Tag: Adobe

Ever been tempted to replace your Adobe Apps? Check this video out!

Carl Setzer

Some time ago, I created a list of alternatives to Adobe’s and Microsoft’s key software offerings. A filmmaker by the name of Joris Hermans created a video featuring a nice list of Adobe alternatives.

I’ve explored a few of these, but most are unfamiliar to me. I want to explore them, but it will be challenging to do so in the near future.

Have any of you explored any of these tools? Oh, and Joris closes with a request for Acrobat alternatives. Do you have any suggestions? I’d love to hear them, and I’m sure Joris would, too.

Today’s Tech Annoyance

Carl Setzer
young ethnic male with laptop screaming

So, one of the things I do regularly is markup PDF documents. Every time I add text I get the notice below:

No, I don’t need to have someone sign this. I know how to set up e-signing, I’ve done it literally hundreds of times. Quit bugging me, Adobe! I know what I’m doing. Argh! Nagging me every few seconds is, *ahem* annoying.

Yeah, I know, first world problems, but geez, trust your users to know what they’re doing.

Today’s Haiku

Carl Setzer 
as sunlight passes
gently through the morning clouds
moving towards the spring

Another exploration into Adobe Express. I find it an interesting competitor with Canva. Pretty straightforward to use, and integrates well with the Adobe system.

An Evening Haiku

Carl Setzer
An Evening Haiku

I created this haiku with Adobe Express in order to explore some of the text formatting features.

Ghosts Of My Dreams

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these ghosts of my dreams
wandering amidst echoes
lost in the sunlight

This is my first exploration into Adobe’s Express beta. I think they’ve done a great job with the UI. It’s a smooth and straightforward, to me at least. Express doesn’t go to deep into the Adobe way of doing things, which works fine for your devotees, but is not terribly intuitive for the uninitiated. Anyway, it might well replace my dependence on Canva.

Originality Is Everything

Carl Setzer

Whipped this out while experimenting in Illustrator today.

Originality Is Everything