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I migrated away from Adobe after Photoshop CS6 which I believe was the last release before they switched over to a subscription only pricing model. If you're l

I migrated away from Adobe after Photoshop CS6 which I believe was the last release before they switched over to a subscription only pricing model. If you're looking for a Photoshop alternative to break away from the incredibly user hostile relationship with Adobe I can heartily recommend either Krita (open source) or Pixelmator (Mac only). Pixelmator Pro is my daily driver for image related work and is incredibly snappy and surprisingly full featured for an application that costs a fraction of PS - $50.00 onetime fee. https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/ https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/ https://krita.org/en/ https://krita.org/en/

omoikane 2y ago
I would recommend DxO PhotoLab as an alternative to Adobe Lightroom for a similar reason (perpetual license instead of subscription).
- Brajeshwar 2y ago
  I'm a user/subscriber to Skylum for the past few years and it integrates well with macOS Photos. Both Affinity Photos and Pixelmator Pro also integrates with Photos. I'm not a professional. DxO PhotoLab does looks good especially with their focus on RAW. I plan to start shooting mostly in RAW. Do DxO plays well with macOS Photos and how does it compare to Skylum's (Neo)?
walteweiss 2y ago
I second both statements. I used Pixelmator Pro on a Mac for maybe a decade (before it became Pro), and it’s very good. I would highly recommend it to anyone on a Mac. Long ago they had 50% discount, I don’t know whether they still do discounts these days. It’s a one-time payment, so even without a discount they worth what they ask. If you work with the app all day long, every day, it’s such a pleasure after the ugly Photoshop. Pixelmator allowed me to forget Photoshop for good. And even allowed me to move to Linux, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40572874 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40572874 Pixelmator Pro doesn’t work on Linux (it’s macOS exclusive, afaik), but it allowed me to stop being dependent on Photoshop and look for other alternatives. Krita is quite good on Linux. I cannot compare them as I’m not an artist myself, but for my use case Krita is good enough. Since it’s FOSS you can start with that easily.
PebblesHD 2y ago
Another happy Pixelmator user, migrated across from Photoshop and Illustrator. For the relatively small cost ($30 on sale) its most of the way as good for my semi-professional work creating content. It has some rough edges but has so far been improved with every update.
stephen_g 2y ago
Yeah, I ran Mojave on one of my Macs for years, until the very last moment to be able to use CS6! It is a shame they didn’t do one more version that had 64 bit support before they went to the crappy subscription model or I could still use it in Rosetta 2! I can also recommend Pixelmator Pro, it’s been really good for what I use it for!

omoikane 2y ago

I would recommend DxO PhotoLab as an alternative to Adobe Lightroom for a similar reason (perpetual license instead of subscription).

Brajeshwar 2y ago
I'm a user/subscriber to Skylum for the past few years and it integrates well with macOS Photos. Both Affinity Photos and Pixelmator Pro also integrates with Photos. I'm not a professional. DxO PhotoLab does looks good especially with their focus on RAW. I plan to start shooting mostly in RAW. Do DxO plays well with macOS Photos and how does it compare to Skylum's (Neo)?

walteweiss 2y ago

I second both statements. I used Pixelmator Pro on a Mac for maybe a decade (before it became Pro), and it’s very good. I would highly recommend it to anyone on a Mac. Long ago they had 50% discount, I don’t know whether they still do discounts these days. It’s a one-time payment, so even without a discount they worth what they ask. If you work with the app all day long, every day, it’s such a pleasure after the ugly Photoshop. Pixelmator allowed me to forget Photoshop for good. And even allowed me to move to Linux, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40572874 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40572874 Pixelmator Pro doesn’t work on Linux (it’s macOS exclusive, afaik), but it allowed me to stop being dependent on Photoshop and look for other alternatives. Krita is quite good on Linux. I cannot compare them as I’m not an artist myself, but for my use case Krita is good enough. Since it’s FOSS you can start with that easily.

PebblesHD 2y ago

Another happy Pixelmator user, migrated across from Photoshop and Illustrator. For the relatively small cost ($30 on sale) its most of the way as good for my semi-professional work creating content. It has some rough edges but has so far been improved with every update.

stephen_g 2y ago

Yeah, I ran Mojave on one of my Macs for years, until the very last moment to be able to use CS6! It is a shame they didn’t do one more version that had 64 bit support before they went to the crappy subscription model or I could still use it in Rosetta 2! I can also recommend Pixelmator Pro, it’s been really good for what I use it for!