InkScape & GIMP

I LOVE FREEWARE!!! I recently co-founded a small business and was in need of a graphic program to create a logo. We didn't have a lot of start-up capital and so we were in need of FREEWARE! I found 2 applications that were key in making our logo and adding graphics to our website. The first application I would like to boast about is Inkscape. You can find this wonderful software at http://www.inkscape.org/ .

This is basically an alternative to Adobe Illustrator. It may not have absolutely all the bells and whistles that Illustrator has, but it can get the job done. It got our business up and running with a logo and graphics. There are tutorials all over the web, even You Tube videos on Inkscape.

The second application I would like to boast is GIMP. You can find this awesome software at http://www.gimp.org/. It is a great photo editing software used as an alternative to Adobe Photoshop. Just as I mentioned with Inkscape, it may not have all the bells and whistles as Adobe Photoshop, but again, it will get the job done. There are also many tutorials, and videos on the web concerning GIMP. All graphics on this Blog have been developed with GIMP.

These 2 FREE applications can work hand in hand while trying to create and or edit graphics. I hope you find these applications useful, at least you will save close to 2 grand, I believe between Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, the customer would be 2k out of pocket. ENJOY!