I'm a Photoshop diehard but Canva's new free tools just won me over - and saved me $35/month

Adobe's subscription limits and AI stinginess pushed me over the edge. Canva offers freedom, flexibility, and serious savings. See if switching makes sense for you, too.

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Canva's free Affinity tools make Adobe's subscriptions hard to justify.
• Combining Canva and Photoshop costs half of Creative Cloud.
• Adobe's AI limits and device restrictions push users away.

Oh, Adobe. I've been an Adobe user for a very long time. My primary tool is Photoshop, which I have used daily since before there was a World Wide Web.  

I dabble with the other tools in Adobe's Creative Cloud suite. I primarily use Illustrator to create vector designs for my laser cutter, and Lightroom to enhance some RAW-format photos. My wife loved Adobe Express until they completely changed the UI one night. And I ...