# 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:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TomM](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/tomm/32/265_2.png) [@TomM](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/TomM)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/41 "2026-10-13T22:58:32Z")
But the reviews suggest that the stand alone has not been updated in 6 months while the subscription version has been ---
**Author:** ![PLM](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/plm/32/31094_2.png) [@PLM](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PLM)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/42 "2026-10-13T23:28:02Z")
The old Pixelmator Pro was okay 6 months ago and it still is. I use it often. ---
**Author:** ![DaveMac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@DaveMac](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DaveMac)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/43 "2026-10-14T10:20:54Z")
> [@thominator](#): > > AI models are essentially a form of knowledge (they’re trained) in 31 dimensions. 31 dimensions would be a complete disaster even inside a tiny 8B parameter model. It would assuredly output complete gibberish or fail to function entirely in most regards, 31 is about 4,065 dimensions off, even 8B as example is typically 4,096 dimensions. ---
**Author:** ![gfcreative](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/gfcreative/32/22974_2.png) [@gfcreative](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/gfcreative)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/44 "2026-10-14T12:13:46Z")
After using Adobe products for multiple decades I decided to break free around 2 years ago. I started using Affinity - at the time there were 3 programs replicating Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign…and they called it the Affinity Trinity. Canva purchased Affinity and they reduced the 3 softwares into 1 with all of the same powerful features. It’s incredible working in 1 program being able to toggle between vector, rasterized images, and multi-page layouts. The best part is the software is 100% free if you have a Canva account. ---
**Author:** ![MultiThemes](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/multithemes/32/25117_2.png) [@MultiThemes](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MultiThemes)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817/45 "2026-10-14T12:24:20Z")
> [@gfcreative](#): > > The best part is the software is 100% free if you have a Canva account. It works perfectly via the virtual assistant. It is an official by Canva, available tool, and I have even used it in my work for complex operations involving vectors and layers. [Previous page](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/fed-up-of-paying-for-adobe/57817.md?page=2)