What Graphics Software Should I Use?

Here is a partial list of graphics applications that are available, their web addresses, and their general price levels- 'professional', 'inexpensive', and 'free'.

All of the Professional level ones are available on both Macintosh and Windows- others may be limited to one platform or another.

In addition to this list, here are some great websites with many freeware graphics applications:
www.tucows.com
www.nonags.com

VECTOR DRAWING (Object-oriented programs)

Professional:

Adobe Illustrator - www.adobe.com
Corel Draw - www.corel.com
Macromedia Freehand - www.macromedia.com

Free:

OpenOffice Draw - www.openoffice.org
Zoner Draw 3 - www.zoner.com

RASTER IMAGES (painting and image processing programs

Professional:

Adobe Photoshop - www.adobe.com

Inexpensive:

JASC Paint Shop Pro - www.jasc.com
Adobe Elements - www.adobe.com

Free:

GIMP - www.gimp.org
 

Page based on an article written by Nick Lilavois (26/1/03) of http://www.magentastudios.com