Some of my readers may have objections when they read the Heading…” Inkscape and Gimp :- A better replacement for Adobe Photoshop”.This post is strictly from my personal experiences.

Adobe Photoshop is an excellent work from Adobe Inc. But it will be good to know that there are tools in GPL licence (Free Software) that can do a bit more than what propreitory softwares like Adobe Photoshop can do.Let me take the example of SVG ( Scalable Vector Graphics). Inkscape is a tool which is designed to work with SVG perfectly and accurately. Experts certify that Inkscape can peform much faster and accurately on SVG than what photoshop does.

I suppose you may have read my earlier post on the program ” A Window to Freedom “. There, I have published a Poster designed by Mr. Hiran Venugopalan.It was designed using Inkscape and Gimp only.

Also I have designed some posters for FSUG, Thrissur. Here is a snap of each……

Both Inkscape and Gimp are available for all platforms.Check out the folowing links for more informations :

http://www.inkscape.org

http://www.gimp.org

Now ,Adobe Photoshop’s cost for licence : US$999 ( check out : www.newtechnology.co.in/adobe-photoshop-cs4-pricedownload)

Inkscpe & Gimp: Cost : ZERO

Why hesitation to switch over ?