Comments on: Graphic Design Meets Open Source Software

By: Roxie Jacobus

Roxie Jacobus — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:02:40 +0000

Dreamweaver has been my personal goto program for years. I really don’t know what I would undoubtedly do without having it. There were moments when I initially started out working with the application, and I believed it was way too complex. Now I fly around it, and it has turned into a good asset in my tool box. Nonetheless many thanks for the content.

By: Settor19

Settor19 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:26:11 +0000

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By: Red20

Red20 — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:41:14 +0000

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By: Supreme Team

Supreme Team — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:12:09 +0000

Thank you so much for this article. I need a simple to use graphic design software to creat a few basic images. I am sure that one of these will do. The GIMP one looks like it may do the job.

By: Antonio Roberts

Antonio Roberts — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:12:49 +0000

@Vorzie Studios

Nearly all open source software can write to native adobe files. Inkscape can write to .ai (although adobe can read svg and it is fast becoming a standard), gimp can write to .psd and scribus can write to pdf. Scribus is the only program that can’t read the file format used by Adobe for InDesign files.

Open source creative software is slowly gaining ground.

By: Vorzie Studios - Santa Rosa Graphic Design

Vorzie Studios - Santa Rosa Graphic Design — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:17:16 +0000

Open source software is great in what it is trying to achieve, but unless the software can write files in native Adobe file formats, and the industry continues to dictate Adobe as the industry leader the open source programs will continue to be left in the dust.

To view our samples and leave comments please visit Vorzie Studios at the link listed.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:54:11 +0000

Great article! I think one thing that's keeping open source form competing is its image. As well as the UI problems some lesser known but still useful programs don't have an image about them. A good thing about the creative suite is that it has a brand image that works across each product. Maybe that's what open source needs; to offer programs as suites of applications. Antonios last blog post..Very happy blue bunny ([site])

By: Yanto

Yanto — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:53:33 +0000

Good articles. Thanks for sharing. I’m starting to learn some open source desktop publishing, like Inkscape.

By: chebbie

chebbie — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:20:51 +0000

nice tips mate!
I was looking for such since I was seting up my Advertising agency and for legal purposes I was looking for open source software since it’s not easy to start from scratch and needing to get the licence of adobe .
a photoshop is around 690$, dreamweaver 599$, etc..
it’s too much.

By: The Proliferation of Linux

The Proliferation of Linux — Sun, 25 May 2008 11:17:04 +0000

Open Source Graphics Design Software…

Sketchee has a nice round-up of various open source graphics design applications out there. So if you’re looking for alternatives to the likes of Adobe Creative Suite, read on.

Included in the round-up are:

The GIMP
PDFCreator
Inkscape
Scribu…