Graphic design alternatives to Canva you need to try

Key quotes:

• "Canva is a free tool that allows you to create beautiful designs by just dragging and dropping objects."
• "They also claim to have over 20,000 professionally designed templates (10,000 free) and over 1.2 million images in their library."
• "Piktochart: There was a time when I used to drool over the cool infographics published by the big brands and fantasize about the day when I’ll master Photoshop and dish out similar stuff… But as you have guessed it right, that never happened."
• "Piktochart allows ANYONE to create professional looking infographics by just using drag and drop."
• "Placeit will instantly create a downloadable image that you can use in your presentation."
• "Pixlr: All that graphic design jazz is fine, but what if you need to make some corrections like cropping, color correction to your images."

Key quotes:

• "Use it for: DTG, Cut&Sew, Poster & Canvas printing, Sublimation, UV printing, Photo editing, Social media graphics This might be the Swiss army knife of free alternatives to Photoshop ."
• "All in all, it’s the perfect software for both Photoshop users and total graphic design newcomers."
• "Use it for: DTG, Cut&Sew, Poster & Canvas printing, Sublimation, UV printing, Photo editing No list of free Photoshop alternatives would be complete without Gimp."
• "Use it for: DTG, Cut&Sew, Poster & Canvas printing, Sublimation, UV printing, Photo editing Krita is the only raster graphic software on the list suited for creating seamless all-over print patterns."
• "Use it for: DTG, Cut&Sew, Embroidery, Poster & Canvas printing, Sublimation, UV printing If you want to take things to the next level, I suggest checking out vector editing software."
• "Use it for: Social media graphics, Poster & Canvas printing might not be the most obvious choice of Photoshop alternatives , yet it’s a useful platform for any designer."

Key quotes:

• "You’re an entrepreneur, and you want to give your online image a little graphical style, knowing that eye-catching designs are important to drive traffic and hook people’s interest."
• "What follows is a list of seven of the best online design resources to help you create professional looking graphics for your blog, email campaign, presentations, and website — minus (most of) the hassle."
• "When you need a quick product mock-up or fantastic presentation template for PowerPoint or Google slides, but you’re out of time and on a budget, GraphicRiver could help."
• "Browse through or search thousands of professionally designed templates and you’ll find almost anything you need."
• "Finding images suitable for your needs is simple with a Google image search — but not all images are created equal, and the best ones are often not free to use."
• "Firstly, choose the app that suits the task at hand: Canva covers most graphic design elements, whereas Piktochart does infographics well."

Key quotes:

• "I’ve spent the last few weeks testing their new look and features and it’s been really exciting! While there are numerous new features to choose from, this article talks about 3 of my favourite that are perfect for what I do: creating great social media graphics for my clients and my own brand."
• "(Please note, some of these features are only available on the Canva for Work plan, but in my opinion, completely worth the minimal monthly fee) As someone who found Canva by searching for ‘Photoshop’ alternatives nearly 4 years ago, I can’t tell you how much time it’s helped me save."
• "What used to take me hours, sometimes days, now takes me much less time and it shows in the social media graphics and promotional materials I create for my clients, so it’s no surprise I was thrilled to be a Canva Certified Creative."

Key quotes:

• "But there are gaps in what it can deliver which is why I’m also using Easil for easy text shadow, metallic fonts and much more."
• "To use it, each letter is an individual element that you place in the design to create a word."
• "Like Canva, Easil offers a text mask option, but it is not limited to a single letter style."
• "With Easil, you select your font, type in the word or phrase you want to use, then click on the edit mask icon in the top menu."
• "Like Canva, Easil makes it easy to select and change colors using Hex codes."
• "Easil comes with a couple of extra features that make designing with color a lot easier than Canva."