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About 'graphic design programs'|Junior Graphic Design Major Amanda Groff critiques Rowan’s art program







About 'graphic design programs'|Junior Graphic Design Major Amanda Groff critiques Rowan’s art program








Graphic               design               software               can               be               obscenely               expensive.

It's               a               sad               fact               of               life               for               any               digital               artist,               whether               they               be               in               graphic               design,               photography,               or               animation.

Many               of               the               industry               standard               programs               used               by               major               design               companies               today               can               run               into               the               hundreds,               even               thousands               of               dollars.

For               example,               here               are               the               costs               of               brand               new               complete               copies               of               some               of               the               "industry               standard"               programs               out               there,               from               their               respective               shops               online:
               Adobe               Creative               Suite               (includes               Photoshop,               Illustrator,               and               other               programs)               -               $1,899               Individual               Adobe               products               -               between               $400               -               $800               Autodesk               Maya               &               3DS               Max               -               $3,495               
It's               enough               to               give               any               budding               graphic               designer               a               paralyzing               case               of               sticker               shock.

If               an               artist               is               working               in-house               at               a               design               company,               the               cost               is               often               easily               absorbed               by               their               employer.

However,               if               the               artist               is               a               student               or               an               independent               freelancer,               then               software               from               a               company               like               Adobe               or               Autodesk               is               often               far               out               of               reach,               at               least               when               first               starting               out.

However,               just               because               those               programs               might               be               out               of               reach               for               the               budget-minded               digital               artist,               doesn't               mean               that               they               all               are.

There               are               a               number               of               freeware               graphic               design               programs               online               that               are               just               as               good               (or               in               some               cases               even               better)               than               the               industry               standards.

Here               are               five               free               graphic               design               software               programs               available               to               anyone               with               an               internet               connection.
               An               Alternative               to               Photoshop               -               GIMP               (www.gimp.org)               
               If               you               are               a               photographer               in               search               of               a               photo               manipulation               program               or               a               graphic               designer               looking               to               create               digital               paintings               and               other               original               images,               then               GIMP               is               a               one-stop               shop               for               you.

"GIMP"               stands               for               "GNU               Image               Manipulation               Program",               but               its               functionality               extends               far               beyond               what               its               acronym               describes.
               For               photographers,               GIMP               offers               a               full               collection               of               advanced               photo               enhancement               and               image               manipulation               tools               to               clean               up               and               enhance               their               photographs.

For               graphic               designers,               the               program               gives               them               a               slew               of               painting               and               color               tools.

Even               animators               have               their               needs               met               in               GIMP,               as               the               program               has               an               animation               plugin               package               called               GAP               that               can               be               added               on.
               GIMP               is               an               extremely               flexible,               stable               program,               usable               on               all               the               popular               operating               systems,               and               is               well               supported               by               both               its               developers               and               users.

As               this               year               marks               its               fifteenth               anniversary,               GIMP               continues               to               grow               and               evolve               into               a               high               end               program               to               rival               Photoshop.


               
               An               Alternative               to               Illustrator               -               Inkscape               (www.inkscape.org)               
               With               the               rise               of               mobile               devices               and               the               constant               evolution               of               websites,               the               use               of               vector-based               graphics               continues               to               become               more               and               more               prevalent.

The               professional               industry               standard               for               scalable               vector               graphics               is               yet               another               Adobe               product,               this               one               called               Illustrator.

There               are               a               variety               of               different               freeware               and               open               source               software               options               for               the               artist               looking               for               a               more               cost-effective               alternative               to               Illustrator.

One               of               these               is               a               program               called               Inkscape.
               Especially               if               you               are               an               artist               looking               to               focus               on               developing               graphics               for               mobile               devices,               such               as               cell               phones,               smartphones,               and               digital               tablets,               Inkscape               is               a               solid               program.

This               is               because               it's               native               file               format               is               the               svg               (scalable               vector               graphic),               which               is               supported               on               a               wide               variety               of               handsets               due               to               their               flexibility               of               dimensions               as               well               as               their               usually               small               file               sizes.
               Even               if               you're               not               working               on               mobile               devices,               Inkscape               is               ideal               for               anyone               looking               to               create               vector-based               illustrations.

Even               though               it               may               not               share               all               of               the               bells,               whistles,               and               filters               as               the               latest               version               of               Illustrator,               Inkscape               does               cover               much               of               the               core               functionality               that               makes               for               a               solid               vector               graphics               editor.

It               is               ideal               for               creating               illustrations,               icons,               and               web               graphics.



               An               Alternative               to               3DS               Max               &               Maya               -               Blender               (www.blender.org)               
               Industry               standard               3D               modelling               and               animation               programs               can               be               some               of               the               most               expensive               in               the               design               industry,               commanding               costs               upward               of               several               thousand               dollars               just               for               a               single               copy.

If               you're               an               artist               looking               to               create               3D               graphics               for               gaming,               visualizations,               or               computer               aided               drafting,               then               you're               not               out               of               luck.

You               have               Blender.
               Blender               is               a               spectacularly               detailed               and               feature-rich               3D               software               program               with               all               the               bells               and               whistles               and               none               of               the               four-digit               dollar               amounts.

Fair               warning,               this               program               has               a               steep               learning               curve.

The               interface               is               unlike               anything               in               any               other               graphic               design               program               on               the               market,               both               free               or               paid.

However,               there               are               plenty               of               online               tutorials               and               learning               aids,               and               once               an               artist               learns               how               to               navigate               the               interface,               it               is               said               to               be               one               of               the               most               intuitive               3D               programs               to               use.
               This               program               can               be               used               to               create               the               hyper               realistic               to               the               fantastically               cartoony.

One               needs               only               to               browse               through               Blender's               official               gallery               to               see               the               marvelous               capabilities               of               this               program.

Rest               assured               that               you,               the               user,               are               not               shortchanging               yourself               in               any               fashion               if               you               decide               to               use               this               free               program               rather               than               it's               $3,500               equivalent.
               In               Conclusion               
               The               professional               creative               design               industry               can               an               expensive               career               field               to               crack               into,               but               with               solid,               high               end               free               software               like               these,               it               doesn't               have               to               be.

When               all               is               said               and               done,               ultimately               the               success               of               a               photographer,               animator,               or               graphic               designer               rests               not               in               how               expensive               their               tools               are,               but               how               they               use               the               tools               they               have.
               Sources               
               "GIMP               -               Introduction",               GIMP               -               GNU               Image               Manipulation               Program               
               "FAQ",               Inkscape               Wiki               
               "Features",               Blender.org               
               "Products",               Adobe               Product               Catalog               
               "Products",               Autodesk               eStore               Online               Store






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