: What are good alternatives to adobe software (InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator)? Is there any professional software (for Mac) that I can use to replace some of the adobe software like InDesign,

@Caterina889

I've seen others use Fire Alpaca, a software that mimics Photoshop in many ways. Its user friendly, and similar to Photoshop in tools and menus. A student of mine found it and used it for a graphic novel spread. It handles both high res pixel-based images and low-res output.
firealpaca.com/en

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@Cugini998

I've been using Affinity Photo beta (instead of Photoshop) for a while now and it's a great alternative! AP even uses most of the same keyboard shortcuts as PS, and the UI is beautiful.

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@Marchetta832

I know others are recommending alternativeto which is where I started my search. Having tried most of the top applications there, my recommendations would be as follows:


Photoshop alternative: GIMP
Illustrator alternative: Inkscape
InDesign alternative: Lucidpress


For the latter, I have tried Scribus. It was pretty difficult for me to pick up (frankly just like InDesign). I recently switched to Lucidpress and have been impressed.

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@Smith574

as stated by KMSTR you should check out alternativeto.net and it provides feedback on alternative applications and user comments.


Photoshop alternative
Illustrator alternative
InDesign alternative

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@Ravi4787994

Our tag wikis for Illustrator, Photoshop and (now) InDesign have listings for alternative software that has been discussed on this site. It is not an exhaustive list of all programs out there, only ones that we have tags for:

Photoshop / Alternative Software: adobe-photoshop-elements gimp corel-paint-shop-pro paint.net

Illustrator / Alternative Software: corel-draw inkscape sketch

InDesign / Alternative Software: scribus quarkxpress

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