Free alternatives to Adobe Creative Suite

[Eatsnax]

Must SEE for those who cant afford Adobe Suite!!! This is so cool and it's cross platform!! Maybe you should make this a sticky!! I haven't tried them since I have most of these programs, hope it does you well.

-Eshaq

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/say-goodbye-to-adobe-creative-suite/

 

[Tim Shugrue]

While many of those apps definitely have their uses, there's no way they can replace the adobe CS.

 

[Arson]

That list must be satire

Virtual Dub is NOTHING like premiere pro. Vdub is NOT an online editor. It is meant to handle one file at a time. It can only trim the front or end of a clip and save a copy out. Since it works file by file there is no bin or timeline you can't use it as an editor.

 

[viperfour]

While many of those apps definitely have their uses, there's no way they can replace the adobe CS.

Agreed!

 

[Barry_Green]

While we're on the subject of free alternatives though, have you guys played around with Open Office? Pretty slick for the price tag ($0.00)... I'd say it's much more competitive with Microsoft Office, than the makeuseof "free creative suite" is compared to CS3...

 

[GageFX]

I find it interesting that they list "Photo.net" for the Photoshop replacement when GIMP is free and is the most widely used Photoshop replacement. It can even use Photoshop plugins.

I'm a longtime PS user (since v4), but for those interested, here's the link.

http://gimp.org/

 

[Arson]

If they had mentioned blender I would have been impressed.
http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/features/
Blender started as a free 3d modeling program to ray trace with VUE. It now has its own renderer and particle systems, as well as:

A real time game engine with physics and fps gameplay code.
An online editor
A Nodal based Compositor