Adobe Illustrator type Freeware required

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Naveed
Apr 18, 2006
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Hello

Does anyone know of any freeware software that is like Adobe Illustrator? I don’t need something that is a direct replacement but something that will get me started in this field. I have some card designs and have been told that I need Adobe Illustrator before any printer will do anything, but the price tag is more than I can afford.

Apologies if this is the wrong news group, but its the only one I can find that is closest to Adobe products.

Many thanks

Naveed
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iehsmith
Apr 18, 2006
On 4/18/06 9:20 AM, Naveed commented:

Hello

Does anyone know of any freeware software that is like Adobe Illustrator? I don’t need something that is a direct replacement but something that will get me started in this field. I have some card designs and have been told that I need Adobe Illustrator before any printer will do anything, but the price tag is more than I can afford.

Apologies if this is the wrong news group, but its the only one I can find that is closest to Adobe products.

Many thanks

Naveed

What you’re looking for is freeware vector-based application, and this is the wrong NG, but no prob;)

While some of the tools are different and the interface isn’t grown up, I recommend Expression. After being purchased from CreatureHouse by MS, MS has been offering a free beta. They stopped development for Mac (%$#&*@!), but assuming you’re on Windows, you might give it a try. I’m not certain if it’s still a free beta, or just a free trial by now. I think all you have to do is register. They also have forums that you can access through nntp. http://tinyurl.com/cm76q

For other suggestions you migt try the alt.graphics.illustrator newsgroup

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XCATivor
Apr 20, 2006
"Naveed" wrote in message

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Inkscape. Draw Freely.
http://www.inkscape.org/

Inkscape is an open source drawing tool with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, and CorelDraw that uses the W3C standard scalable vector graphics format (SVG). Some supported SVG features include… "

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hradilv
Apr 21, 2006
http://www.inkscape.org/

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