[Gigachad]

Unless you are ideologically inclined, it would be a better use of your resources to just pay for photoshop. As much as it angers people on this website, the subscription model provides a constant stream of funding that has gone in to keeping the tool the best on the market and for anyone using it professionally, it delivers far more value than it's cost.

[Ygg2]

I don't think you have to be ideologically inclined. Photoshop is already turning on the milking machine.

Subscription. Check. Paid add ons. Check. Paid color palette. Check and mark.

[smoldesu]

"This guy couldn't find the scale tool in GIMP... charge him $9.99 each month until he learns his lesson."

[nickthegreek]

Agreed, luckily, Affinity exists and they are not only resisting subscriptions but also sell cross platform licenses.

[rnd0]

Shit, I missed the boat on that one.

What's ironic is that I bought Affinity but still continue to use GIMP shrugs

One of these days I'll sit down with Affinity. One of these days...

[Ygg2]

That assumes that Affinity doesn't get bought by Adobe, or their license model never changes. Which in today's world is a fools errand.

[rnd0]

>Unless you are ideologically inclined, it would be a better use of your resources to just pay for photoshop.

Naw, there's better answers than that:

FOSS: Gimp, Krita; non foss: Affinity photo is a one-time purchase, at least for me. I haven't checked recently to see if that's changed.

>anyone using it professionally

Use what your boss tells you too/pays for -then it's not your problem.

[ofrzeta]

I bought Pixelmator Pro for that reason. It's smaller than PS, it has great usability, no cloud-based subscription model and it's not Adobe but a small indie company.