We have lots of commercial software available to use on different platform to complete our different work, but they are not free and sometime we do not able to purchase. Don’t worry about it, today we are listing here 11 Free And Useful Open-Source Alternatives For Designers in which most of them are cross-platform. There are many alternative available for single software, but I just tried to list down some very similar and useful alternative. You might not be able to enjoy all the features as original software but it will really help you to perform your task in a better way when your pocket does not allow you to purchase commercial software.
Jahshaka
Alternative: Adobe After Effects
Jahshaka give you the power of movie editing and effects in open source environment. You can edit with flexibility and speed and can create Effects in real time. With this software animate with unlimited features and Paint/design on moving video. It will let you work in any format at any resolution as well.
CinePaint
Alternative: Adobe Photoshop
CinePaint is used to retouch feature films and in pro photography. CinePaint opens high fidelity image file formats such as DPX, 16-bit TIFF, and OpenEXR, and conventional formats like JPEG and PNG. It has a flipbook for movie playback of image sequences in RAM. It supports 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit color channels, HDR and CMS.
Amaya
Alternative: Adobe Dreamweaver
Amaya is a Web editor, i.e. a tool used to create and update documents directly on the Web. Browsing features are seamlessly integrated with the editing and remote access features in a uniform environment. This follows the original vision of the Web as a space for collaboration and not just a one-way publishing medium.
Open Office Draw
Alternative: Microsoft Visio
DRAW – from a quick sketch to a complex plan, DRAW gives you the tools to communicate with graphics and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, DRAW is powerful tool for technical or general posters, etc.
Blender
Alternative: Autodesk 3ds Max
Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems. It includes tools for modeling – fast subdivision surface and polygon tools, multi-resolution mesh sculpting, metaballs, NURBS, vector fonts, and curves; uv mapping; shaders and texturing – both paint based and node based; ik and fk animation tools with rigging, constraints, skinning, morph targets, drivers, deformers, and modifiers; simulation tools including hard bodies, soft body, cloth, and fluids; and particle systems including hair. Blender has integrated rendering with both its native renderer and the raytracer Yafray as well supporting many external renderers; and python based scripting.
Imgv
Alternative: ACDSee
Imgv is a unique and feature rich Image Viewer. It is released as free software with full source code. Imgv is portable and can run on Windows, Linux, BSD, OSX, and other operating systems. Features include a GUI that doesn’t get in the way of viewing your images, a file browser, slideshows, zooming, rotating, on-the-fly Exif viewing, histograms, fullscreen support, wallpaper settin and much more…
Inkscape
Alternative: Adobe Illustrator
An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more.
Gimpshop
Alternative: Adobe Photoshop
Gimpshop is a hack made on top of the original Gimp project which changes all menues, dialogs, etc., in order to make them look as much as their counterparts in Photoshop. This makes users who are already familiar with the layout of Photoshop feel right at home in this open source application. Please note that all features in Photoshop in not available in Gimpshop, since it is based on the Gimp project and it’s feature set.
Xara LX
Alternative: CoralDRAW
Xara Xtreme for Linux is a powerful, general purpose graphics program for Unix platforms including Linux, FreeBSD and (in development) OS-X. It offers some of the most powerful graphics tools available. Xara Xtreme has a clean, un-cluttered user interface. Few floating dialogs, palettes, menus etc.
Avidemux
Alternative: Final Cut Pro
Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.
Pencil
Alternative: Toon Boom Studio
Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is free and open source.
FROM http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/02/18/11-free-and-useful-open-source-alternatives-for-designers.html
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1、Jahshaka ［代替：Adobe After Effects ］
这是世界上最先进的资源开放实时编辑和效果系统，Jahshaka 充分利用 OpenGL 和 OpenML，为用户提供了异常优异的性能，当前支持 Linux， OsX 和 Windows 操作系统。 Jahshaka 遵守 GNU GPL 协议下的公共许可。
2、CinePaint ［ 代替：Adobe Photoshop］
一个开源的类似于Photoshop的图形制作和处理软件。它来源于Film Gimp项目，目的是为了满足Linux下图像制作和处理方面所谓DP（Deep Paint）的需求。DP的意思是要使颜色的深度达到八位以上，以达到电影制作的要求。
3、Amaya ［代替： Adobe Dreamweaver ］
W3C 出品的所见即所得的网页编辑/浏览器， 支持 HTML 4.0 的绝大部分格式，支持包括 Win98、Win98、WinNT、Linux、Solaris、AIX 在内的多种操作系统。
4、Open Office Draw ［ 代替：Microsoft Visio ］
它是OpenOffice.org办公软件套装的一部份。它的特色在于多样的「接头」形状，可以用在多种不同的线条上，方便建筑绘图，以及流程图上。
5、Blender ［代替： Autodesk 3DS Max ］
Blender 是一种3D建模软件，写得非常精炼。而且使用很方便，效果惊人，某些方面甚至不亚于3DS Max。
6、Imgv ［代替： ACDSee］
Imgv是一个免费的图片浏览器，可以在MS-Windows、Linux 和BSD 等众多平台上运行。它包括标准的功能（文件/目录浏览，幻灯片显视，调焦，翻转/旋转，等等）和特殊的功能（多视图，可调整的索引图大小，图片播放列表，远程图片装载，MPEG电影支持，一个可定制的接口，等等）。
7、Inkscape ［代替： Adobe Illustrator］
Inkscape是一套矢量图形编辑器，以自由软件授权发布与使用。该软件的开发目标是成为一套强力的绘图工具软件，且能完全遵循与支持XML、 SVG及CSS等开放性的标准格式。此外Inkscape同时也是一套跨平台性的应用程序，针对不同的操作系统它都有能搭配对应执行的版本，如 Windows版、Mac OS X版、Linux版、以及类UNIX版等操作系统，不过主要仍是以Linux为开发平台。
8、Gimpshop ［ 代替：Adobe Photoshop］
Gimpshop是一套功能十分优异的免费图像处理软件，它其实是以著名图像处理软件GIMP为基础所发展而来，功能相当多元；除了强大的图像编辑功能以外，更包含了滤镜、屏蔽、图层，色彩处理、多种特殊图形处理模式等等。
9、Xara LX ［代替： CoralDRAW ］
一款矢量绘图软件，与CorelDraw较为相似。它是Xara Xtreme 的 Linux 版本，所以只支持Unix平台，包括Linux， FreeBSD 和 （开发中的） OS-X。
10、Avidemux ［代替：Final CutPro］
Avidemux是一个免费的视频编辑器，可以进行剪切、过滤和编码等任务。它支持广泛的文件格式，包括AVI文件的编辑，DVD的MPEG文件、MP4和ASF，并能将声音从文件中分解出来。支持强大的队列任务处理和脚本功能。
11、Pencil ［代替： Toon Boom Studio］
Pencil 是一个用于卡通制作手绘图像编辑软件，支持Mac OS X， Windows， 和 Linux，支持位图和矢量图形格式。
Jahshaka
Alternative: Adobe After Effects
Jahshaka give you the power of movie editing and effects in open source environment. You can edit with flexibility and speed and can create Effects in real time. With this software animate with unlimited features and Paint/design on moving video. It will let you work in any format at any resolution as well.
CinePaint
Alternative: Adobe Photoshop
CinePaint is used to retouch feature films and in pro photography. CinePaint opens high fidelity image file formats such as DPX, 16-bit TIFF, and OpenEXR, and conventional formats like JPEG and PNG. It has a flipbook for movie playback of image sequences in RAM. It supports 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit color channels, HDR and CMS.
Amaya
Alternative: Adobe Dreamweaver
Amaya is a Web editor, i.e. a tool used to create and update documents directly on the Web. Browsing features are seamlessly integrated with the editing and remote access features in a uniform environment. This follows the original vision of the Web as a space for collaboration and not just a one-way publishing medium.
Open Office Draw
Alternative: Microsoft Visio
DRAW – from a quick sketch to a complex plan, DRAW gives you the tools to communicate with graphics and diagrams. With a maximum page size of 300cm by 300cm, DRAW is powerful tool for technical or general posters, etc.
Blender
Alternative: Autodesk 3ds Max
Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems. It includes tools for modeling – fast subdivision surface and polygon tools, multi-resolution mesh sculpting, metaballs, NURBS, vector fonts, and curves; uv mapping; shaders and texturing – both paint based and node based; ik and fk animation tools with rigging, constraints, skinning, morph targets, drivers, deformers, and modifiers; simulation tools including hard bodies, soft body, cloth, and fluids; and particle systems including hair. Blender has integrated rendering with both its native renderer and the raytracer Yafray as well supporting many external renderers; and python based scripting.
Imgv
Alternative: ACDSee
Imgv is a unique and feature rich Image Viewer. It is released as free software with full source code. Imgv is portable and can run on Windows, Linux, BSD, OSX, and other operating systems. Features include a GUI that doesn’t get in the way of viewing your images, a file browser, slideshows, zooming, rotating, on-the-fly Exif viewing, histograms, fullscreen support, wallpaper settin and much more…
Inkscape
Alternative: Adobe Illustrator
An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more.
Gimpshop
Alternative: Adobe Photoshop
Gimpshop is a hack made on top of the original Gimp project which changes all menues, dialogs, etc., in order to make them look as much as their counterparts in Photoshop. This makes users who are already familiar with the layout of Photoshop feel right at home in this open source application. Please note that all features in Photoshop in not available in Gimpshop, since it is based on the Gimp project and it’s feature set.
Xara LX
Alternative: CoralDRAW
Xara Xtreme for Linux is a powerful, general purpose graphics program for Unix platforms including Linux, FreeBSD and (in development) OS-X. It offers some of the most powerful graphics tools available. Xara Xtreme has a clean, un-cluttered user interface. Few floating dialogs, palettes, menus etc.
Avidemux
Alternative: Final Cut Pro
Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.
Pencil
Alternative: Toon Boom Studio
Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is free and open source.
FROM http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/02/18/11-free-and-useful-open-source-alternatives-for-designers.html
-------------------------------------------------------------
1、Jahshaka ［代替：Adobe After Effects ］
这是世界上最先进的资源开放实时编辑和效果系统，Jahshaka 充分利用 OpenGL 和 OpenML，为用户提供了异常优异的性能，当前支持 Linux， OsX 和 Windows 操作系统。 Jahshaka 遵守 GNU GPL 协议下的公共许可。
2、CinePaint ［ 代替：Adobe Photoshop］
一个开源的类似于Photoshop的图形制作和处理软件。它来源于Film Gimp项目，目的是为了满足Linux下图像制作和处理方面所谓DP（Deep Paint）的需求。DP的意思是要使颜色的深度达到八位以上，以达到电影制作的要求。
3、Amaya ［代替： Adobe Dreamweaver ］
W3C 出品的所见即所得的网页编辑/浏览器， 支持 HTML 4.0 的绝大部分格式，支持包括 Win98、Win98、WinNT、Linux、Solaris、AIX 在内的多种操作系统。
4、Open Office Draw ［ 代替：Microsoft Visio ］
它是OpenOffice.org办公软件套装的一部份。它的特色在于多样的「接头」形状，可以用在多种不同的线条上，方便建筑绘图，以及流程图上。
5、Blender ［代替： Autodesk 3DS Max ］
Blender 是一种3D建模软件，写得非常精炼。而且使用很方便，效果惊人，某些方面甚至不亚于3DS Max。
6、Imgv ［代替： ACDSee］
Imgv是一个免费的图片浏览器，可以在MS-Windows、Linux 和BSD 等众多平台上运行。它包括标准的功能（文件/目录浏览，幻灯片显视，调焦，翻转/旋转，等等）和特殊的功能（多视图，可调整的索引图大小，图片播放列表，远程图片装载，MPEG电影支持，一个可定制的接口，等等）。
7、Inkscape ［代替： Adobe Illustrator］
Inkscape是一套矢量图形编辑器，以自由软件授权发布与使用。该软件的开发目标是成为一套强力的绘图工具软件，且能完全遵循与支持XML、 SVG及CSS等开放性的标准格式。此外Inkscape同时也是一套跨平台性的应用程序，针对不同的操作系统它都有能搭配对应执行的版本，如 Windows版、Mac OS X版、Linux版、以及类UNIX版等操作系统，不过主要仍是以Linux为开发平台。
8、Gimpshop ［ 代替：Adobe Photoshop］
Gimpshop是一套功能十分优异的免费图像处理软件，它其实是以著名图像处理软件GIMP为基础所发展而来，功能相当多元；除了强大的图像编辑功能以外，更包含了滤镜、屏蔽、图层，色彩处理、多种特殊图形处理模式等等。
9、Xara LX ［代替： CoralDRAW ］
一款矢量绘图软件，与CorelDraw较为相似。它是Xara Xtreme 的 Linux 版本，所以只支持Unix平台，包括Linux， FreeBSD 和 （开发中的） OS-X。
10、Avidemux ［代替：Final CutPro］
Avidemux是一个免费的视频编辑器，可以进行剪切、过滤和编码等任务。它支持广泛的文件格式，包括AVI文件的编辑，DVD的MPEG文件、MP4和ASF，并能将声音从文件中分解出来。支持强大的队列任务处理和脚本功能。
11、Pencil ［代替： Toon Boom Studio］
Pencil 是一个用于卡通制作手绘图像编辑软件，支持Mac OS X， Windows， 和 Linux，支持位图和矢量图形格式。
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