Design program for free?

[Conook]

Anyone have a preferred free program for doing graphic design? I used Adobe for many years but find my version from 2010 is outdated and I am just finding it hard to justify purchasing a monthly subscription. I prefer to purchase a program and "Own it".

Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[Crafter1542]

If you are a college student, you can get most if not all of the autodesk programs for free on an educational license

 

[breen2057]

Anyone have a preferred free program for doing graphic design? I used Adobe for many years but find my version from 2010 is outdated and I am just finding it hard to justify purchasing a monthly subscription. I prefer to purchase a program and "Own it".

Thanks for any suggestions.

You could try using Gimp.

 

[Conook]

If you are a college student, you can get most if not all of the autodesk programs for free on an educational license

Unfortunately I haven't been a student in far to many years....Let me put it to you this way. I started working on Autocad version 1.0

Might be a good excuse to go back to school.

 

[Conook]

I have heard of gimp and will go check it out. Is it anything like illustrator or more like Photoshop?

I am at work now and cannot download it here otherwise I would check it out now. haha

Thanks for the suggestion

 

[breen2057]

gimp is like photoshop. another free program is Inkscape which is a vector graphics program.

 

[xl97]

What version is that? CS? CS2?

Anyways.. do you find yourself NEEDING some new feature of a newer version of Photoshop or something?

Maybe try out GIMP?

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[Conook]

What version is that? CS? CS2?

Anyways.. do you find yourself NEEDING some new feature of a newer version of Photoshop or something?

Maybe try out GIMP?

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I would have to look at my old discs but I am pretty sure it was CS2. I still have it but haven't loaded it onto my new computer. I like the idea of learning a new program. I want to play around and make a Cartoon inspired Popeye spinach can with the cartoon graphic style. I also want to do some fun magazine covers and other media stuff that i find fun.

 

[xl97]

You are probably looking for a vector based program then (Adobe Illustrator...Inkscape...etc)

 

[masterjedi322]

It's not free, but Affinity Designer is an affordable vector design program. They have desktop ($50) and iOS ($20) versions.

One time purchase price - no subscription nonsense.

Affinity Designer: award-winning graphic design software

The perfect app for creatives and other professionals looking to create high-quality concept art, illustrations, logos, icons, UI designs, mock-ups and more.

affinity.serif.com

Sean

 

[Conook]

It's not free, but Affinity Designer is an affordable vector design program. They have desktop ($50) and iOS ($20) versions.

One time purchase price - no subscription nonsense.

Affinity Designer: award-winning graphic design software

The perfect app for creatives and other professionals looking to create high-quality concept art, illustrations, logos, icons, UI designs, mock-ups and more.

affinity.serif.com

Sean

Thats a good option because I dont mind paying for a program to own it. I may just do that. I looked at Gimp and it just seemed to be holding back potential. I just need to learn the interface. with Illustrator I can zoom around with no issues.

I want to learn more then one platform so I am more versatile.

Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[thegnome]

CAD is one if you are a college student or a K12 student or teacher/prof.