45 Best Freeware Design Programs

by **nwenban** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:15 pm

Hi All,

Just stumbled across this web site on another forum, thought it may be of interest to some of you.

http://www.snap2objects.com/2007/07/20/45-best-freeware-design-programs/

Also:
http://www.snap2objects.com/2007/06/06/85-killer-resources-every-designer-should-know/

Neville

by **BarbaraC** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:40 am

Thank you for posting the link. I'm freshly back from it, having downloaded DrawPlus4 and a program I used to have and forgot about: Terragen. If anyone else decides to download Terragen, be warned. It's addictive.

Barbara

by **nannybear** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:45 am

Great sites Nev, thanks for sharing.....Cheers Jan

by **Pauline** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 5:48 pm

Hi Neville

Just want to thank you for sharing these sites with us. I've bookmarked them and will browse them again. Very kind of you

by **Camlork** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:23 pm

Hi Barbara

If you like Drawplus 4 you can update to Drawplus 6 for just $9.99 at:

http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/default.asp

a great program which served me well until I took the plunge and went for Photoshop.

Ted

by **BarbaraC** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:43 pm

Ted, I haven't installed DrawPlus yet, and now I'm wondering if I should bother. I use Photoshop CS3. Would DrawPlus prove useless to me?

Barbara

by **Camlork** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:53 pm

Barbara - No point at all in installing Drawplus if you're using CS3. It's a good program - specially as a "freebie" but it's rather like comparing a Ford to a Rolls Royce - or perhaps I should say a Cadillac.

Ted

by **BarbaraC** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:58 pm

Then out the door it goes. But this reminds me that I haven't installed Terragen yet. It creates the most incredible landscapes which might be interesting additions to slide shows. If you've never tried it, take a look at it. Here's the link: http://www.planetside.co.uk/terragen/

Barbara

by **Camlork** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:07 pm

I should perhaps also have said that DrawPlus is more akin to Illustrator but the drawing tools in Photoshop itself have become so versatile that, apart from really complex drawing, many of the things you are likely to do in Drawplus can probably also be achieved in CS3.

Ted

by **Camlork** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:14 pm

OK Barbara - I've downloaded Teerragen but as it doesn't appear to run on Vista will have to wait until I'm on my XP machine to try it. I'll blame you if I get into trouble for spending even more time on the computer

Ted

by **BarbaraC** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:59 pm

Don't forget free will, Ted! I mentioned it but you downloaded it.

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