

It’s a pretty easy decision for me to cut Photoshop from my Creative Cloud plan because I might go a few weeks without ever opening it. Especially now that Lightroom has excellent subject masking, Photoshop has a little less value for me personally.

I use Lightroom for almost all of my photo manipulation. I’ll rarely use any options from the filters or even the RAW editing. As a photographer, the photo editing and retouching are the most important, but part of your photography business may require you to spill into the other creative workflows.įor me, I use Photoshop for photo resizing, clone stamping and content-aware fill. In this article, I’ll cover alternatives to all three of these above buckets, and explain what you can expect with each tool. I see three main buckets of creative work for which you can utilize Photoshop: In this article, we’re going to be looking at alternatives to Photoshop for anyone who’s not ready or interested in Photoshop as a creative tool.īefore diving into the different tools and competition, first, I’d recommend thinking about how often you use Photoshop and which types of things you use it for. Until recently, there wasn’t a lot of competition for Photoshop. The possibilities are endless for manipulating your photos in lots of creative ways. As a photographer, Photoshop is a powerful tool to have.
