Adobe - Alternatives to Adobe Products

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A list of free and open-source alternatives to products in the Adobe Creative Suite bundle of software. This list is a sample and not exhaustive.

For raster-image editing, alternatives to Photoshop:
- GIMP - https://gimp.org
- Krita - https://krita.org
- Paint.NET (Windows only) - https://getpaint.net
- Pixlr - https://pixlr.com
For vector-image editing, instead of Illustrator:
- Inkscape - https://inkscape.org
Image management and digital darkroom, instead of Lightroom:
- Lightzone - http://lightzoneproject.org
- Darktable - http://darktable.org
For video editing and effects, alternatives to AfterEffects and Premiere:
- Shotcut - https://shotcut.org
- DaVinci Resolve - https://blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
- Kdenlive - https://kdenlive.org
- HitFilm Express - https://fxhome.com/hitfilm-express
- Blender - https://www.blender.org
Sound editing, instead of Audition:
- Audacity - https://audacityteam.org
- Cakewalk (Windows-only) - https://bandlab.com/products/cakewalk
- Ardour - https://ardour.org

For page layout and desktop publishing, instead of InDesign:
- Microsoft Publisher (Windows-only) - https://office.com
- Scribus - https://scribus.net

For PDFs, did you know that you can print directly to PDF format from any Microsoft product?
You can annotate any PDF in Microsoft Edge or something like Foxit Reader (https://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf-reader).

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