Graphic Design Buying Guide:
Product and Software Reviews, White Papers, News and Buying Advice
While the usual elements like price and functionality come in to play when choosing graphic design software, it’s a market that has its own unique considerations driven by individual choice. Industry-wide acceptance, for instance, is one of the heavyweight factors. The programs designers first used to learn their craft and are most comfortable with tend to be the industry standards. It also depends on what exactly the designer is using the graphics software to create. In most cases there is specific industry-leading software for print, web design, illustration, photo editing, multimedia, and presentations, and while some of these programs handle multiple duties, most designers use a combination to suit their needs. There is no one-size fits all solution, but the Graphic Design Buying Guide can help you sort out how all the software and components really stack up in a very selective design marketplace.
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Corel Painter IX.5
Although this upgrade is less than astounding, Painter is still the best choice if you're serious about digital painting.
Wacom Cintiq 21UX
Using the Cintiq 21UX interactive pen display is as close to the real thing as digital drawing gets.
LightZone 1.2 for Windows
LightZone 1.2 can't compare with Apple Aperture or Adobe Lightroom as a complete solution for serious photographers.
Google SketchUp
A powerful, yet surprisingly easy-to-use 3D drawing app that could introduce a whole generation of online users to simple CAD-like drawing.
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Our editors have approached the industry from all angles and categorized dozens of related topics into the Graphic Design Buying Guide, from a wide view of web graphics tools to specific evaluations of Photoshop products, and everything in-between. With reviews and buying advice for the market’s software, hardware, processes and best practices, you’ll uncover research that can help you:
- Evaluate various design software applications that not only handle the development of web graphics, but also serve your desktop publishing and photo editing requirements.
- Learn which web design software packages are the highest rated for such components as HTML authoring, WYSIWYG interfaces, layouts and templates, streaming media, e-commerce integration and CSS editing.
- Compare graphics software by price, ease of use, availability on Mac, PC, and Linux platforms, integration with complementary products, collections of templates and clip art, and multimedia presentation tools.
- Review graphic design accessories and equipment like color imaging, graphics cards, imaging systems, and scanning software.
No matter if you’re researching upgrades for your favorite software or considering a switch to something entirely different, start your search with the Graphic Design Buying Guide. Select from the areas above including comprehensive product listings, editor and user ratings, white papers, vendor profiles, news and reviews. |
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