I am no graphic artist nor do I have the skills to do simple graphic designs but nonetheless, I want to be able to do more graphic editing than plain paint brush functionalities. Given that I am no graphics designer and would not be an amateur editor anytime soon, I do not want to spend money on heavyweight graphic applications like Adobe Photoshop.

For people like me I welcome the Inkscape open source vector graphics editor which is free and contain the same features as most drawing applications. Inkscape is no Abode photoshop but this is just right for people like …read more

Smashing Magazine, one of my favorite web sites has a run down on vector based programs. It’s a mix of Windows, Linux and of course Mac programs. Our interest is of course the Mac programs. Illustrator, CorelDraw are still the pinnacle of vector based illustration software but both are also expensive. So for people on a budget, especially in the current financial turmoil we’re facing, cheap alternatives are welcome. Of course cheap should not mean crappy.
The software you should focus on are Inkscape, Ipe, ConceptDraw, Drawit, Jfig, ZeusDraw, Nodebox, Scribus and SK1. All of these offer Mac versions.
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