Goodbye Adobe, With Inexpensive And Highly Functional Softwares For Mac!!


Hey mac users, Don't you think the recent adobe interface is not cool on Mac? They are expensive, and upgraded every year with high-cost. But Apps from AppStore can be updated for nothing forever, if buy it once.
I tried to pick the Apps that can cover as much as possible in terms of functionality Adobe softwares.

## Adobe Softwares VS. Free or Low Price Apps


||Each App runs on…|
|:--|:--|
|OS|OSX Mountain Lion|
|PC|MacBookPro Retina 2012 early|
|CPU|Intel 2.7GHz Corei7|
|GPU|NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1GB|
|RAM|16GB DDR3|

|2x|Fix to the Retina Display?|
|:--:|:--|
|◎|Seems good!!|
|○|Details are still|
|△|Needs to edit the plist|
|×|Low resolution…|
|⌘|Not matter to the command-line-tools|

|MyRate|my prejudice!!|
|:--|:--|
|+★|Cool UI|
|+★|Runs smoothly|
|+★|Hardware Accelerate|
|+★|Updated frequently|
|+★|Covers Adobe ware|
|+-★|feeling!!|

|Operator|Necessity|
|:--:|:--|
|+|Additional|
|-|Either|

## Adobe CS6 Master Collection VS. "Anti Master Collection"

|Adobe CS6|Substitute Software|Place|Price|Description|2x|MyRate|
|:--|:--|:--|--:|:--|:--:|:--:|
|Photoshop|Pixelomator|AppStore|¥1300|Equivalent functionality, and very cool UI!! Brushes for Photoshop (*.abr) can be used on this app.|◎|★★★★★|
|-|Gimp|Website Homebrew Macports|Free|Equivalent functionality. (*.abr) can be used on this app.|×|★★★|
|Illustrator|iDraw|AppStore|¥2200|Equivalent functionality, and cool UI! (But no 3D, Gradient mesh, Trace-tool)|◎|★★★☆☆|
|+|Blender|Websit Macports|Free|Complements the capabilities of 3D|◎|Helper+☆|
|+|Potrace|Homebrew Macports|Free|Complements the Auto-trace tool|⌘|Helper+☆|
|-|InkScape|Website Homebrew Macports|Free|Now being developed Gradient mesh!!(But not Cocoa native App (X11))|×|★★☆☆|
|InDesign|iBooks Author|AppStore|Free|Released by Apple, looks good!|◎|★★★★★|
|Acrobat Reader|Skim|Website|Free|It can mark to PDF. But actually, 'Skim' is no longer needed. See next item!|○|★★★|
|-|Preview|OS X|---|Pre-installed in OS X. Recently 'Preview' is becoming better, it can do all of 'Skim'. 'Preview' can mark to PDF, merge and triming PDF. Try to show hidden functions.|◎|★★★★★|
|Acrobat Pro|"Export as PDF"|"File" menu on Each app|---|This function has been provided in most applications!!|-|-|
|Flash Professional|Hype|AppStore|¥5200|using HTML5/CSS3 instead of flash, IDE flash is Adobe only. (14days free trial)|◎|★★★★★|
|Flash Builder|Titanium Studio|Website|Free|Multi-platform development environment for smartphone apps|○|★★★|
|Dreamweaver|Coda 2|AppStore|¥6500|Edit website with real-time preview|◎|★★★★★|
|-|RapidWeaver|AppStore|¥6500|Edit website quickly (instantly). However, unless you buy a lot of expensive 3rd-party plug-in, it is not useless.|◎|★★★★|
|-|Aptana Studio|Website|Free|IDE for the web developments|○|★★★|
|Fireworks|WebCode|AppStore|¥4300|Create web code (not site-whole) with vector drawing (Export drawn part to SVG, JavaScript or HTML5/CSS3). Enable to import and slice psd.|◎|★★★|
|After Effects|Motion|AppStore|¥4300|Released by Apple, Very cool dark UI!! Include many filters, and this is enough pro tool!|◎|★★★★★|
|-|Javie|Website|Free|Can be enhanced with plugins. This app is based on Eclipse.|△|★★★|
|Premiere Pro|Final Cut Pro|AppStore|¥27000|Released by Apple, but this is expensive ware…|◎||
|Audition|Audacity|Website|Free|High performance, and a lot of functions. But uncool UI.|×|★★★|
|-|MicroWave|AppStore|¥1300|Can NOT treat multi audio-files, import movie-files, enhanced with plugin… But good operability, and very cool UI!!|◎|★★★|
|Encore|Compressor|AppStore|¥4300|Released by Apple, can burn to BD/DVD|○|★★|
|SpeedGrade|DaVinci Resolve Lite|AppStore|Free|Another choice, 'Color' is included in 'Final Cut Studio'|◎|★★★★★|
|Prelude|||||||
|Bridge|XnViewMP|Website|Free|Management and evaluation of the files|×|★★★|
|MediaEncorder|WonTube Free Video Converter|AppStore|Free|Also optimum for iOS, AppleTV|○|★★★★|
|-|Video Converter|AppStore|¥1700|Supports 3D and most of video formats|○|★★★★|

|Adobe Others| Substitute Software|Place|Price|Description|2x|MyRate|
|:--|:--|:--|--:|:--|:--:|:--:|
|Lightroom|Aperture|AppStore|¥6900|iPhoto library can be shared|◎|★★★★|
|-|darktable|Website|Free|Lightroom-like UI|◎|★★★★★|
|Photoshop Elements|iPhoto|AppStore|¥1700|Pre-installed in recent Mac|◎|★★★★|
|Premiere Elements|iMovie|AppStore|¥1700|Pre-installed in recent Mac|◎|★★★★|

##Impression

Adobe wares have advantage in concerning the compatibility between each software.
Pixelomator can import and export 'psd' files. iDraw can only import 'ai' files. If each software can import and export filetype based on adobe, Interchange between each software should be able to smoothly. 
Ironically, Adobe standards is the industry standard...

##Extras

|Adobe Service| Substitute Service|Description|2x|MyRate|
|:--|:--|:--|:--:|:--:|
|Creative Cloud Storage|iCloud Storage|Adobe is 2GB free, Apple is 5GB free|-|♥♥♥♥|
|Sink device and PC|iTunes|…… Nice media player!? I like!!|◎|♥♥♥♥♥|