Like most novice, or college students, Adobe Suite is short from ridiculously expensive… My Solution is to “Open Source” it. This is what I call “dpiNYC CS3″
dpiNYC CS3 Download Coming soon…
CS Photoshop = Gimp (w/gimpshop plugin)
CS Flash = Synfig or LiveSwift Lite
CS Dreamweaver = KompoZer
CS Acrobat = PremoPDF
CS Indesign = Scribus
CS Illustrator = Inkscape
CS Premiere Pro = Jahshaka
…And to finish your kit here’s another
3D = Blender
I’m a school teacher who wants to dabble with a website. Adobe is so expensive, I can’t even get high school Design class to spring for a copy.
I’ve been using Gimp in my classroom for a couple years now and I love it. -the rest of your suggestions are brilliant. thanks!