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Adobe replacement - Bosco - 05-07-2013
After yesterday's announcement from Adobe, we are starting to look for an alternative to Illustrator and Photoshop.
Any software companies out there right now that can fill the void? Seems there is a tremendous opportunity for a company to develop something remotely similar.
BTW: Adobe should not have been allowed to buy Macromedia.
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Re: Adobe replacement - ztirffritz - 05-07-2013
GIMP is close(and free), but depending on what you do, there may be things that it can't do that Photoshop does do. I don't have any suggestions for Illustrator though.
Re: Adobe replacement - DP - 05-07-2013
As I posted there, PaintShop Pro X5 is the closest BUT! As of now it's only available for Windows. They do have what is (I think) a Lightroom equivalent called AfterShot Pro that is for Mac too:
http://www.corel.com/corel/product/index.jsp?pid=prod4670071&skuId=ESDPSPX5MLAM
Good prices too.
Re: Adobe replacement - jdc - 05-07-2013
Well, that depends on what you use them for? What is it that use Photoshop for? Simple color correction? Or complex collages, layers and text treatments? Same with illustrator... complex CAD renderings? or?
And Im sure the versions you have now should work for a long while, or if you have an older version, now is the time to buy CS6 discs...
Re: Adobe replacement - Bosco - 05-07-2013
We have CS6 and expect it to work at least for a couple more OS updates. I think we have 3-4 years before we need to make the switch. But, I'm starting to look now.
Re: Adobe replacement - testcase - 05-07-2013
I missed the Adobe announcement. :dunno:
Re: Adobe replacement - D. Lawson - 05-07-2013
testcase wrote:
I missed the Adobe announcement. :dunno:
"Adobe Systems Inc. said Monday that it will not release new versions of its Creative Suite software package. Instead, the maker of Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat, is shifting focus to Creative Cloud, which makes its software available through a monthly subscription that starts at $50 for an individual if they sign up for at least a year."
Re: Adobe replacement - Bosco - 05-07-2013
Adobe has changed Creative Suite to Creative Cloud and now only offers a subscriptions to their software. Which is great if renting software is OK with you. Personally, I'd rather own my software with no strings attached.
Read yesterday's thread here:
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1552805
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Re: Adobe replacement - Yoyodyne ArtWorks - 05-07-2013
An interesting (I hope!) aside:
In late 2003 I interviewed for a Product Marketing position at Adobe's headquarters in San Jose. In Round One I was interviewed by a large group (maybe 10 people) in the Marketing department, was asked a lot of questions as to how I would handle theoretical issues relating to marketing (e.g, "Should new products/updates contain the year of the release in the name, such as CS 2004, or should they be numbered sequentially, as in CS 2?").
I felt confident answering the questions and it seemed to go well, enough that I made it to the next round of interviews.
In Round Two I interviewed one-on-one with a vice president of Marketing. She asked me several questions about long-term marketing trends, and I explained why I thought Software as a Service (SaaS) was the coming thing and how it made a lot of sense for Adobe. It guarantees a much steadier revenue stream than boxed software, which gives customers too much discretion as to when they will spend money on an upgrade. I went on about this topic for a few more minutes.
And then I realized she was looking at me like I was crazy. After I left the interview I knew I had blown it and sure enough, I never heard from Adobe again.
P.S.
The Adobe employees that grilled me in the group interview were some of the unhappiest people I had seen in quite a while. So maybe I dodged a bullet there...
Re: Adobe replacement - Article Accelerator - 05-07-2013
Bosco wrote:
After yesterday's announcement from Adobe, we are starting to look for an alternative to Illustrator and Photoshop.
Both Pixelmator and Acorn are fast, capable, and OS X native but not as fully featured as Photoshop. Consider Aperture as well, especially if heavy duty workflows and image database capabilities are important.
Pixelmator: http://www.pixelmator.com
Acorn: http://flyingmeat.com/acorn/
Aperture: http://www.apple.com/aperture/
Alternatives to Illustrator include Intaglio, ZeusDraw and more.
Intaglio: http://www.purgatorydesign.com/Intaglio/
ZeusDraw: http://chromaticbytes.com/zeusDrawTour.php
Sketch: http://bohemiancoding.com/sketch/
EazyDraw: http://www.eazydraw.net/
iDraw: http://www.indeeo.com/idraw/mac.html