really had a chance to come fully to terms with everything it does, but I love the interface and can do the basics very easily and quickly. Lots of support available - very good Facebook group and loads of video tutorials ("official" and unofficial on both Vimeo & YouTube). So did I.Like all software that has lots of possibilities it has a learning curve, I bought their workbook and that helped me a lot. I bought Acdsee. In some ways it's great, simple to use and fast, but the raw converter it uses just isn't as good as Adobe (in my opinion) and I ended up subscribing again Skylum Luminar as a Lightroom alternative, specifically as I have a new unsupported camera and I don’t want any part of the adobe subscription model.
Only bought it (and Skylum Aurora) on Black Friday though, so although it seems really promising I haven’t explored anywhere near all its features yet.
For a photoshop alternative I use Pixelmator Pro, and have never regretted the move. Skylum will be much better in a couple of weeks when their DAM comes out then i could be a easy alternative Yes, I completely agree.They were offering a free upgrade to the upcoming version (and any new features like DAM/libraries), so figured it was definitely worth a go!