There’s a host of free alternatives to Adobe PhotoShop for the Mac. So, it’s fabulous software, but it’s just too expensive for me. Admittedly that comes with 100G of cloud storage, but I have no need for additional cloud storage and just want to use the app occasionally. They’ve switched to a subscription model which means you now pay monthly for a licence to use them – the licence to use one product is around 20UKP per month. The problem with the Adobe Creative Suite range of products is that, for the average person who wants to just play around with some occasional designs or photo manipulation, the Adobe products are expensive. But on the Mac, Adobe tends to be the de-facto choice. Of course, Adobe are the benchmark when it comes to image manipulation – they’ve dominated this space for decades, although they do have some competition on the Windows platform in the form of Corel who produce PaintShop Pro, as well as CorelDraw and other applications for image manipulation. I’m an extreme novice when it comes to image manipulation, being more of a techie than a designer, but occasionally I dabble with playing around with designs for some of my online shops ( shameless plug: if you’re a Healthcare Professional then have a look at for some great gift ideas – it’s my latest project! ) and I’ve been looking for an alternative to the PhotoShop suite for the Mac.
