![]() But very cool.ĪndRepeat Type Generator: abstract experimental font generatorĮvery letter is a colourful abstract shape. Early days for the project, may never be beginner-friendly. Even more interesting – instead of drawing closed shapes with your vector paths, each simple curve can define a complete stroke: the letter ‘I’ would have six nodes in total. Idea is, edit fonts as a collection, not as glyphs – aiming for cohesion across the whole typeface. (Built with the same engine that runs MetaFlop.) This free font editor wants to disrupt the traditions of digital type design. Metapolator: revolutionary font editor, work-in-progessįree browser-based no sign-in. (You always start from a metafont.) Free, open-source, exports simply, no code. Metaflop: play with settings, download your original fontĬreate a font with just variable sliders, fully own the result. (Good choice for netbooks or sandboxed machines.) Like an Inkscape for beginners? Very useful. Collaborative, suited to UX/UI projects – you can annotate, control versions,Įxcalidraw: simple graphic design with SVG Penpot.app: SVG-based vector graphics editorįree and open-source alternative to Sketch, based on SVG only. Note though: free exports are only for personal use. (Throw some succulents next to your carton, why don’t you.) Free templates also expanding, should cover most basic needs. Fully dedicated to customizing product shots and scenes, with a sensible Smart Object-style interface, and a growing collection of templates and objects. If you only needed PhotoShop for mockups, now you don’t need Photoshop. Plus, you won’t owe Microsoft anymore.Īrtboard Studio: bespoke product mockups and scenesįree basic package browser-based account required And the interface really makes sense.īTW, LibreOffice Draw is good enough for most standard logo jobs – speaking from experience. I keep a portable install, just in case: 130MB for instant vector power, anywhere. I thought it only had the Combine path operation – it also has Trim, Intersect, Exclude, and Fuse. Claims to run all the proprietary graphics formats, including those by Adobe – and is planning to export to them as well. Inkscape isn’t libre enough for you? Try sk1, built by the late Ihor Novikov. SK1 Vector Graphics Editor: Inkscape Lite, with a few surprises. Mesh fill and Boolean operations too! Startup screen has templates for social media and print. Inkscape 1.1 is fast! Allows use of Adobe or Corel keyboard shortcuts, now supports JPEG export, UI is friendlier. Inkscape: The OG vector alternative, but supercharged.įree and open (it’s Inkscape) desktop app (Note: the MagicCut tool crops pretty nicely.)įree (well, I thought Spark was free) phone app for quick design, by The People Who Brought You Everything. Handles smart objects / mockups, opens anything (including AI), exports without fuss. The only real free alternative to Photoshop, and it’s browser-only. (Haven’t tried it yet, not sure what to use it on.)įree, browser-based no sign-in required. If you need to build a massive photo-mosaic based on a target image, just line up your hundreds of photos and throw them at this thing. ![]() Weird standalone app for large photomosaics by Steve Dodge, respect to him. Photility Picture Medley: photo mosaic wizardįree desktop app (Windows, Macs need a workaround) no sign-in required (Check his work at behance.net/tsevis.) The free trial doesn’t expire, but exported images are watermarked. Handles video too? This is what the Queen’s Gambit Behance guy uses for his complex mosaic art. ![]() Synthetik Studio Artist – AI-boosted graphicsĪI-powered art, very similar to what Adobe promised with their Sensei engine: mosaics, realistic brushes, etc. How am I only seeing this now, with so much focus on marketing (fancy Webflow site, but spelling errors…) I’d try it if I could. And you can edit vector nodes of live text? Looks as heavy as Affinity, and it’s free! (For now? They say they are evaluating their marketing.) Um, Mac only though. Wait – this app has a built-in timelapse tool. Vectornator: a challenger to Illustrator, for free… for Macs.įull desktop app, free(?!), account required, Mac only. Please note: not listing obvious ones – these lists are for things I keep forgetting. Sort-of ordered by relevance, with my go-to tools at the top. A quite comprehensive list of design resources and tools I use or intend to use, or don’t want to forget in case someday I might want to think of using… or they just looked nice.
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