What? I never even suggested that. Read my post again.
1. I explained why APple's Aperture never had a chance competing against Adobe's Lightroom.
2. I expressed why I was lucky/happy moving from Aperture to Lightroom.
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What? I never even suggested that. Read my post again.
1. I explained why APple's Aperture never had a chance competing against Adobe's Lightroom.
2. I expressed why I was lucky/happy moving from Aperture to Lightroom.
I've got Photomator on my iPad and I have tried to use it for my editing but until Apple's RAW engine improves I just can't. Looking at a RAW file in Lightroom vs Photomator and the difference is noticeable. My lens suffers from quite a bit of purple/green fringing and neither Photos nor Photomator have defringing tools makes them a non-starter. No dehaze either which is annoying.
Tried Pixelmator Pro and returned it for a refund, some basic stuff missing like being able to see when you start clipping highlights. How on earth am I meant to set my white and black points without that?
Tried Pixelmator Pro and returned it for a refund, some basic stuff missing like being able to see when you start clipping highlights. How on earth am I meant to set my white and black points without that?
Too bad, it was a great product. I think to date Apple has killed EVERY software product they have bought
Photomator Pro is really amazing. I own it since day 1 and I love it!
I have Pixelmator and Pixelmator Pro too.
I have Pixelmator and Pixelmator Pro too.
That is not the point, the point is, how easy it is to cancel a subscribtion for someone who isn't savvy who don't know their way around. That is the point.
I wish they would finally tackling the bundling of software to a package. On the surface it seems consumer friendly but in reality it is a lock-in, because why buy something else, when it is already part of Adobe's Creative Cloud or part of Microsoft 365.
Also a reason Why I don't really like LibreOffice much, especially on macOS.
That’s not Adobe’s fault if someone doesn’t know how to cancel a sub. The option is right there in a user’s account. Cancelling or switching plans is super easy and Adobe even refunds you for the time left over on the current plan.
If someone knows how to use a complex creative app surely they have the brain cells to navigate their user account?
It is just that Adobe makes it harder than it should be, like Amazon. When I canceled my Prime membership I got onto a page which explained to me again, what I would give up and the button to really cancel my subscription was a small button on the bottom.
Also I think the biggest issue is, that Adobe is not transparent enough with the way its annual subscription with monthly payments works.
Canceling a service should be as easy as subscribing to one.
I was excited with what the original developers did with it.
That’s just you having first world problems. It takes 3 or 4 clicks. Less time than it took you to post about your incredible hardship on the forum.
A company that makes creative apps is the last of your worries.
A company that puts spy cars on every street is a real worry.
A company that uses algorithms to shape public opinions is a real worry.
So - following previous acquisitions - Apple will tear out the best bits for their own needs but enable it a worse way, and leave the shell of the app to fall by the wayside before eventually killing it off.
Yes, Logic and Final Cut Pro were acquired. Apple honoured the existing licenses which worked for at least a decade until the a major rebuild to Logic X and Final Cut Pro X.
I expect Pixelmator and Photomator to follow the same path. The Pixelmator team, now within Apple will continue to update the apps and they'll continue to work for existing licenses and some time down the line, there'll be a major rebuild of both apps that'll require an upgrade fee.
I tried Nitro last week. Strange looking UI, complete lack of support for keywording, frequent crashes while browsing images, and the linear gradient tool is completely broken.
Draw a nice wide gradient halfway down the image and reduce exposure in it and what happens instead is 2/3 of the way up the image the gradient appears, and instead of being nice and wide so it transitions gradually, it is like a hard line between light and dark. Useless.
The 'RAW Sharpening' adjustment I was hoping would overcome the subpar Apple RAW decoding did sharpen it. Also created lots of noise everywhere and there's no mask/threshold control.
I can't remember what other issues I had but it was a complete fail for me. Seemed like alpha software if I'm honest.
Ah. I was looking at iOS.