Alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud What is Creative Cloud Creative Primary Secondary Cloud = » InDesign » Bridge/Camera Raw » Photoshop » Lightroom » Illustrator » Fonts » Acrobat DC » Device Apps » Dreamweaver/Web » Premier Pro/Video » Cloud Storage » More Before evaluating and buying software Look at JOB ROLES Map out Everyone’s Job Roles Bob Gladys • Proof • Build Ads • Answer Phones • Adjust Photos • Take Classifieds • Layout Pages • Take Calendar • Create PDFs for print • Customer Photos Steve Marge • Adjust Photos • Writes • Place Photos • Edits • Writes Sports • Layout Pages (some) • Edits $52.99/mo $52.99/mo Bob Gladys • Proof • Build Ads • Answer Phones • Adjust Photos • Take Classifieds • Layout Pages • Take Calendar • Create PDFs for print • Customer Photos $52.99/mo $52.99/mo Steve Marge • Adjust Photos • Writes • Place Photos • Edits • Writes Sports • Layout Pages (some) • Edits Proficiency Level Matters Primary Creative » InDesign = » Photoshop Cloud » Illustrator » Acrobat DC How are you using the software? Be Honest InDesign: Like Quark 4.1 Photoshop: Like Photoshop 5.5 Illustrator: Barely Acrobat DC: Just for opening Customer Ads Bridge/Camera Raw: Don’t Fonts: Nope Device Apps: What’s that? Alternatives InCopy www.adobe.com QuarkXPress www.quark.com Affinity Publisher InDesign www.affinity.serif.com/en-us/ Scribus www.scribus.net Word or Google Docs www.emsoftware.com Alternatives Photoshop www.adobe.com Affinity Photo www.affinity.serif.com/en-us/ Photoshop So Many Others Camera Software Alternatives Layout Program Affinity Designer www.affinity.serif.com/en-us/ CorelDraw www.coreldraw.com/en Illustrator Sketch (Mac only) www.sketch.com Gravity Designer www.designer.io/en/ Others Alternatives Layout Program Illustration Programs Adobe Reader Acrobat DC www.adobe.com Others Time is Money Pros and Risks of Switching to Alternatives Pros Risks » Cost Savings?? » Learning Curve » Compatability of software, May save on sytems, print needs software but spend » Infrastructure needs in lost productivity, (hardware, plug-ins, etc) training, surprises » Legacy files » Company reliability An approach to Switching to Alternatives 1 > Map out your Job Roles and Workflow 2 > Review various alternative possibilities 3 > Establish budget 4 > Download FREE TRIALS and test, test, test 5 > Make an implementation plan with PHASES 6 > Have a weekly (short) standup mind dump to discuss issues, lessons learned, etc. 7 > Don’t stop shopping It may be time to Reinvent Your Workflow? » Map out all current steps of each person’s job » Evaluate software needs to accomplish current workflow » Ask “is there a better way?” » Look at shifts in roles, timing, and location to establish new workflow » Map and publish new workflow to staff and how to implement with new software use Bob Gladys • Proof • Build Ads • Answer Phones • Adjust Photos • Take Classifieds • Layout Pages • Take Calendar • Create PDFs for print • Customer Photos Steve Marge • Adjust Photos • Writes • Place Photos • Edits • Writes Sports • Layout Pages (some) • Edits NOTE: This is for ONE concurant license on up to two machines. Can be Mac, Windows, or mixed. $4.99/mo $52.99/mo Bob Gladys • Proof • Build Ads • Answer Phones • Adjust Photos • Take Classifieds • Layout Pages • Take Calendar • Create PDFs for print • Customer Photos $14.98/mo $4.99/mo Steve Marge • Adjust Photos • Writes • Place Photos • Edits • Writes Sports • Layout Pages (some) • Edits NOTE: Text and Photos can be placed using InCopy...including ADS! Alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud.