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

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