Graphics Design

[user4fun]

What is the the best software for designing graphics? Price is not a big issue but I would like it to be reasinable. If there is a free one, then that would be great!

[thescientist]

Photoshop is the at the top of the list.

[anarchojoseph]

The best free photo editing software would be GIMP

[Battou]

Wile Photoshop CS4 or CS5 is your best bet, I however some time ago assemble this list of free ware for a site I work on:

For those who can not afford Photoshop and the like I've assembled this list of free downloadable programs for users to try. Some of them are oriented more towards basic family photoalbum photography and are not on par with photoshop but most of them will get the job done.PhotoScape 3.4 http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/download.php

• Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
• It supports RAW, as well as all other major image formats from JPEG and PNG to animated GIFs
• C-Net staff rated - 4/5
• Average user rating - 4/5

GIMP 2.6.7http://www.gimp.org/downloads/

• Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, Mac OS X 10.6 Intel
• Supports common image formats--JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, and others
• C-Net staff rated - 5/5
• Average user rateing - 4/5

Picasa 3.5 http://picasa.google.com/

• Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
• Supports JPEG, GIF, BMP, PSD, and movie files and is compatible with most digital cameras
• C-Net staff rated - 5/5
• Average user rating - 4/5

Paint.NET 3.5.1http://www.getpaint.net/

• Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows XP
• Supports common image formats--JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, and others--but not high-resolution RAW files.
• C-Net staff rated - 5/5
• Average user rating - 4/5

IrfanView 4.25http://www.irfanview.com/

• Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows NT, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
• Supports many file formats and has plug-in support for most image, video, and sound formats, including MP3, AVI, audio CD, and WMA.
• C-Net staff rated - 4/5
• Average user rating - 4/5

FastStone Image Viewer 4.0http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDownload.htm

• Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
• It supports all major graphic formats including BMP, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, PNG, PCX, TIFF, WMF, ICO and TGA.
• C-Net staff rated - 5/5
• Average user rating - 4.5/5

Photo Pos Pro 1.76http://www.photopos.com/Photo-Pos-Pro-Image-Editor.asp

• Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 98
• Supports many image file types including transparent GIF's and PNG's.
• C-Net staff rated - 4/5
• Average user rating - 3/5