Hello Charles,

I have been in your situation before. I switched from Gimp to Krita a few
years ago and have never looked back - just in case you needed one more
photo editing suggestion. I found the application quicker (on my MB Pro), a
more intrinsic UI and many online tutorials to learn from can be found on
YouTube.

But thank you for introducing me to tinywow- I had not heard of that
application before.

Mark A. Pernotto

On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM Cheyenne Kelly <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> 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]>
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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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