Last week, after Adobe announced its move to a subscription-based cloud plan, our own Kelly Hodgkins asked me to look at software alternatives for some Creative Suite apps.
We know that none of these apps provide a full replacement for Photoshop or Illustrator. What she asked me to do was to spend time, hands on, to get a sense of what kind of options were out there.
For Photoshop, I looked primarily at Pixelmator (US$14.99 "sale" price, but it's been on "sale" since Nov 2012) and Acorn 4 ($29.99), with a glance at the donationware G
