speckyboy.com— In this article you will find a range of Free editors that can be used by graphic designers, photographers, animators, artists and even kids. Some have basic functionality, for the amateur or learner, others are very powerful and professional, suitable for the professional.
Apr 6, 2009View in Crawl 4
Considering the cost and clout of Photoshop, I would expect more. They worthlessly redo the entire UI every release, it's buggy, and poorly marketed alternatives like PhotoPaint offer nearly all the functionality for much less (although PhotoPaint is still quite buggy itself).
Very nice info about graphics work. I am also a graphics designer but i am working just on corel draw, adobe photoshop CS. but i will try to use another graphics software. Thanks for sharing.
just because you don't use the more complicated functions of photoshop doesn't make it over rated, it just means you're using the wrong program (or wrong version). there are stripped down (MUCH cheaper) versions of photoshop that will probably serve your "pen and paper" needs. as a photographer/ interactive media artist at art school, i DO need the lesser used functions of photoshop. I'll admit, most people don't need a full version of photoshop, but that in no way makes it over rated. It is still one of the best performing programs with the most functionality out there. Here at MICA, graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, just about everyone who uses a computer, uses photoshop in their projects. these are current/ future professionals. we know what we're talking about.
laminarcissusApr 6, 2009
Free, yes. Amazing, no.
narcismApr 6, 2009
What can I say? I'm rough around the edges.
cosmoticApr 6, 2009
Considering the cost and clout of Photoshop, I would expect more. They worthlessly redo the entire UI every release, it's buggy, and poorly marketed alternatives like PhotoPaint offer nearly all the functionality for much less (although PhotoPaint is still quite buggy itself).
shehejaanApr 7, 2009
Very nice info about graphics work. I am also a graphics designer but i am working just on corel draw, adobe photoshop CS. but i will try to use another graphics software. Thanks for sharing.
nmoulanaApr 7, 2009
Free ware? Oh yeah thats right.
bchampionApr 9, 2009
just because you don't use the more complicated functions of photoshop doesn't make it over rated, it just means you're using the wrong program (or wrong version). there are stripped down (MUCH cheaper) versions of photoshop that will probably serve your "pen and paper" needs. as a photographer/ interactive media artist at art school, i DO need the lesser used functions of photoshop. I'll admit, most people don't need a full version of photoshop, but that in no way makes it over rated. It is still one of the best performing programs with the most functionality out there. Here at MICA, graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, just about everyone who uses a computer, uses photoshop in their projects. these are current/ future professionals. we know what we're talking about.