Post #1662968

2026-04-21 15:55 UTC

A few years ago I replaced Photoshop with Affinity. Affinity's user interface is pretty awful, even compared to Photoshop, but it does at least run a bit better. A few years ago I switched from premiere pro to da Vinci resolve, and though resolve has a bit of a learning curve, overall I think it's better than premiere - it's definitely faster and crashes a lot less. I'm hoping that audacity 4 is a good enough audio editor to replace audition - we'll see, audition is actually pretty good imo but I'd accept a slight downgrade if it means I can get away from Adobe entirely.

Replies (5)

@humanamerican@lemmy.zip 2026-04-21 18:55

If you think Canva won't pull the same shit Adobe does once they have the market dominance to do so, you're deluding yourself. The only future-proof, user-respecting, dignified alternative is FOSS.

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@JakoJakoJako13@piefed.social 2026-04-22 01:26

Have you tried Reaper daw? I've been using it for years at this point. It has a free unlimited lifetime demo, or you can pay them $60 for a lifetime license.

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@Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 2026-04-22 14:39

Affinity is good, and runs OK on Linux with recent versions of wine. Resolve is very good. A credible alternative to Premiere, though Fusion isn't all that compared to Ae. Ardour is great right now. As is Reaper.

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@Grilipper54@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-22 02:00

Reaper for DAW if you're okay with a learning curve.

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@Crit@lemmy.wtf 2026-04-22 14:36

Awful? I've found it so much nicer, especially with how seamless moving across their suite was before they made it a single app

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