Photoshop has been an industry-standard in photo editing for decades. (The water-cooler answer is “Why don’t you guys just use Sketch, it’s already approved and everyone else in the org is already using it? Plus, Sketch proficiency is easy on the resume.”)Īt this point I have two choices: I can either buy XD with my own money and evaluate it (not sure I’m going to do that), or I can get the already approved Sketch, and just move on.What’s the Best Way to Buy Photoshop in 2022?

Especially for software nobody else wants but me. A few weeks later I’ve finally carved out time to evaluate it, and my period is up.īottom line: I can’t build consensus enough for purchase and full integration on a 7-day trial period.

The kicker was the trial period began from the moment I first started the software. I fail to see how in 7 days I can learn A and B in XD, much less teach it to my teammates, and much much less demonstrate that to the folks signing the checks. I’m charged with leading our nascent UX efforts (something I’m seeing more companies take seriously enough to move in-house) whilst still being a full time, full stack developer. I’d like to demonstrate to my teammates (5 other developers) if:ī) XD can help us collaborate faster/better. Getting approvals to spend even a cent takes time, and it *definitely* includes building consensus. I work at a large company (+30k employees) with all the bureaucracy that that entails.

Adobe xd trial period