

Most notably, its Illustrator, InDesign, and Lightroom Classic apps now run natively on Macs with the M1 chip, resulting in faster performance.Ĭreative Cloud apps are on average over 80% faster on an M1 Mac compared to an identically configured Intel-based Mac, according to Adobe.Īdditional notable new features and workflow improvements in today's releases, per Adobe: If you're not making money with your software, there are plenty of other options out there for you that are much more affordable and probably offer everything you need.Adobe today announced the release of major updates across its Creative Cloud software suite. I pay for access to the entire suite of apps with just about a half hour of work each month - it's a no-brainer. For anyone who makes any money at all in these apps, it's incredibly affordable. As a result, we also get more frequent major feature and bug fix releases throughout the year, which is a vast improvement over the previous model as well. It's cheaper than it used to be staying up to date with the latest Master Collection updates.

And I'm hoping they add much-needed enhancements.ġ) You can open your PSD or AI files in the aforementioned Affinity apps.Ģ) It's professional software, much of which these days is subscription-based to keep their business sustainable. Yes, I have jumped on the Affinity bandwagon and while its products leave plenty to be desired, I want to reward them for at least trying. I have jettisoned Adobe over their evil and greedy subscription plan.ġ) Evil because once you stop subscribing, you are locked out (sorry, your legacy files are toast). It’s a no-brainer to switch to Afinity, unless you’re tied into a multi-party workflow, over which you have no managerial control, that is centered on Adobe apps, in which case I hope you get to charge a hefty surcharge simply for having to suffer and endure Adobe junk. Adobe apps have horrible code quality, to boot. Of the three apps, two are already on the iPad, so they are even in that respect ahead of the curve. The Afinity app series (Publisher, Designer, Photo) do enough of what the bloated Adobe apps do, and for a fraction of the subscription, you own the apps.
