Alternatives for Adobe

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#21

In my opinion it’s completely the opposite. Affinity Designer is pretty fast and I’d say a lot faster than illustrator.

#22

Yes, my dabbling supports that assessment as well.

#23

I have my share of complaints about Adobe Illustrator, but I’ve never noticed it being slow. Perhaps Affinity Designer completes a task before it is initiated. :wink:

#24

Judging by Adobe forum traffic, you’re among the fortunate. I don’t have major performance issues either, but many do. On my system, I do get a relatively long startup time, and some waiting during operations like Shape Builder used on converted stuff of CAD and 3D solid model origins.

#25

Yes, the startup is slow for me too, but not unlike most other Adobe applications.

I don’t often use Illustrator for the kinds of things that would push processor limits, so I’m likely just not running into those issues very often.

#26

I have been using photoviewerpro. I can edit any image using different tools like clone Stamp and Healing Brush Superior Red-Eye effect removal/reduction with completely natural looking end result

#30

@MichaelDiaz If that works for you it’s the best for you. It’s just great to see there are coming more alternatives to Adobe products on the market. We need competition and flavours to chose from!

#31

Quark XPress back in the day was awesome! I have not used the newer version, but ID has sooooooo many issues.

#32

Hmmm…maybe my workflow just doesn’t push certain features very hard or something, but I live in InDesign, and problems are very, very rare. Can you offer some examples?

#33

Oh, it’s been so frustrating… I spend most of my time in InDesign too, often doing publication layout.

I have spent many hours in the ID forums conveying issues, some of which include:

  • Swatches and Tables palette that have no contents whatsoever;
  • Running headers “jumping” on a few pages, even though they do not deviate from the master page;
  • Accessibility issues such as Alt text on images not saving and several others.

That’s all I can think of at the moment anyway.

#34

Here’s a list of some that I just came across:
27 Free Alternatives to Adobe’s Expensive App Subscriptions