FUCK ADOBE!

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    Just purchased the complete Affinity package (Designer, Photo, Publisher for iOS, Mac OS and Windows plus some tools, brushes, etc...) for 62€.

    Before I tried to quit Adobe and got a two month free deal.
    Gonna try that again in September to phase out and convert files if necessary. If it doesn't work I'll just quit using the method I posted.

    I'm on parental leave till June 2025.
    Gonna play with those Affinity apps one hour a day till then.

    Think what you want, all I can say it's not easy to practically throw away almost 30 years of Adobe skills or whatever you wanna call it.

    And yes, I was shocked that Canva took over.
    Lets see what happens next.

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    • I use Affinity daily. Last time I used Adobe was around maybe half a year ago to convert files...
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    • I get using Adobe in a team/agency environment, but for freelancers/studios is not needed anymore.

      Not to mention doing 90% of the work in Figma these days
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    • Exactly, slowly it stop making sense for me as well as a freelancer that barely has work.
      Occasional magic tricks in PS and Audition for mixtapes.      oey_oey
    • But illustrator was the main reason for years to keep Adobe but now I don't open it like for 6 months, not even to trace anything.oey_oey
    • For me it was the overwhelming "features" changes, bugs etc. then "training our AI on users' work" was the bye bye moment for good these days
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    • And like I said, Acrobat was really the program I used most in the last two years. So if I'm gonna make personal projects in the future, Affinity will be enoughoey_oey
    • Bring PDF files into Designer 2 and you can edit pretty much everything. Also PDF export is really solid.
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    • ^ that's really good to know, thanks!oey_oey
    • been using affinity for several years now. i still miss illustrator, but less and less each dayhans_glib
    • Damn, you get a year of parental leave? JEALOUS.kreydle
    • Sorry, I mix stuff, I don't have parental leave as I'm unemployed. I receive one year parental support.oey_oey
    • But in Germany you have right to three years.oey_oey
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