Hello everyone!

I'm loving these suggestions and have added two new freewares to my personal list to check out!

One suggestion I haven't seen yet is PDF24 ( https://www.pdf24.org/en/ ) - This would be the replacement for Adobe Acrobat Pro. It can split, merge, sign, compress, convert, etc. I have only ever used the "Tools" but I would imagine it would be worth the price to try out the "Creator" and "Fax" apps as well.

Thanks!
Cheyenne

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From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Valerie Darling <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2025 6:40 AM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Adobe Products -vs- tinywow

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Hi Charles,

We use Canva at work (non-profit), and they sent an email stating that we
could download Affinity products free of charge
<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faffinity.serif.com%2Fen-us%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ccheyennekelly%40UNR.EDU%7Ceb2d48e1ea56450b895b08dd3572c989%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C0%7C0%7C638725489338900240%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gwc986YTDmBOiWJSt6dP%2F6jhsRxQWaBM8BMvhxnJhDA%3D&reserved=0<https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/>>. I think they are equivalent to
Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. I work where we cannot use them
(security issues because data is sent outside the U.S.), so I can't say how
they work or what features they have; however, the pictures they show are
very similar to Adobe products. One of the major benefits is that they
aren't subscription-based. You pay for the application one time. And I
assume you pay to upgrade later. Much like Adobe used to do.

GIMP <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gimp.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ccheyennekelly%40UNR.EDU%7Ceb2d48e1ea56450b895b08dd3572c989%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C0%7C0%7C638725489338918301%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=cPJRDjcy%2B%2FbqrkBr0R8Y2fKbQGKiMNQ%2BjTKhSoW11ok%3D&reserved=0<https://www.gimp.org/>> is a free open-source photo editing program. I
used to use it back in the day and liked it a lot, but I haven't used it in
ages.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure about any PDF editor programs, so hopefully,
someone else can chime in because I am also curious to know.

Cheers,
Valerie Darling

On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM charles meyer <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> My esteemed listmates,
>
> A new year and it's the Dewey's version of fast & furious!
>
> Does your library offer any Adobe products besides Acrobat Reader?
>
> Standard for editing pdfs?
>
> Pro - protect, and sign documents.?
>
> Photoshop - edit PNGs, jpgs?
>
> Kind of pricey for a small public library for patron use.
>
> I searched Trusted Reviews and Goolged trust but didn't find
> satisfactory vetting of tinywow.com
>
> Would tinywow or other free solutions adequately substitute for Adobe
> products?
>
> Can anyone vouch for tinywow.com?
>
> Thank you so much,
>
> Charles.
>
> Charlotte County Public Library
>

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