Vectorstyler made the list of top alternatives to Illustrator

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@Boldline said in Vectorstyler made the list of top alternatives to Illustrator:

The silver lining here for me is that VS is finally starting to crack mainstream conversations and will get notice and hopefully adoption by users

i see this Point like you.
so, well done !

gotanidea

@Boldline Do you have any suggestion for Photoshop alternative?

I have been using GIMP and its roadmap looks great, but I believe it will take years before it reaches v3.2. I have been thinking to buy Affinity software, since it's currently on sale, but I wonder whether there is a better option to Affinity Photo or not

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@gotanidea

@Bones, mentioned some time ago "Photoline" as an alternative,
is in the 59,- Euro price range and very feature rich

also made by one developer, a german guy
Here the website
https://www.pl32.com/

gotanidea

@Subpath Thanks. Does it have non-destructive editing, multiple layer editing and action recording?

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@gotanidea said in Vectorstyler made the list of top alternatives to Illustrator:

@Subpath Thanks. Does it have non-destructive editing, multiple layer editing and action recording?

dont own a copy my self, but you can ask
in the PL Forum
or download the Demo

photoline
non-destructive editing
seems yes, see this Review here
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/photoshop-alternative-youve-probably-never-heard-phillip-whitt

multiple layer editing
dont know, but you could ask
in PL Forum

action recording?
seems yes, also Scripting

somewhat problematic seem to be tutorials,
since the program is not so widespread

Boldline

@gotanidea said in Vectorstyler made the list of top alternatives to Illustrator:

@Boldline Do you have any suggestion for Photoshop alternative?

I'm primarily a vector designer, but I use Clip Studio Paint for most of my illustrative needs and I've been exploring Krita. In terms of photo editing, Affinity Photo seems to be main alternative option to Photoshop at the moment.

This is why I keep hoping that after VS gets to a great place in a few years, @VectorStyler will still have the passion and drive and income to focus on "Pixelstyler"

gotanidea

@Subpath If it's not popular, I'm afraid it will get discontinued at some point

gotanidea

@Boldline I also hope we'll see other products from VectorStyler's creator. Hopefully an alternative to Toon Boom Harmony and Adobe Animate

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@gotanidea said in Vectorstyler made the list of top alternatives to Illustrator:

@Subpath If it's not popular, I'm afraid it will get discontinued at some point

Well, no one can see into the future and nothing exists forever.
If you look at the Photoline website, version 23.5 is the current version
and version 10 is from 2003, so the program has been around for a while.

At a price of 60,- Euro i wouldn't have big concerns as long as it had
the features I like ore need. By the way, I have a few graphics programs that are
no longer being developed, but still work well and I use them as long as possible.

But it's your choice, so do what you feel comfortable with.

Boldline

@gotanidea said in Vectorstyler made the list of top alternatives to Illustrator:

@Boldline I also hope we'll see other products from VectorStyler's creator. Hopefully an alternative to Toon Boom Harmony and Adobe Animate

Perhaps we can find a way to clone @VectorStyler so he can work on all of these at the same time lol