Comments on: Best Freeware Design Software

By: nic_tester

nic_tester — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:54:48 +0000

Thanx for this list:)

Prof.Frink has obviously not tried notepad++ or fck which are truly the best in their respective fields.

I use paint.net which i like because of small footprint and cause its easy to use, photoshop always intimidated me. But im a serverprogrammer rarely allowed close to something graphical.

What im looking for thou is a neat, small footprint software modelling tool. I more or less just need to connect boxes on the screen and ad some text, to create databasemodels and classdiagrams. I have tried to use visio a few times but never felt comfortable with it, it feels overdone and bloated somehow and even so i never find the shapes i want even so.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:22:26 +0000

Good list. I couldn’t live without Inkscape and the GIMP!

By: Minh Tu

Minh Tu — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:16:06 +0000

Thank you so much!!!

By: Alice

Alice — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:56:12 +0000

nice list, thanks!

By: Leemac.net » Blog Archive » Design and Adsense

Leemac.net » Blog Archive » Design and Adsense — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:49:13 +0000

[...] I found this really interesting site that has a very large collection of design software. I personally use photoshop, but these are all very good. Gimp especially. http://lifehacker.biz/articles/best-freeware-design-software/ [...]

By: newbie

newbie — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:20:35 +0000

How about Xara LX for illustration? That’s a top notch application.
http://www.xaraxtreme.org/

By: Michael Brito

Michael Brito — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 13:03:03 +0000

Thank you so much for posting this. You have no idea how much a simple post like this means to us who cannot shell out for expensive software. Bless you!!!

By: themacmeister

themacmeister — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:54:43 +0000

There is a free unlimited version of Bryce 5.5 on Download.com via Daz3D. Check it out here:

http://www.download.com/Bryce/3000-6677_4-10696717.html?tag=lst-0-2

By: John

John — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 03:13:10 +0000

Bryce isn’t free… unless there’s a free edition or something that I could not find.

By: gabriel

gabriel — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:42:25 +0000

Blender can definitely keep up with (and even surpass) many of its commercial counterparts.

I switched from Illustrator and Photoshop to Inkscape and GIMP about a year and a half ago, and as a professional web designer and graphic artist, I have not missed either of the Adobe offerings.

There are many people who seem to feel threatened at the very notion of open source software, as if it's just one step away from communism. These are people who will never be convinced, ever, regardless of the vast amount of production quality OSS that is out there.

By: sei

sei — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:52:25 +0000

Freeware is great if you have qualms with breaking the law.

I am fortunate enough to have none.

By: Ingulit

Ingulit — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:25:24 +0000

Where’s Wings 3D (www.wings3D.com)? It’s an incredibly easy-to-use and user-friendly 3D modeling program, and it’s open source and free! I’ve sworn by it for three years thus far, and it’s only getting better.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:12:03 +0000

Nice list.

There's also scribus (www.scribus.net, cross-platform, open-source) as a QuarkXpress replacement.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:24:41 +0000

For batch processing of images, ImageMagick would make a good addition to the list.

By: Prof.Frink

Prof.Frink — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:13:01 +0000

If that’s the best OSS can do, I’d rather continue to pay for software. I haven’t found anything open source that has not disappointed me. None of these tools can keep up with their commercial counterparts. Features, usability, workflow. Most programmers have never heard of these. OSS is made of fail.