Casual digital artists now have a cheaper app than Adobe Illustrator. I worked in the graphic design/printing business for twenty years, and the software that could do it all was Adobe Illustrator. The only downside to it is that it comes with a huge price tag. At just under $600, it’s definitely out of the question for casual designers. iDraw is available for a fraction of the price of Adobe, at just $24.99, and does nearly as much, but much more than Pages.
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iDraw – A Cheaper Alternative to Adobe Illustrator [Mac]
By | November 17, 2011 | 2 Comments
8 Alternative PDF Readers For Your Consideration [Linux]
By | November 12, 2010 |
Linux users, regardless which distro you are using, it bound to come with a default PDF reader that you can use to read PDF files. In Ubuntu, that software is Evince. In most instances, Evince works well for me. It can remember the page where I last stopped and allows me to print without any problem. However, when it comes to big complex PDF files, this is where Evince starts to stutter.
If you are yearning for a better (or faster) PDF reader, here are several options for you.
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How to Combine Multiple PDF Files With pdftk
By | February 22, 2010 |
At first glance this topic might seem like an easy fix, but if you stop and think about it, there are few quick and easy methods for merging two or more PDF files. The desired end result is one PDF file that contains all of the information from the original two or more files without any noticeable breaks or ugly indications of a hack.
If the PDF files are yours, the intelligent thing to do is to combine them before you export them into PDF format. But if you no longer have the original documents, or you want to combine files that were not yours originally, such as bank statements, tax forms, etc., you will need pdftk.
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