I used a “free version” for quite a while until Adobe started cracking down on it.

I got a message in the software stating that it would be disabled in a week, giving me time to transfer all my stuff to a legal version. To be honest, I found that pretty reasonable and I got the paid version.

Very easy. As simple as a one-click install. You’re in the wrong sub for this though, lol.

Monkrus is what you’ll need to be looking for. Not going to give more info on that as it’s probably not allowed to talk a out on this sub.

Think of all the poor Adobe execs and how they will pay their Mercedes if you don’t give the all your money and soul?

That’s illegal.

I think Adobe offers a free trial period, so you can start there. After the trial period is over, and if you can’t pay for the software, try some free, open source alternatives: https://pixls.us/software/

The lightroom trial is free and would give you the time to do what you need today, but it’s only $10 a month for both Lightroom and Photoshop along with 20gigs of storage and a free website to show your work. It’s priced so low that people don’t bother really pirating it anymore.

If you are really struggling financially then try the GIMP and RawTherapee. They are free and you can do a lot of things with them.

Don’t steal software. It’s not worth the risk to your computer and data.

If you don’t want to pay for Adobe then you should look for open-source free software.
Try Darktable or Lightzone.