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ADOBE ALTERNATIVESBY: YUESUN, YIWEI MA
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ADOBE PRODUCTS
Acrobat
AfterEffects
Air
Bridge
Dreamweaver
Fireworks
Flash
Illustrator
InDesign
Lightroom
Photoshop PremiereElememt
s
PremierePro
Soundbooth
And many more
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PHOTOSHOP ALTERNATIVES
Corel PaintShop Pro
XnView
Picasa
VS.
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COREL PAINTSHOP PRO
For a photographer
or amateur designer,
Paint Shop Pro offers
almost the same
capacities as
Photoshop does
Functionality can be
extended by
Photoshop-compatible
plugins.
Faster than PS
More user-friendly
89.99 USD
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XNVIEW
can read more than 400
file formats (including
audio and video files)
Basic functionality
supporting 44
languages
Free
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COMPARISONS
0
5
10Price
Functionality
User
Experience
Service and
Support
Photoshop
PaintShopPro
XnView
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ILLUSTRATOR ALTERNATIVES
computer program that allows users to compose and edit vector
graphics images interactively on a computer, and save them in
one of many popular vector graphics formats.
Vector Graphics Editor
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CORELDRAW
Industry-standard editor,largely used in the graphic design,
sign making and fashion design industries.
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CORELDRAW
Major differences from Illustrator:
Extensive array of more than 50 import and export
filters
On-screen and dialog box editing
The ability to create multi-page documents.
Features:
The creation and execution of VBA macros
Viewing of color separations in print preview mode
Integrated professional imposing options.
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INKSCAPE
Free and open source vector editor whose primary native format is SVG
Especially popular on Linux.
Officially import SVG, SVGZ, AI, and PDF and export SVG, SVGZ, PDF, PostScript,
EPS, EPSi, LaTeX and POVRay.
Some formats have additional support through Inkscape extensions, including PDF,
EPS, Adobe Illustrator, and Sketch.
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ILLUSTRATOR ALTERNATIVES
Creator First Released Latest version List price (USD)
Adobe
IllustratorAdobe Systems 1987 CS4 (14) $599, $199 upgrade
CorelDRAW Corel 1989 X4 (14) $429, $199 upgrade
Inkscape Inkscape Team 2003 0.47 (Nov 2009) Free (Open Source)
General information
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ILLUSTRATOR ALTERNATIVES
Windows Mac OS X Unix
Adobe
IllustratorYes Yes No
CorelDRAW
Graphics SuiteYes Dropped (v. 11) Dropped (v. 9)
Inkscape Yes Yes Yes
Operating system support
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ILLUSTRATOR ALTERNATIVES
Maximum page
size
Maximum
zoom
Color
management
for print
Scripting support
Adobe
Illustrator
5.7785 X 5.7785
m6,400% Yes Yes
CorelDRAW 45.72 X 45.72 m 45,000% Yes Yes
Inkscape 304.8 X 304.8 km 25,600% No Yes
Basic features
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ILLUSTRATOR ALTERNATIVES
AI CDR ODG PS/EPS PDF SVG SWF DXF WMF/EMF
Adobe
IllustratorYes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
CorelDRAW Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Inkscape YesPartia
lNo Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
AI CDR ODG PS/EPS PDF SVG SWF LaTeX DXF WMF/EMFTT/T1
fonts
Adobe
IllustratorYes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
CorelDRA
WYes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Inkscape PartialParti
al
Yes YesParti
al
Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes No
Vector file formats: Import
Vector file formats: Export
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PDF CREATOR
PDF Creator is an application for converting
documents into pdf format on Microsoft
Windows operating systems.
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PDF CREATOR
Features:
Create PDFs from any program that is able to
Send generated files via eMail
Digitally sign your PDFs to ensure that you arethe author and the file has not been modified
Encrypt PDFs and protect them from being
opened, printed etc
AutoSave files to folders and filenames based on
Tags like Username, Computername, Date, Timeetc.
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WIN2PDF
Features
Create documents from any
Windows application that
supports printing in the following
formats: PDF, PDF/A, XPS, TIFF,
SVG
Merge PDF documents to the
beginning or end of an existing
PDF file.
Integrate with Outlook, Outlook
Express, or other MAPI e-mail
clients to automatically attach
created files to e-mail messages.
Custom Windows applications
including Visual Basic
applications can easily interface
with Win2PDF and can control
the created document file name
without user intervention.
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Key Features
Create PDFs from 300+ file types
Edit PDF files, including text, graphics and
pages
Streamlined integration with Microsoft Windows
and Microsoft Office for quick and easy PDF
creation
Combine files together from multiple
applications
Convert PDF to Microsoft Word, RTF, text and
images Digitally sign, certify and secure PDF
files
Review documents electronically with sticky
notes, stamps, drawings, and markup tools
Fill in, print and submit forms, or design and
collect information via your own forms
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Create, combine and
convert PDF files
Edit PDF files, including text,
graphics and pages
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Collect information accurately
with PDF forms
Secure & digitally sign
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Annotate and review
electronically
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DREAMWEAVER
MS Expression Web
NVU
KompoZer
VS.
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MS EXPRESSION WEB
a WYSIWYG HTML
editor and general web
design program by
Microsoft.
PHP, HTML/XHTML,
XML/XSLT, CSS,
JavaScript, ASP.NET and
ASP.NET AJAX,
Silverlight, Flash,
Photoshop files
extensive drag-and-drop
features
Able to install add-ons
from third-party
developers
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NVU
A WYSIWYG editor
Easy for novice users
and does not require
any knowledge of
HTML or CSS to use.
Development of Nvu
has been discontinued.
Free
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KOMPOZER
KompoZer is an open
source WYSIWYG HTML
editor based on the now-
discontinued Nvu editor.
The same standards
based functionality
FTP support
Free
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COMPARISONS
0
5
10Price
Functionality
User
Experience
Service andSupport
Dreamweaver
MS Expression Web
NVU
KompoZer
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REFERENCES:
http://groundwire.org/support/articles/alternatives-to-adobe
http://paintshoppro.info/tutorials/paintshoppro_vs_photoshop.htm
http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/XnView-Review-11529.shtml
http://mediadesigner.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=43025-1&afterinter=true
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_graphics_editor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vector_graphics_editors
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_vector_graphics_editors
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ http://www.daneprairie.com/products/win2pdf.htm
http://www.nitropdf.com