Back when I was a devout Mac user, I purchased all the software necessary to have fun creating graphics, do page layouts, and edit documents. You can imagine the cost was high. But I learned enough to put my new skills to task, and for many years, I worked in editing and production jobs for several different publications.
Then one day, one of the companies that employed me as a freelancer decided to go PC, which meant I'd have to acquire different skills to keep the job. The learning curve wasn’t a problem, but as an independent contractor, I had numerous assignments that had to be done at home. That meant a new computer and all new (costly) software.
Time passes; I’ve moved away from the gainfully employed world and morphed into a full time writer. From time to time, as it happens to every user of technology, I have to replace equipment.
A couple of months ago, my aging (only three years old but full of fragments of junk accumulated over those three years) laptop decided to develop a mind of its own. Crashes, slow response, programs refusing to work, that kind of thing.
So it was off to the marketplace for a new laptop.
 Image via Wikipedia |
| A screenshot from the vector graphics editor Inkscape |
That’s when I started searching for an alternate choice and that’s when I found Inkscape and Gimp.
Inkscape is a super piece of vector graphics software similar to Adobe Illustrator, except it’s FREE.
Gimp is a free image manipulation software similar to Adobe Photoshop, except it’s FREE.
If you’re in need of either kind of software, try these out before spending big bucks on the other products.
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