Adobe - Alternatives to Adobe Products

List of free and open-source alternatives to products in the Adobe Creative Suite bundle of software.

What is this?

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.

 

Alternatives

• 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

Other Adobe products:

• 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).