In our final post in our ‘Must-Have’ trilogy, we’re going to look at online tools and services for graphic designers.
Other articles in the series:
Photo and Image Search
Cyclo.ps
Cyclo.ps lets you can search 8 of the top stock and royalty-free photo sites: BigStockPhoto, Cutcaster, Flickr, Fotolia, Photos.com, Shutterstock, stock.xchng, and stockvault.
Compfight
Search Flickr photos easily with Compfight. It returns about 300 results in a very easy to navigate site. You can also filter results to show only photos with Commercial licenses.
EveryStockPhoto
EveryStockPhoto lets you search stock photos from other sources and filter by size, orientation, resolution, license and more.
Icons
IconFinder
Iconfinder lets you search through tons of icons from many free icon sets. You can search by term, tag, icon size or license.
Image Editing Tools
Sumo
Even though it was included in our earlier freelancer tools list, Sumo is one darn impressive online editing app. You may even forget that you’re not using Photoshop.
Aviary Suite
This list wouldn’t be complete without mentioning the graphic and image tools from Aviary:
- Phoenix (Image Editor)
- Toucan (Color Editor)
- Peacock (Effects Editor)
- Raven (Vector Editor)
- Falcon and Talon (Image Markup)
Vector Magic
Convert raster-based images (JPG, GIF, PNG) to scalable vector formats: EPS, SVG or PDF.
Resize Magic
Resize your images easily in 3 simple steps. Very useful for resizing pictures quickly.
Generators
Ajaxload
Generate AJAX loading animations with this simple online tool. There are tons of different styles and colors to choose from and customize your animation.
Font Generator
Create OpenType fonts based on your own handwriting. You can use the fonts on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.
You can test it free online, but to actually get the working font, it’ll cost you $9.95. Not a bad price.
ColourLovers
Find, create and share color schemes and palettes as well as patterns. You can export your palettes to Photoshop and GIMP.
3D-Box Maker
Create product boxes, CD and DVD cases, and books with this simple online tool.
Provide the images in JPG, GIF or PNG and the app does the rest. You can even drag and rotate to get the right angle/perspective on your image.
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3 Comments to '16 Must-Have Online Tools For Graphic Designers'
July 17th, 2009
Thank You! Great post, had no idea these were out there.
July 25th, 2009
@Kevin Althaus – No problem. I’m glad you found ‘em useful. I’m just helping spread the word.
December 12th, 2009
These are freakin’ BEYOND awesome. Props for the heads-up!!
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