Many software companies offer trial versions that are, for lack of a better term, crippled. These trials often have key features disabled, such as save or export functions, or they add watermarks to created content. While this approach is understandable from a business perspective, it can limit users' ability to fully assess the software. Ideally, demos or trials would have all functions enabled, allowing potential customers to experience the software's full capabilities within their actual workflow.
This list highlights a selection of plugins and apps that take a different approach. They offer fully functional demos of their products without any limitations for a period ranging from 7 to 30 days.
Pro tip: If you find yourself needing more time with a trial, consider reaching out to the software publisher. In my experience, many companies are willing to extend the trial period, giving you ample time to thoroughly evaluate their product.
Adobe Creative Cloud
Creative Cloud is a collection of 20+ desktop and mobile apps and services for photography, design, video, web, UX, and more. Now you can take your ideas to new places with Photoshop on the iPad, draw and paint with Adobe Fresco, and design for 3D and AR. Join our global creative community — and make something better together. Adobe Creative Cloud gives you the world’s best creative apps and services so you can make anything you can imagine, wherever you’re inspired.
ON1 Photo Raw
The Only All-in-One Photo Editor for Today's Photographer. The new ON1 Photo RAW is the hassle-free professional photo organizer, raw processor, layered editor, and effects app. It's perfect for those seeking an ultra-convenient all-in-one photo editing solution to produce high quality results at a tremendous value.
Creators want to create and not spend all of their time learning how to use editing tools. Photo RAW is like having Lightroom & Photoshop under one roof. It comes with the tools you need for compositing, hundreds of the hottest presets and filters built-in, and world-class masking tools to make your life easy.
ON1 Effects
We've curated hundreds of the most popular looks and styles seen throughout the industry. With ON1 Effects, you get professional results in seconds without having to do any complex edits. Our team of experts curated the trendiest looks with amazing new one-click presets. ON1 Effects 2021 works on Mac and Windows and can be used as a standalone application or as a plugin to Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, Capture One, Affinity Photo, and Corel Paint Shop Pro.
ON1 Resize
Featuring ON1's industry-leading Genuine Fractals® technology, On1 Resize is a must-have for image resizing for the highest quality photo enlargements and prints. The 2021 version includes performance enhancements and new features that make it even easier and faster to resize photos without losing sharpness and detail.
ON1 Portrait AI
Flawless retouching is just a click away with ON1 Portrait AI. It uses machine learning to find every face in your photo and make them look great, automatically. It analyzes each face and adds just the right amount of retouching to the skin, eyes and mouth, giving you professional results in no time at all.
ON1 HDR
ON1 HDR creates flawless, natural HDR photos, that combine the highlight and shadow details from a bracket of exposures, in the blink of an eye. You can control the movement, such as clouds and running water with a live preview. Then, perfect your HDR photos with powerful tools and presets that showcase your creativity. ON1 HDR works as both a standalone and a plugin for Lightroom® Classic CC.
Luminar AI
Luminar AI is the first image editor fully powered by artificial intelligence. Innovative technologies give a whole new world of possibilities to express your ideas. AI deals with the boring tasks so you can focus on your creative story. Whether you’ve been a photographer for 20 years or 20 seconds, you’ll get awesome results right from the start.
