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[Danosaur]

Hey all,

I am a big fan of Photoshp and use it for pretty much all the fliers and print work I make...however, there are some wicked online and open source graphic editor programs out there for those on a low budge or not willing to torrent and pirate stuff.

Thought I would share this with the shizz familia...

Aviary Rules - this is a free online phot and graphic editor...it uses flash and ajax to power the stuff. works pretty good for on the fly graphic design

Inkscape - this program flat out rules. I love it almost more than Adobe Illustrator...almost...

GiMP - like photoshop and in some ways better and more intuitive...

if anyone knows of any others please add them here...i am always looking for free and open source alternatives to ADOBE's dark kingdom of overpriced software.

werd.

danosaur

[jeremx]

i had to use GIMP earlier to fix a customer's corrupted favicon .ico file. worked like a charm.

[skeksis]

imageJ - http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/

open source java application that does most everything that photoshop does... designed & implemented by scientists for scientists, which means you get more out of it if you know a little java and the mechanics behind the routines.

[Jacki O.]

i use photoshop but only because i have free access to it. but those other progs sound interesante

[differently biotic]

i had to use GIMP earlier to fix a customer's corrupted favicon .ico file. worked like a charm.

i'm runnun' ubuntu. I have GIMP on mine. I have only used it once but it's pretty effing nice.

[TPStank]

if anyone knows of any others please add them here...i am always looking for free and open source alternatives to ADOBE's dark kingdom of overpriced software.

Check the "Web Tools" category.

http://www.azpunk.co...cles/detail/734

[TPStank]

This thread inspired me to make a list of some awesome free resources for any local band to use. Thanks Danosaur for pointing out Aviary. That shit is gold.

http://www.azpunk.co...les/detail/1846

[Rial]

cool list dude, great resource page, I like what is happening on your site.

[TPStank]

Thanks bro. Still trying to get Chris motivated to get comments and a new calendar programmed in, but luckily there's always stuff to write about. If anyone's interested in writing an article for AZPunk about whatever interests, hit me up.

tpstank@azpunk.com

[Danosaur]

Thanks bro. Still trying to get Chris motivated to get comments and a new calendar programmed in, but luckily there's always stuff to write about. If anyone's interested in writing an article for AZPunk about whatever interests, hit me up.

tpstank@azpunk.com

dude...i too like the look of the site...did you all base it with joomla or drupal? It has that CMS feel and organization that I dig...CSS forever...

oh and thanks for the mention about Aviary...Its funny becuase I used Stumblr and just happend to stumble upon that site one day when looking at another art site that i love called deviantart.com

[TPStank]

Nah man, we created that thing from the ground up. Only thing I used was the 960 grid system to help with the layout.

[Danosaur]

Nah man, we created that thing from the ground up. Only thing I used was the 960 grid system to help with the layout.

right on...thats awesome....

[bisbee slim]

thanks for posting this dan. that aviary site is rad.
my flyers are going to be rad now.
today is rad.

[Danosaur]

ok one more...this one is awesome and recently aquried by Google so it may become even more awesome.

http://www.picnik.com/