Adobe recently announced that users in North America will pay a more expensive renewal fee on February 12, 2019.
With years of innovation, Adobe has delivered epoch-making features and hundreds of updates to its customers. This pricing adjustment was also made in response to this consideration.
Adobe official blog
It’s really bad news for users who are used to using Adobe software. A veteran user has thus provided a range of free solutions to replace Adobe software.
Drawing / Design
Photoshop → GIMP, KRITA, FIRE ALPACA, AUTODESK SKETCHBOOK, MEDIBANG PAINT
Lightroom → PAINT.NET or DARKTABLE
Illustrator → INKSCAPE
InDesign → CANVA, SCRIBUS
Animation / Short Film
Premiere → DAVINCI RESOLVE, HITFILM EXPRESS
Animate/Flash → OPENTOONZ, PLASTIC ANIMATION PAPER, EASYTOON, or BLENDER
After Effects → WAX, BLENDER, FUSION
Website
Dreamwaver, SPARK, XD → NOTEPAD++, Kitcle Limited
Utilization
Audition → AUDACITY, WAVEPAD, OCENAUDIO, LMMS
Acrobat Pro → FOXIT READER, PDFMATE, PDF ESCAPE
Stock Photos / Fonts
Adobe Stock → PEXELS, UNSPLASH, or PIXABAY
Adobe Fonts → GOOGLE FONTS, FONT SQUIRREL
Free music / sound effects → YOUTUBE AUDIO LIBRARY, INCOMPETECH, SOUNDBIBLE
CLIP ART → OPENCLIPART
TEXTURES → TEXTURES.COM
Tags: Adobe, Creative Cloud