If you might’t drop the cash, you might still get a similar experience with free or cheap software.
Here’s how to build your own Creative Suite.
If you’re on Mac,we likePixelmator($30)more than Photoshop.
It does just everything that Photoshop does at a tiny fraction of the price.
Basically, if you don’t specifically need Photoshop for your job, Pixelmator is a far better choice.
That said,Scribusis free and open source software that can do just about everything InDesign can.
Scribus isn’t nearly as intuitive (or pretty) as InDesign, but it gets the job done.
Mac users should also check outAffinity Designer($40).
At $40 it’s obviously a step up from Inkscape, but it’s well worth the price.
There’s a good chance those will be free during a beta period as well.
Once you get going,our guide to video editingwill teach you all the basics.
It does basically everything that Dreamweaver does, including frontend editing, backend editing, and more.
Aptana Studio 3(Free) is also worth a look.
We’ve gota huge guidefor doing just that.
Subsequently, you have a pretty small selection of free software to choose from to replace it.
The closest analog isWaxfor Windows.
It’s also worth checking outBlenderGurufor a huge list of tutorials.
However, the open source and free toolApache Flexdoes just about everything Flash can do.
you’ve got the option to build Flash applications, mobile apps, and desktop apps with it.
It also fully supports ActionScript so you might import anything you’ve written in Flash.
Basically, Flex is Flash without the price tag and the timeline view.
If you want to use Flash to create 2D animation,Synfig Studiois your best option.
On Windows,we likePDF-XChange Viewer.
That said, the $40 Pro version does everything Acrobat does and more.
Preview can handle annotation, highlighting, editing, signatures, and more.
Title image remixed fromAfrica Studio(Shutterstock).
