Adobe Creative Suite is one of the best software packages for professionals, but it also carries a very high price to pay monetarily. If one cannot get to have some of the best programs offered by this package can replace them with some that are free.
Below you will find the best alternatives to make your own package or suite of programs that can replace Adobe Creative's own with some tools such as Blender, GIMP or Scribus. It should also be remembered that these tools will not replace Creative Suite for professionals but they are sufficient for other types of users who do not need as much.
GIMP to replace Photoshop
When one has to look for an alternative to Photoshop, GIMP is the best answer. One of the worst things about GIMP was its interface, but in version 2.9 the thing improves and a lot allowing the user experience to increase. In short, it has become a good substitute for one of the best Adobe Creative Suite tools.
As well do you have other alternatives as Pixlr Editor (Windows), Paint.NET (Windows) and Chalk
We replaced InDesign with Scribus
For what it is a standard layout for magazines or newspapers Scribus It's free and open source, and it can do almost everything InDesign does. It may not offer the best user experience through its interface, but it is passable. In general, although it does not perfectly handle many images and does not offer as many options as InDesign does its job perfectly.
How to Live Aligned with alternatives for what it is to create the layout from an ebook we have Sigil y Caliber.
For what Premiere is we go to DaVinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve recently added the ability to edit. Although the "lite" version has some options, they are more than enough for video output at 3840 × 2160, it only uses a GPU for the processor and does not allow editing collaborating with others. For the rest meets all the basics of editing videos, audio and much more. The perfect alternative for Adobe Premiere or Final Cut.
You have alternatives for Linux with Kdenlive, PiTiVi y OpenShot, and Avidemux (Windows,Mac,Linux), Magistro (web) and ZS4 Video Editor (Windows, Mac, Linux).
Change Illustrator for Inkscape
In what are the vectors we have Inkscape as an open source program that does more or less everything Illustrator does. Inkscape creates vector graphics and does an excellent job of icons, logos, and basic layouts.
You can try other options like consist of Open Office Draw (Windows, Mac and Linux), Draw Plus (Windows), XaraExtreme (Linux) or Torapp (Chrom).
Expression Web 4 or Aptana Studio for Dreamweaver
Although it is a program abandoned by the hand of God, we can access Microsoft's Expression Web 4 as a great alternative for what is the basics. We also have another option with Aptana Studio 3 It is characterized by HTML5 and real-time editing mode and enough customization options similar to Dreamweaver.
Alternatives as SeaMonkey (Mac), BlueGriffon (Windows, Mac, Linux) or Amaya (Windows, Mac, Linux)
After Effects by Blender
After Effects is an incredible program for video post processing and to add very professional special effects. To replace it we can find some of its tools in DaVinci Resolve. As another alternative we have Blender with some options for compositions even if it is a tool for 3D, and without forgetting Wax for Windows, although it is a bit old, it complies with some interesting options.
Changing Flash for Apache Flex
ApacheFlex can do pretty much everything Flash does be it creating Flash applications or even for desktop. It offers ActionScript support so that anything can be imported into Flash.
Finally Acrobat replaced by Preview or PDF-XChange Viewer
PDF-XChange Viewer can be an interesting alternative to Adobe Acrobat, with a free options package limited to reading, annotation and signatures. Mac users can choose to Preview for most of your PDF creation and editing needs.
@Ugo Yak thank you! I add it to the article: =)
Scribus is horrendous, I don't like him. It lacks many features that Indesign offers.
All very well written and interesting greetings from Chile