This document discusses alternatives to Adobe software for digital curation using free and open source software (FOSS). It introduces ImageMagick and GIMP as replacements for Photoshop, Inkscape as a replacement for Illustrator, and Sublime Text as a replacement for Dreamweaver. Some benefits of using FOSS mentioned are lower costs, open formats, and strong support communities. The presentation aims to reflect the University of Toronto's movement toward open source and discuss best practices for using FOSS.

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Building Without Adobe
Transforming Your Digital Collections with
Free and/or Open Source Tools
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Our goals today
Reflecton UofT's move towards open source
Talk aboutwhywe use F/OSS
Introduce you to afew tools
Discuss!

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Open source at UofT
Publishingplatforms: ,
Librarywebsite:
Repositoryspaces: ,
OJS OCS
Drupal
DSpace Islandora

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Why we use F/OSS
Licenses forPhotoshop +Illustrator+Dreamweaver=$1700
(that'showmuchitcoststoemployaGSLAfor77hours!)
Dissemination ofworkspaces/freedom ofmovement
Formats are open and malleable

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Photoshop replacement
Free and open source
Suite ofcommand-line image manipulation tools
Converts,resizes,reformats,crops,adjusts colours...
Can be used in the command line orthrough auserinterface
ImageMagick

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Photoshop & Illustrator replacements
Both free and open source
Non-proprietaryimage formats
Supportlayers,vectors,and otheradvanced formatting
GIMP Inkscape

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Dreamweaver replacement
Notopen source,butitis free!
Write XML,Dublin Core,MODS,python,etc...
Supportforsnippets,macros,and otherhelpful features
Extensions and plug-ins developed bythe community
Sublime Text

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Best practices
Supports agile workflows
Everystaffmembercan have all the tools theyneed,wherever
theyare
No version concerns -upgrades are free!
Non-proprietaryformats easierto migrate in the future
Strongusercommunities =strongsupportsystem
Chance to give back to the community!

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Discussion
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@digitalutsc