A lot of Adobe Creative Cloud users have noticed their wallet getting thinner. For example, the Photography plan was the cheapest CC subscription option, offering Lightroom CC, Lightroom Classic CC, Photoshop CC, and 20GB of cloud storage for $10. Now, the new plan offers the same three apps plus 1TB of cloud storage, but double the price.
Earlier this year, Adobe raised its prices
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“Since launching Creative Cloud more than five years ago, we have not changed prices for customers in North America (United States, Canada, and Mexico),” the company wrote. “As Creative Cloud continues to evolve and improve, we will raise prices for the first time beginning on April 16, 2018. For our All Apps plan customers, we recently released five all-new Creative Cloud apps — Adobe XD CC, Dimension CC, Character Animator CC, Photoshop Lightroom CC, and Spark with premium features. Single App customers also benefited from the addition of Spark with premium features and Adobe Portfolio in their plans.”
Pissed with the new pricing policy, Twitter users started sharing free alternatives to the major CC Programs.
The price bump came as a surprise to many users, so they started sharing free alternatives to the CC programs
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IF YOU DRAW OR DESIGN
Instead of Photoshop, try Gimp
Instead of Lightroom, try paint.net
Instead of Illustrator, try Inkscape
Instead of InDesign, try Canva or Scribus
IF YOU MAKE PICTURES MOVE
Instead of Premiere, try Davinci Resolve
Instead of Animate/Flash, try Opentoonz or Blender
Instead of After Effects, try Wax, Blender, or Fusion
IF YOU BUILD WEBSITES OR SOFTWARE
Instead of Dreamweaver, Spark, or XD alternatives: WIX, Weebly or wordpress.com, or wordpress.org
IF YOU DO STUFF THAT REQUIRES THESE OTHER PROGRAMS
Instead of Audition, try Audacity
Instead of Acrobat Pro, try Foxit Reader or PDF Escape
Instead of INCOPY, try LOVING YOURSELF AND USING LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE (WHO USES THIS???)
IF YOU NEED STOCK PHOTOS OR FONTS
Instead of Adobe Stock, try Pexels, Unsplash, or Pixabay
Instead of Adobe Fonts, try Google Fonts or Dafont
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BONUS: If you need Free music or sound effects, try YouTube Audio Library, Soundbible
Soon, people started sharing their take on the situation, debating if subscription software is really worth the money
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After the huge wave of disappointment, Adobe released an announcement: “From time to time, we run tests on Adobe.com which cover a range of items, including plan options that may or may not be presented to all visitors to Adobe.com. We are currently running a number of tests on Adobe.com.” They also brought back the famous $10 Photography plan which people can order online, via phone at 1-800-585-0774 or via major retailers.
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