CorelDRAWĬompatible with other tools in the Corel graphic suite including Photo-Paint, a Photoshop competitor, CorelDRAW gives you a robust set of vector illustration tools. After that, it costs a one-time payment of $49.99 (for both Mac or Windows) and $19.99 for iPad. Pricing: Affinity Designer lets you try free for 90 days. Operating system/device: MacOS, Windows, and iPad Users like that the program is not too heavy and doesn’t take up too much RAM.Ĭompatible format: EPS, JPEG, PDF, SVG, PSD, PNG, TIFF, and GIF

Affinity Designer has some capabilities similar to Photoshop, like bitmap functions. With full compatibility with Adobe’s Suite, Affinity Designer supports standards: 10-bit, CMYK, CIELAB, and Pantone.

With one of the most comprehensive vector design toolsets on this list, plus raster finishing, Affinity Designer might be the alternative you’re looking for. Built and continuously improved as Serif’s pièce de résistance, Affinity Designer is designed to be intuitive for the experienced Adobe user.

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