And supposing you are the one who prefer the PC platform for DVD compression, go to DVD Shrink and it wouldn't let you down. For those guys who wanna get a solid free DVD decrypter yet ripper on Mac, MacX is second to none.

So case by case, if you look for a free software with cross-platform, Handbrake and MakeMKV are strongly recommended for you. What I can say is that the most suitable one is the best one for you. And it's quite irresponsible to say which one is the best. The above open source DVD rippers are of no exception. At least Gimp 2.8 can be a real substitution for Photoshop when you just have to do some simple image editing tasks.Nothing is perfect, indeed.

On the other hand, if you are an enthusiast, if you just want to do some private work or if you work for benefit, it will surely be fun to try out the open source products.

If you really want to earn money with Desktop Publishing, and if you want to work state of the art open source cannot compete with comercial software at the moment. Not to forget about InDesigns new options to publish electronic media like the epub format or PDF forms. Especially InDesign is becoming more and more sophisticated in automating publishing via Grep functionality, Scripting, XML Connectivity and IDML file format. The disadvantages are: It is way more time consumpting to use these open source products instead of paying some money for commercial software like Adobe Creative Suite. It is theoretically possible to create solid, printable, professional Design Work with these three applications. Also you do not have to worry about a new version with brand new, and in many cases completely useless functions every two years. The big advantages about these applications are: They're for free, you can use them for anything without any restrictions, they work on OSX, Windows and Linux and they do not contain as much, in my opinion, often unnecessary bloating stuff like for example the lens flare tool in Illustrator. Gimp is the open source equivalent to Photoshop, Scribus is the open source equivalent to InDesign and Inkscape for Illustrator. Gimp, Scribus and Inkscape are open source, for free and can be combined for Desktop Publishing.

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