Four Awesome Free Graphic Design Apps That You Will Love

Four Awesome Free Graphic Design Apps That You Will Love

Graphics design is a big part of today's technology. From creating documents, photo editing, web design, advertising and much more, graphics design is definitely involved. As for the graphics design app, Adobe Photoshop is undeniably the most preferred by graphic artist




However, Adobe Photoshop is not free to use. With the current version, users have to pay monthly subscription fees. Paying the monthly subscription may not be economically wise for some artists.

Fortunately, there are graphic design apps available that you can use for free. Here are four of the awesome free graphic design apps that you will surely love.

4. Pixlr.com

Pixlr is a web-based graphics application. There are two varieties available in Pixlr.com.

Screenshot: Pixlr-E

• Pixlr-X.Pixlr-X is the web version of the mobile app Pixlr that you may already have on your phone or tablet. It's a great tool for doing a quick edit of your photos, like improving the light, adding filters, doodles, and etc...
  You can access Pixlr-x from the Pixlr.com home page or go directly to  https://www.pixlr.com/x/
• Pixlr-E. This is the more advanced version of Pixlr-X. Pixlr-E, is a powerful web-based graphic editor that allows you to edit existing images, or even create new images. Pixlr-E is comparable to an earlier version of Photoshop.
  
  Photoshop lovers will find Pixlr-E easy to use. The look and feel of the UI (User Interface) is almost similar to Adobe Photoshop. However, the free version only offers basic tools. The more advanced tools and filters are available only on subscription. You can try Pixlr-E here: https://www.pixlr.com/e/

3. GIMP

GIMP Official logo

Many artists love to use GIMP.

GIMP - means GNU Image Manipulation Program. It’s an open-source cross-platform graphics software. With its extensive third-party libraries available for free, GIMP is considered to be the most versatile free image-manipulation program.


Some artists claim that the learning curve for GIMP is a little shallow. Meaning it should be fairly easy to learn. However, some claim that it is quite difficult to learn.

I will let you decide on that when you try GIMP. You can download the program here: https://gimp.org

2. MediaBang Paint Pro.

Mediabang Paint Pro is a graphic-design program designed for Mangga creators. In other words, it is a program made for comic book artists. It has features that allow you to design a layout for a comic book page.

Screenshot: Medibang Paint

Medibang Pro is a cross-platform program that you use on your PC, Apple devices and Android devices, including smartphones.

You can download Medibang Paint Pro from here:https://www.medibangpaint.com/en

Special Mention: Autodesk’s Sketchbook

Screenshot: Autodesk's Sketchbook

Sketchbook is a free drawing and painting program from Autodesk. It’s a cross-platform program that you can on almost any device if not all. The Sketchbook is a powerful tool if you love to sketch and paint. However, it is not a program for photo editing.

1. Inkscape

Inkscape is currently my personal favorite, considering that I am more inclined to create vector or scalable graphics.

Screenshot: Inkscape

Inkscape is a free vector-graphics program available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS. If you want to create vector graphics. It has a wide array of features and tools that can be used to create illustrations, logos, diagrams, cartoons, page layout and many more.

You can download Inkscape from here:https://www.inkscape.org

These are just four (plus the Sketchbook) of the awesome free graphics design software available for Windows and other operating systems. There are still a number of free graphic design software that I have not included in this list.

In my upcoming posts, I will share my reviews and tutorials on these apps.

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