Here is sK1 - it is free & open-source vector editor with CMYK/spot colors support, mostly CorelDraw/Adobe Illustrator alternative. Inkscape is free, and garbage imo (same with gimp), you could look into Affinity Designer. +1 for Affinity Designer. You won't want to go back to Inkscape anymore. Thanks for the suggestions!
Alternatives to Adobe Illustrator for opening .ai files Morning all, We have our business card templates stored as .ai files which seemed great when there was only a few of us, but now that we're hiring, it's proving difficult when we need to order new people business cards.
Alternatives to Adobe Illustrator for opening .ai files Morning all, We have our business card templates stored as .ai files which seemed great when there was only a few of us, but now that we're hiring, it's proving difficult when we need to order new people business cards.
Inkscape is a free alternative to Illustrator. Gimp is an open source image editor, similar to photoshop/illustrator. If you've used either program before, the buttons and options should be somewhat familiar although slightly different. Thanks, I had tried it years ago and didn't get on with it.
As long as you dont want to print, Inkscape is a great program with some minor flaws. It has a lot of effects, called Live Path Effect (LPE). Affinity Designer is a very well designed alternative with a nice price, but lacks effects like Blend and (real) vector brushes (as in AI), live trace or repeating patterns.
level 1 Nantyzis · 4y Inkscape is a free alternative to Illustrator. 11 level 2 wmassingham · 4y Yup, Inkscape. </thread> 2 level 1 foofdawg · 4y https://www.gimp.org/ Gimp is an open source image editor, similar to photoshop/illustrator.
If you are a student, then Adobe does offer student pricing on CC licenses: $20/month for all CC apps. It's not as good as free, but it's otherwise a pretty good deal. 2. level 1. Tsukuru_Tazaki. · 4y. Illustrator is the professional standard. Corel always made decent alternatives to Adobe in my opinion, but They aren't quite up to par, and I ...
Here is sK1 - it is free & open-source vector editor with CMYK/spot colors support, mostly CorelDraw/Adobe Illustrator alternative. Inkscape is free, and garbage imo (same with gimp), you could look into Affinity Designer. +1 for Affinity Designer. You won't want to go back to Inkscape anymore. Thanks for the suggestions!
If you are a student, then Adobe does offer student pricing on CC licenses: $20/month for all CC apps. It's not as good as free, but it's otherwise a pretty good deal. 2. level 1. Tsukuru_Tazaki. · 4y. Illustrator is the professional standard. Corel always made decent alternatives to Adobe in my opinion, but They aren't quite up to par, and I ...