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
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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