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Inkscape is available for the Linux, Mac, and Windows platforms. (Note that my chief reason for migrating from Microsoft Office to OpenOffice was that I viewed OO Impress as a superior product to MS Powerpoint at that point in time). Draw is the one component of OpenOffice/LibreOffice that I have never used.
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It is worth noting that Draw, which is another of the software components of both OpenOffice and LibreOffice, is also used to produce vector-based art and diagrams.
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All I can say is that it has worked for me when I’ve needed it.Īs to free alternative vector software it seems that Inkscape is the most popular option. I’ve never been much of an Illustrator user so am not really qualified to testify on its strengths and/or weaknesses. I have never had an interest in using Flash to create digital art and as a web designer have deliberately avoided using Flash for the web sites I’ve done – a strategy that in hindsight appears to have been the right one to follow. I confess that I have never even opened the Flash application.
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As I am not engaged in web design as a full time professional pursuit, I was unwilling to devote time to learning how to use this software, preferring to create quick graphic mockups in Photoshop. Fireworks CS4įireworks I’ve used a couple times just to give its web page creation tools a try. As the focus of this article is on graphic software, I will comment no further on Dreamweaver. I much preferred the hand-coded approach – and still do. But I never opted to use Fusion for my personal web sites. If Microsoft FrontPage was a nightmare, then Fusion was a dream. Once upon a time I used NetObjects Fusion professionally. While I have experimented with using Dreamweaver as a web site creation tool, I’ve always had a certain disdain for WYSIWYG web site creation tools.
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If all you need is to create simple PDF versions of documents you’ve created then I suggest using Writer – which is available as a tool in either OpenOffice or LibreOffice. I will note that Acrobat has come in quite handy when it comes to editing PDFs that I did not create.

Instead I have found the capabilities of OpenOffice/LibreOffice Writer’s Export to PDF function to be sufficient for my needs. When it comes to creating PDFs, I have never had to make use of the advanced features provided by Acrobat. However, I am not going to do this for every program that is a part of the Design Premium package – just those that I use. For this article, I am only going to look at those alternatives that are free. So this article is for those who are in search of an alternative to Adobe.
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Nor do I have the deep pockets that would allow me to continue to ride the Adobe Upgrade Train. With respect to visual creative software, Adobe holds the corporate safe to buy crown. With the advent of the desktop computer, Microsoft became the safe buy. Once upon a time you could not get criticized if you bought IBM products. "No creative professional will deny the need for Adobe Creative Suite, and 2012’s version, CS6, focuses on some of the toughest demands designers face in an interactive, digital, multimedia landscape."įrom a corporate perspective, that is probably true. From one review of CS6 we have this summation: This has strongly influenced my decision as to whether or not to continue to upgrade my Adobe products. I must say that I have become increasingly disenchanted with Adobe’s approach to the software/graphics market. Of the programs that make up the Design Premium suite, Photoshop is where I live and is the application which I am most qualified to comment on.
