Adobe Photoshop Alternatives
I’ve been holding out on buying Adobe CS3 for my new iMac for weeks now. I’m still using my old machine to do my Photoshop work and it’s a pain. I’ve tried just about every alternative freeware / shareware product that’s currently available and let me tell you, there’s not much that can match Photoshop. My very last hope lives with the Mac application Pixelmator which has not yet been released. So far I’ve tried Gimp and many similar apps and I’m afraid they will not do. The closest match I found was Pixen, that is, until features just didn’t work. So my search shifted to online solutions…
You may remember that Adobe announced that it would begin developing a free Photoshop online edition. Fauxto could be considered a preview of what a Flash based Photoshop app might look like. Unfortunately, Fauxto just freezes up on me after I impatiently click too frequently. Hopefully, future versions will iron out these bugs.
I’ve really enjoyed using the wonderful online 
which seamlessly connects with Flickr. You can pull up your entire library and edit images online. This is nice if you’re working across multiple computers like I normally do. However, picnik is limited, it is by no means a replacement for Photoshop. For instance, it lacks some basic features like cut and paste, however despite these current limitations it’s well worth checking out. For what it does it does it well.
Tags: Adobe, Photoshop, Pixelmator, picnik
Why don’t you just buy Photoshop you cheapskate?
Face it, Adobe has a monopoly on this product domain. There are no alternatives! That’s why Adobe has become so hostile toward its customer base. It’s standard practice for old school companies like Adobe to imitate Microsoft as their attitude shifts toward “We’re the only ones available so make those customers pay through the nose!”. Well, us morons that have paid many times over for PS upgrades are sick of it, and there’s opportunity here for some competition. Let’s hope companies like Pixelmator rise to the challenge.