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10-18-2009, 02:43 AM
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| The Hypnotic Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009
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I can't afford photoshop I'm afraid, at this stage the price tag is just out of the question, but I need to be able to create and edit decent graphics for copy writing, banners and other odds and ends. So far I have been trying to manage with Paint and MS Word, and getting the good jobs done by freelancers, but I'm at the point now where I realize that if I need it done properly, I need to do it myself! Is there any software which is free / affordable that would allow may to create, re size, edit and arrange website graphics? Any tips much appreciated. Cheers Nathan. |
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10-18-2009, 03:11 AM
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| Ross Carrel War Room Member  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL/Vegas, NV
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| Re: Graphic Creation
gimp.org Also, if you're interested I have a site with lots of templates you can use in gimp for like headers and ecovers, etc. Not trying to be all spammy so I won't post the link here, but you can PM if you want some good graphics resources. |
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10-18-2009, 04:24 AM
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| The Hypnotic Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009
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Cheers, downloading Gimp now. I guess another thing I'll need is access to some standard stock graphics. Any suggestions? Cheers Nathan. |
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10-18-2009, 04:27 AM
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istockphoto.com, shutterstock.com. Although they aren't free.
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10-18-2009, 04:30 AM
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| Graphic designer warrior War Room Member  Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Australia
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sxc.hu is very good for images. |
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10-18-2009, 08:12 AM
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| Copywriter and Marketer War Room Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Philly Suburbs, USA
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I'd hit Ebay and look for an older version of PhotoShop. Graphics Genie has a great WSO running right now that teaches you how to create your own mini-site graphics using PhotoShop CS2 (the latest version is CS4). |
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10-18-2009, 08:29 AM
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| AT gmail DOT com War Room Member  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Kent, WA
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I personally prefer Paint.NET, which is also free.
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10-18-2009, 08:44 AM
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| Freeman Creations War Room Member  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Somewhere next to a desert cactus, USA.
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Big Mike might have some stuff that's usefull. GFX Writer V2.0 Header Creator | Create headers, ebook and report covers, graphic software boxes; low cost alternative to PhotoShop... (not an affiliate link) G |
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11-12-2009, 03:32 AM
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| jaiganeshv.com War Room Member  | Re: Graphic Creation
Paint.Net and GIMP are good and they both can be handy for any designer. Thank you. Jai |
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11-12-2009, 04:03 AM
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| Platinum Warrior Member War Room Member  Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: AU
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You need the GIMP
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11-12-2009, 04:18 AM
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Hey Nathan, The Gimp is a good Photoshop alternative. You may also want to take a look at Picnik a great free online image editing tool. Picnik - Photo editing the easy way, online in your browser With Picnik you can do editing,resizing, adding text etc.to your images. I use Picnik and Google Docs to create Ebooks in PDF format,it works a treat.  |
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11-12-2009, 04:29 AM
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| First Among Many. War Room Member  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lagos, Nigeria.
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Here are some resources for you; Royalty Free Photo Sources Below is a List of Free or Royalty Free Stock Photo Sites. As a Designer you always need good quality Images at affordable prices. The sites below offer high quality images for free or for a small fee. If you design Website Templates you need to purchase images from bigstockphoto.com as this is the only site which license agreement allows the usage for template work. pixelperfectdigital.com photosforfree.de gulli.snygo.com morguefile.com photobreed.com picturestation.net free-stock-photos.com freeimages.co.uk intuitivmedia.de FotoDatenbank.com GetThePixel.com photocase.de stock.d2.hu graphicsource.de visipix.com bigfoto.com creativity103.com freestockphotos.com freeimages.com openphoto.net picswiss.ch imagecase.com istockphoto.com foto-archiv.at corbisstockmarket.com laterramagica.com photoknack.com photospin.com royaltyfreephotos.com imije.com imageshop.com picturestock.de digitalvision.com tonystone.com webshots.com picturestation.net stock.b-man.dk imagepoint.biz gal.mvc.ru photosforfree.de sxc.hu pixel-picture.com And a good editing software I use for all my graphic projects is called corel draw X3 and it's not free.You can have a look at the projects this editing software has produced for all my clients in my sig below. |
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11-12-2009, 05:07 AM
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| Senior Warrior Member War Room Member  Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Northern Hemisphere, for now.
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Here's an excellent resource for free stock photos. Free Photos - Free Images - Royalty Free Photos - Free Stock Photos - FreeDigitalPhotos.net |
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