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Freelance video editors, this one's for you: Find out how to legally use stock footage on YouTube without risking copyright issues.

I’ve been using Freepik on and off for years, mostly for stock photos, vectors, and design templates. Recently, though, Freepik made a big leap into AI-driven creativity, launching a suite of new AI tools explicitly aimed at creatives and designers. Intrigued by the buzz, I decided to try it myself and see firsthand how these […]

You can get single app plans starting at $21.99 per month, while the full suite costs about three times that, $54.99 per month.

You probably already know there’s an iStock free trial for images, and you can get a 20% discount using an iStock promo code. But even though I’ve been covering this stock footage site for years, I didn’t know until recently that you can download three free videos from iStock every month. Quick link: Download 3 […]

What is the rule of thirds? The rule of thirds is a compositional technique in photography in which an image is divided vertically and horizontally into thirds. The main subject is then placed at one of the intersections or along one of the lines. In this way, the image is divided into nine equal parts. […]

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It’s easy enough to buy Shutterstock images—it should take you no more than two minutes. Whether you’re buying standard stock photos, vectors, illustrations, premium or editorial images, or video clips and audio files, the process is identical. The most challenging part is understanding Shutterstock’s pricing and licensing. In simple terms, you can buy most images […]

Go to the official Adobe Acrobat Pro trial page. Click the Start free trial button to begin the process. Note that the free trial is specifically for the Pro version, not Acrobat Standard.

Adobe Acrobat is a software family for working with PDFs, giving you tools to create, edit, convert, share, sign, protect, compress, and even collaborate on PDF documents in the cloud.

Adobe InDesign pricing: $21.99/month (billed upfront for a full year), $22.99/month (billed monthly for a year), or $34.49 per month with a month-to-month plan.

Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements cost $99.99 each ($79.99 as an upgrade from previous versions) or $149.99 for both together with a $50 discount.

Adobe Firefly plans start at $9.99/mo for 2,000 generative credits, with higher tiers offering up to 50,000 credits—apps not included.

You can get Adobe Express Premium with its own plan for just $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year. It’s also included with single-app plans and Creative Cloud All Apps.

The Adobe Illustrator single-app plan is the cheapest way to get this vector software: $21.99/month (billed upfront for a full year), $22.99/month (billed monthly for a year), or $34.49 per month with a month-to-month plan.

Compare all Adobe Premiere Pro plans to see which one is right for you.

The Adobe Lightroom price is reasonable for most photographers: $9.99 per month ($119.88 billed upfront) for access to Lightroom and 1TB of cloud storage.

Photoshop isn't the right choice for everyone, but it's exactly what professional photographers, designers, or artists need (and $19.99/mo is very reasonable).

The Adobe Photography plan is a Creative Cloud subscription that includes Photoshop and Lightroom and 1TB of cloud storage for $19.99 per month.