List of Software Alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud Products

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Following is a list of possible alternative products available to users who are unable or unwilling to purchase Adobe Creative Cloud software under annual licensing arrangements that began in late February 2015.

• Adobe After Affects
  • Suggested: Blender (external link) (Windows), Apple Motion (external link) (Mac)
  • Other Options: WonderShare Video Editor, Wax, Jahshaka, Nuke, eyeon Fusion (expensive)
• Adobe Acrobat Pro DC (formerly Adobe Acrobat Professional)
  • Suggested: Nuance Power PDF (external link), Foxit Phantom PDF Standard (external link), Foxit Phantom PDF Business (external link)
• Adobe Reader DC (formerly Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  • Suggested: Foxit Reader (external link), Sumatra PDF (external link)
• Adobe Audition
  • Suggested: Audacity (external link) (Windows), Logic Pro (external link) (Mac)
  • Other Options: LMMS, Ardour, GarageBand (Mac)
• Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Suggested: Use the Medical School’s WordPress System. Contact the Medical School’s Office of Communications.
  • Other Options: Aptana Studio, RapidWeaver, Coda, SeaMonkey, BlueGriffon, Amaya, Flux, Espresso, Eclipse, KompoZer, Bluefish, Nvu, Expression Web, Visual Studio, Vim/Emacs
•  Adobe Flash Professional
  • Suggested: None. Consider switching to HTML5.
  • Other Options: Synfig Studio, Flash Develop, Stencyl
• Adobe Illustrator
  • Suggested: Affinity Designer (external link) (Mac), Inkscape (external link) (Windows or Mac)
  • Other Options: Google Draw, Pixelmator, Sketch, Openoffice Draw, Karbon, Vector Pain, Serif DrawPlus, Xara Xtreme, CorelDraw, SVG-edit
• Adobe InCopy
  • Suggested: Scrivener (external link) (includes features for research paper writers, as well as features for fiction and non-fiction authors)
• Adobe InDesign
  • Suggested: LucidPress (external link), Scribus (external link)
  • Other Options: Microsoft Publisher, PrintWorks, Serif PagePlus, iStudio Publisher, FormatPixel, Swift Publisher, Quark Xpress, Passepartout, Sigil, Calibre
• Adobe PhotoShop
  • Suggested: Pixelmator (external link) (Mac), GIMP (external link) (Windows or Mac)
  • Other Options: paint.net, Pixlr, Xara, Acorn, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Aperture, Pinta, CinePaint, Krita, IrfanView
• Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Suggested: Lightworks (external link) (Windows, Mac or Linux), Final Cut Pro (external link) (Mac)
  • Other Options: Avidemux, iMovie, VideoLAN, ScreenFlow, OpenShot, Corel VideoStudio, Sony Vegas Movie Studio, Kdenlive, Windows Movie Maker, PiTiVi, T@b ZS4, Cinelerra, Pinacle Studio, EditStudio, PowerDirector, EZVid, VideoPad, Kino