Frustrated With Graphics Software Programs? Help is Here!

If you have designed websites or produced digital products for online sale, you have more than likely had the need to procure or produce graphics for use on your website, in your sales letters, or in as part of your digital product.

There are many ways to obtain the graphics you need, and most involve spending money.

• You can outsource production to graphics designers.

• You may not get exactly what you want.
• To get quality you will have to pay more.

• You Can use PLR graphics.

• Again you may not find exactly what you want.
• You may have to use a graphics software program to modify and change your graphic.

• If you have a high end graphics program, and can use it well, you can produce your own.

• High end graphics programs cost between $200 to $700 dollars.
• Most while being very good, are also very complicated to learn how to use.
• You may have to continually upgrade to keep up with added features.

• You could use a high end ‘open source’ graphics software program. The 2 top rated programs in this group are free to download and use, they are upgraded and improved constantly still at no charge. The only proviso is that they are , like their commercial counterparts, complicated programs to learn and master. Once you do learn to use them you can do anything you could do with the expensive commercial programs. I use these programs almost daily.

• First is Paint.net, available free at http://www.getpaint.net/ You will want to check for the availability of plugins for many features and be sure the download and add the ones you need. Many online tutorials are available from YouTube and other sources.

• Next is Gimp, strange name, but a very powerful and capable program. Available free at http://www.gimp.org/. This program also utilizes plugins to add special features and many online tutorials are also available.

• There is also a package of 35 very well done videos that will teach you also any function you will need including banners, header graphics, ebook covers, buttons, buy buttons, or almost anything else you can think of. Don’t be fooled by the Low pricetag, this is a very well done package and available at this link Gimp Videos

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