I've been an Adobe fan since the 90's, and have owned many versions of their software suites over the years, using it both professionally and at home. Avid and DaVinci have the advantage of making money on their HW that supplements their SW (not required for the consumer, but which studios rely on heavily), whereas Adobe offers none.
Now they are forcing users to upgrade HW and OSs to continue to get updates on their 'rented' SW. One only has to spend a little time on Adobe's user forum to see the seemingly endless pain and suffering of their users. The proof of this refocusing, to me, is the scrapping of a previously 5-digit-per-seat color grading package (Speedgrade) in lieu of a much watered-down version bolted onto Premiere (a boon for YouTubers), an endless supply of upgrades (better known as bug fixes, which also points to a general lack of sufficient SW testing before release), and focusing too much on bells and whistles instead of making SW that is rock-solid and which can be successfully used in a $100 million dollar film post production suite. Yeah, ikr? Plus, it seems Adobe is now focusing more on serving the mass consumer market by getting as many subscribers as possible, the mistake Apple made with Final Cut when it lost nearly all of its market share to Premiere (which was fortunate for Adobe). No need to upgrade to CC 2018.12.43.55.1.32.5.4.3 to get access to a new RAW capability. Again, free to all existing and new HW owners. Oh, and Blackmagic just introduced a newly designed and engineered RAW format which looks pretty sweet. I come here because Adobe isn't mentioned very often on professional film post forums (except for the occasional Ae comment). I'm looking for honest feedback from working professionals (if there are any who frequent this forum). Hard core Adobe fanboys need not respond to this post.
I refuse to rent my SW, so Adobe has left me (at least) no choice but to look for alternatives to replace my perpetual CS6 Master Collection. Black Magic has purposely avoided the 'subscription model' that Adobe has gone all in on.
Is anybody else working with Resolve 15 for a professional level NLE and Color Grading (which now also includes Fusion AND Fairlight) as a replacement for Pr, Ae, Au, and the now defunct Sg, i.e., the "Creative Cloud" monthly subscription? There is a free version of the above which limits mostly collaboration in team environments, and the full studio version is a perpetual license (one time charge) of $299.
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