Returned Adobe Premiere Essentials and Photoshop 2018 combo.

MichaelDiggs · Oct 27, 2018

Looking for a more advanced product. And they just came out with version 2019 of this product too. Right now I'm using VSDC video editor which is a free editor for the basics and a $19 fee to upgrade to the PRO to unlock some of the really nice features. Not a bad deal if you ask me. Anyone else use this?

Video Editing Software. Free Download. #1 Easy Movie Editor for PC/Mac.

I have access to:
Adobe After Affects CC
Illustrator CS6
Photoshop CC 2018 19.1.5
Photoshop Lightroom CC
Photoshop Prelude CC V2018 V7
Premiere Pro CC 2018

Not sure what half of these are, but will find out.

Lady Rover · Oct 27, 2018

Tried it, but preferred Shotcut and now Resolve 15.

I'm not a fan of Adobe since Affinity Photo from Serif appeared.
Does about the same without stupid subscriptions.
Btw. There is also Darktable, seemingly an open source alternative to Lightroom ...

Kilrah · Oct 27, 2018

Used to use the whole Adobe suite but moved to Resolve for video now. Haven't found any half decent replacement for the LR classic/PS combo yet though. You'll have a hard time finding a "more advanced product" in that category. Best guess is you simply haven't found the stuff you're looking for. Of course don't use the new "Lightroom CC" as that's kind of a minimalistic "draft", you want the Classic one.

Big Dazz · Oct 27, 2018

@Lady Rover I agree the subscription thing is a major turnoff!

Cymruflyer · Oct 28, 2018

Same here, don't want to rent for the rest of my life, when I once owned it.

kissmybrass · Nov 5, 2018

great thread. go open source! good to get free alternatives

dannybgoode · Nov 5, 2018

I’m really liking Affinity for photos and CyberLink Power Director for video.

Both sensibly priced and plenty powerful enough. The Affinity app for the iPad Pro is brilliant also

MichaelDiggs · Nov 7, 2018

kissmybrass said:
great thread. go open source! good to get free alternatives

True. There are so many open source free applications out there not sure why enterprise ones are hundreds of dollars. Best image editor I’ve used is free. Called Gimp. I’m sure most of you have heard of it. But for video editing with great features VSDC can’t be beat for $20.

dannybgoode · Nov 7, 2018

Personally I’d rather climb naked through a mile of barbed wire than suffer GIMP.

Undoubtedly powerful but not friendly to use. For the sake of $40-50 you can have Affinity Photo which is excellent.