# Fed up of paying for Adobe? **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [October 9, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817 "2026-10-09T08:11:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MarcL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MarcL](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MarcL)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/1 "2026-10-09T08:11:11Z")
Just come across this which some might find very interesting especially if you want to save some money. These guys have created a set of apps that replicate the Adobe suit using AI. The only downside is that they don’t (apparently) recognise native adobe formats. That said really impressive. I only use the photography bundle from adobe so the sub isn’t that much so I’m not really in the market for moving but might be worth a try? **[Crafting Apps: open-source creative tools — ArtCraft](https://getartcraft.com/apps)** ---
**Author:** ![WeaverPixel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/weaverpixel/32/25453_2.png) [@WeaverPixel](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/WeaverPixel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/2 "2026-10-09T08:28:51Z")
Thanks for sharing @MarcL I am a Lightroom user since the first version. This ones look impressive, I will try it out. ---
**Author:** ![MarcL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MarcL](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MarcL)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/3 "2026-10-09T08:33:57Z")
I’m to invested in LR with a massive catalog of images and would be way to much hassle to even think about moving to anything else (I should really but haven’t got the time to do it) ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/4 "2026-10-09T09:14:36Z")
I was investigating doing the same to other apps I like to use often… ---
**Author:** ![MarcL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MarcL](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MarcL)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/5 "2026-10-09T09:25:50Z")
I’m sure you have enough credits left to clone Elements:-) ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/6 "2026-10-09T09:26:39Z")
Hahahahahaha - wouldn’t attempt it…. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MarcL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MarcL](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MarcL)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/7 "2026-10-09T09:28:40Z")
You haven’t got enough credits on your mega account! ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/8 "2026-10-09T09:53:47Z")
I did do a safari extension last night - took longer to test - code review - paperwork - screenshots… the programming took much less time…. ---
**Author:** ![rblucchesi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rblucchesi](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/rblucchesi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/9 "2026-10-09T15:11:39Z")
I have used the Affinity suite for several years, Photo, Designer (vector), and Publisher (page layout). They were acquired by Canva last year. All in all, a very capable suite. ---
**Author:** ![MarcL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MarcL](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MarcL)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/10 "2026-10-09T15:24:36Z")
Yep got Affinity for vectors but seldom need it to be fair. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelDroste](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/michaeldroste/32/37212_2.png) [@MichaelDroste](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MichaelDroste)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/11 "2026-10-09T16:05:27Z")
Read an article about the adobe copy - he said it would be a few months of development to gain parity with adobe ---
**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/12 "2026-10-09T16:09:59Z")
I read this same article. While it’s an ambitious project, a lot of users were reporting a lot of issues and things that didn’t work. Also the developer walked back his statements that it would gain full parity with Adobe’s products in a month. Seems they overhyped it just a tad.