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I wanted to buy affinity suit but they don't support right to left script.

You can try, but Adobe is the GOAT despite hating it.

I am using pirated 🤣

For InDesign Scribus is a good option too. For After Efects Natron is a good option too.

Only after replacing Adobe software with decent tools you'll realize how shitty and limited are Adobe products in truth. Great video sir, and thanks for raising people's awareness about really good software.

Great vid! Something I loved about Publisher was the ability to switch between Publisher, Photo and Designer personas if you have all 3 apps. It streamlines workflow and makes editing various parts of the doc so easy. There's a bit of a learning curve with Publisher, it hasn't taken too long to get back up to speed after ditching adobe.

The Affinity Suite is awesome. Just get it. It’s a no brainer for the price of the Universal license. - A huge problem is the replacement of LrC. Haven’t found a solution yet. Waiting for Affinity releasing a DDAM (Developer and Digital Assest Management). C1 is meanwhile also subscription and ACDsee on my Mac (M3 MBA 24 GB RAM) is slow. DxO PureRAW can’t yet deal with Sony 1M2 raw files (I tested only lossless compressed large). Didn’t test it yet with Sony raw files from the 3M9.

Explore canvas apps you find blend modes they’ve been talking some thing from affinity

thanks for your video, you miss to mention the open source and frre alternative for indesign is also scibus work on linux, mac, and windows. and by the way you can also use blender to do compositing and montage. anyway cheers from Belgium

Fusion not as powerful as After Effects unfortunately. I used both but not alternative for After Effects as of now. AE has more powerful features in easy way. For example Camera Track is far more easier in AE. I can also recommend Apple Motion, not as powerful as AE but worth trying for Apple users.

Camerabag Pro from Nevercenter is a great alternative to Lightroom

I'm laughing from my ass watching all the people saying that Da Vinci free is better than premiere, they don't even know, nor you sir, that the free version doesn't support h264/5 10 bit files. so yes, it's an alternative for tik tokers.

Capture one is great alternative to lightroom

I have just broken free from Adobe. Now using DXO Raw together with Affinity 2. Still early days but am learning new processes. I was never a fan of Lightroom and Firefly sucks. I am not into using these generative tools. Adobe tried to keep me by offering three months for free, They just do not understand what the meaning of the word NO is. The increase in subscription fees was the last straw. Adios Adobe

Interesting take but Affinity Designer is NOT a great alternative to Illustrator, and not because it lacks image trace but because it’s not really a true vector application at all and it struggles with (or lacks altogether) even the most basic vector features. If you want a promising vector app that is actually an alternative to Illustrator try VectorStyler.

On my Share there in no copy to clipboard option. Canva have been making changes recently and I suspect they've removed it.

I use Moho 14 pro for all types of animation and motion graphics now. It’s paid, but it worth every penny

I bailed on Adobe years ago, hate subscriptions. Affinity Universal for general publishing and vector needs, don't use the photo portion much. Of course, DaVinci for video is a no-brainer. DxO Photolab for my fiddly Fuji raw files.

Great Video of this trent 💯 It's a shame that there's no alternative for substance painter when it comes to painting realism PBR textures. And including when it comes to path tool as well in substance painter 😞. But anyways, Great alternatives tho 👍👏

I've been using the Affinity suite for a couple of years now, and I'm never going back. Love it!

Thank you Trent. Always worth repeating that there are great alternatives out there. Btw Inkscape has a vector trace feature (trace bitmap it’s called) and I have been using that if I needed a quick silhouette shape from a photo.

Thank you!

Thanks Trent. Very well done informative content. I'll be checking out Davinci Resolve

I dumped adobe a few years back and tried the affinity suite. It was a bit of a learning curve initially, but the myriad of tutorials on this channel and on you tube made the transition easier. Last year affinity had a sale and I got the universal suite for $150 AUD. What a bargain. The only feature I really miss is vector trace, but I use Inkscape for that and import the trace back into affinity designer. Recently I had to use photoshop again and have nearly forgotten how to use it! I so dont miss adobe's bloated products. I also have daVinci resolve. For data base management I'm also a fan of ACDSee. Been using that for more than a decade and it continues to improve and evolve. A good alternative to Adobe acrobat is Foxit pdf Editor. Thanks very much.

Great points here. I dropped ALL Adobe products. Bought all the Affinity programs, Davinci Resolve Studio, and PDFgear. Do no miss anything Adobe. Also picked up Topaz AI tools. I'm dropping almost anything the is "subscription," including almost all Microsoft Office apps. Google Drive and app are excellent. Not a fan of Canva. Won't watch Canva videos.

Affinity Photo clone stamp is a bit clumsy but, this particular one works like Adobe CS from the 2004 … kind of ?

Finally an OBS video about recording and not just streaming nice.

All info. Excellent work.

My alternative is affinity suite, Davinic resolve as my main editor for coloring , editing and motion graphics. You should also check out Figma that great vector base and has a plugin called photopea if you need photo editing. And a new software called rive app for alternative animation

Darktable is great. It's a little unstable (version 5 at least), but the algorithms are much better than other programs, and it's quite fast. It doesn't support all cameras, though, or not fully. For example, it's not possible to get the same results as NX Studio (which is also free) with a mirrorless Nikon, so it's sometimes difficult to get the same colours. There's RawTherapee, too, but I don't know it much.

i got the Affinity suite a while back, and I am now looking into Fusion. So, I will be looking into Blackmagic's Fusion tutorials soon.

I'm surprised you didn't mention Coreldraw, DxO and Capture One. They have been in business quite a long time and can help you replace Adobe.

Yes, a year or more ago I replaced Adobe with Affinity Photo 2 and Darktable. Darktable combined with DxO PureRAW 4 is fantastic and Darktable is free. I would never recommend ON1 Photo Raw or PhotoLab, and Capture One suffers from the greed problem like Adobe. I have tried them all for the last time.

I usually go to Humble Bundle and see their digital asset bargains! They occasionally have premium software at a huge discount.

Thanks Trent! I'm happily using DaVinci Resolve Studio and the Affinity Universal License, the perfect combination for everything I need :)

I dumped Photoshop and Illustrator a couple of years back when Affinity 1 came out, I have found it meets all the needs I have now. Before I retired (early) I designed things for t-shirts for an apparel company in the UK so I was big into PS and Illustrator, but the occasional work I do, things for family and friends Affinity does the job great. I focus more on Watercolour painting these days but do love to open the software and create that way too....

Me watching this even though I already know about all the alternatives but I like watching Adobe Alternative videos lol.

I too recently weaned myself off of Lightroom and Photoshop. Affinity Photo is a great replacement for PS. Replacing LR was more difficult. I spent a lot of time trying to get the hang of Darktable, but never really got there. I went with ACDSee Studio Ultimate 2024 as my replacement for LR. It works pretty well for developing Raw photos and even can replace PS for some functions. The biggest disappointment with ACDSee is moving a developed image to Affinity Photo. You have to export as a TIFF or PNG (or other format), then go into Affinity Photo to make further (layer based) edits. The good part is you can save the transition file (the TIFF or PNG) to the same folder as the original RAW and when it pops up in ACDSee you can open directly into Affinity Photo or even Drag & Drop it into Affinity Photo if it is already open.

Thanks Trent, very reassuring! I will definitely link up with Affinity with Canva when I know how they will work together. This year maybe? ;-) From Andrew

I was one of the first Adobe users back in the day, but 4 years ago I dumped them as I won't use any subscription software. I do miss some elements, but I refuse to bow to the annual tax of any software company.

I'm not lying. I've used Adobe software for many years, so maybe that's why it's difficult to use it in other software. I'm trying. I'm trying to use other software too.

We’ve been transitioning an entire agency from Adobe products to Affinty. Half the transition is done, and the other half will transition this year. We are also moving from Premier to Apple Final Cut Pro 2.

Me too

Thanks Trent, I got affinity designer because of you. I love it! 👍

Thank you for sharing. It's good that you can use a combination of vector and png images. I've been considering using Affinity Designer for my Procreate designs. If I created the images in Procreate - I can just drop them into Designer like the png files you used? I find seamless pattern design quite tricky in Procreate. I like the look of Designer :) x

This was incredibly useful and well explained. Thank you. Just subscribed!

What a neat technique! Thanks for sharing this. It is exactly what I was looking for.

Excellent explanation of the concepts involved! This should have millions of views. There's just so much value in this channel. I'm going to watch all of your videos.

Thanks for this! it is exactly what I was looking for.