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Pros of Adobe Illustrator
- Vector Creation2
Pros of Adobe Photoshop
- Photo editing14
- Powerful14
- Layers11
- You can use it for anything related to graphics7
- Magic wand4
- Pen Tool2
- Easy to crack2
- Raster-based Image Editing Software2
Pros of Sketch
- Lightweight alternative to Photoshop23
- Mirror designs on mobile devices11
- Reusable elements/components9
- Vector7
- Plugins for everything5
- Real-time design preview on iOS devices2
- Constant updates1
- Thought for UI design1
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Cons of Adobe Illustrator
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Cons of Adobe Illustrator
- Massive disk space usage3
- Adobe Updater to slow you down even more3
- Expensive2
- Not really a tool for web design1
- Clunky1
Cons of Adobe Photoshop
- Heavyweight4
- Memory hungry3
- Steep learning curve2
Cons of Sketch
- Not for Windows4
- Horrible for slide presentations3
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What is Adobe Illustrator?
The industry-standard vector graphics app lets you create logos, icons, sketches, typography, and complex illustrations for print, web, interactive, video, and mobile.
What is Adobe Photoshop?
It is the best in the world of graphic design and image processing software that will realize any of your ideas. Create and enhance photos, illustrations and 3D graphic objects.
What is Sketch?
Easily create complex shapes with our state-of-the-art vector boolean operations and take advantage of our extensive layer styles.
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What are some alternatives to Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Sketch?
Adobe InDesign
The industry's leading page layout and design software enables you to create, proof and publish documents for print and digital media. Ir has everything to create posters, books, digital magazines, eBooks, interactive PDFs and more.
Inkscape
It is professional quality vector graphics software which runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. This software can be used to create or edit vector graphics such as illustrations, diagrams, line arts, charts, logos and complex paintings.
Affinity Designer
No bloat, no gimmicks, just all the tools you need, implemented how you always dreamed. It is a stripped back, pro-end workhorse that will always get your job done. It was created to thrive on the electric pace of the latest computing hardware. Live, responsive and incredibly fluid, it’s simply a joy to use.
Google Fonts
A library of 915 free licensed fonts, an interactive web directory for browsing the library, and APIs for conveniently using the fonts via CSS and Android.
Font Awesome
You can get vector icons and social logos on your website with it. It is a font that's made up of symbols, icons, or pictograms that you can use in a webpage, just like a font.