Use it for: Social media graphics
Pablo by Buffer is a great starting point for a social media and graphic design newbie—it’s completely free! The program lets you post your creations straight to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram. Feel free to play around with Pablo’s design options, but remember that it’s not meant for making print designs!
Price: Free
Platforms: Online Browser, also available as Google Chrome extension
File format: PNG
Use it for: Social media and marketing content, photo editing, basic video editing
For creatives who want a Photoshop alternative that caters directly to social media lovers and, even better, fits right in your pocket, Instasize is a popular choice. It has all the basic features you need to polish raw photos, and a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to scroll through and apply every option.
Price: Free
Platforms: Android, iOS
File format: PNG, JPEG, MOV, MP4, HEVC, HEIF
Color space: RGB, Display P3
Use it for: Social media and marketing content, photo editing
From simple tasks and editing images to creating artwork from scratch and even designing your own business cards—Photo Pos Pro is the ultimate tool for your marketing campaigns and beautiful social media posts. And all photographers out there will be glad to hear that the editor supports RAW files as well.
Price: Free
Platforms: Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10, MAC with Windows Apps emulator installed
File format: JPG, BMP, PSD, GIF, RAW
Color space: RGB
Use it for: Social media and marketing content, photo editing
PIXLR was created to make design easy and accessible to everyone regardless of experience. The tool provides a variety of ways for users to edit images. You can dive into deep photo editing sessions or just quickly add some simple filters or stickers to spice up your designs. Discover more opportunities with PIXLR by creating marketing banners, posters, or greeting cards for your business partners.
Price: Free
Platforms: Browser
File format: JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF
Color space: RGB
If you’re looking for a software for creating print designs, look no further than Gimp or InkScape. Check out Canva for making poster and canva designs.
For editing pictures for your online store and blog, use Canva or Gimp.
To create engaging social media content, it’s best to use Canva, Instasize, PIXLR and Pablo.
The first step is to determine what you want the software to do. When that’s done, choose the programs you want to try out and play around with.
If, however, you want a well-rounded free Photoshop alternative, I’d suggest Photopea—it can be used as a design tool, has a set of social media templates, and has the same adjustment layer and photo editing tool options as Adobe Photoshop.
By now you’re probably either ready to dive into the vast world of photo editing or more confused than ever. If it’s the latter, don’t worry, I’ll be happy to answer any of your questions. And, if you want to be sure about design quality, you can always hire a professional—our designers know what’s best for Yeefu fulfillment. I wish you the best of luck with your creative adventures!
