Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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If you do any kind of digital media creation then there's no question that Adobe's Creative Suite is the industry standard. It comes with a price though, and unlike other types of software products, it's an ongoing price. You're never done paying for Adobe software, and because of that you may be put off by the prospect of doing any kind of serious media creation. You don't have to let that stop you any longer though because there's plenty of free alternatives to choose from, and in this video I'll be outlining some of them.

The free alternatives are as follows...

Photoshop
- GIMP: gimp.org
- Krita: krita.org/en
- Photopea: photopea.com

Lightroom
- Darktable: darktable.org
- RawTherapee: rawtherapee.com

Illustrator
- Inkscape: inkscape.org
- Vectr: vectr.com

InDesign
- Scribus: scribus.net
- Lucidoress: lucidpress.com/pages

Premiere Pro
- Blender: blender.org

After Effects
- Natron: natrongithub.github.io

Audition
- Audacity: audacityteam.org

Dreamweaver
- BlueGriffon: bluegriffon.org

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
00:38 Photoshop
01:55 Lightroom
02:40 Illustrator
03:35 InDesign
04:27 Premiere Pro
05:20 After Effects
05:44 Audition
06:06 Dreamweaver

Want to learn more about how Inkscape works? Check out the Inkscape Master Class - a comprehensive series of over 50 videos where I go over every tool, feature and function in Inkscape and explain what it is, how it works, and why it's useful: logosbynick.com/inkscape

Intro song: "In Da Mood" by Combustibles, used with written permission