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FREE TOOLS · TESTED ON BUILD ALONE

Free Adobe alternatives
we tested.

Three free apps standing in for Photoshop,
Premiere and Illustrator, and how they did.

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THE RESULTS

Three apps.
Real tasks.

One job each app should handle,
and what happened when we tried it.

01Instead of Photoshop

PhotoCraft

A free alternative to Photoshop
WHAT WE TESTED
  • Cutout
    Pass
  • Thumbnail
    Mostly
  • PSD round-trip
    Pass
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02Instead of Premiere

FilmCraft

A free alternative to Premiere
WHAT WE TESTED
  • 30-second ShortExport took about 3 minutes.
    Pass
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03Instead of Illustrator

VectorCraft

A free alternative to Illustrator
WHAT WE TESTED
  • Logo traceExact colors.
    Pass
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A note on the tests

These are the results from our own runs for the video, not a full review. The apps are changing quickly, so check the current release before relying on one for client work.

A companion to the Build Alone video on free Adobe alternatives.