Hello there Sea Changers. Welcome back to my series of program lists to assist those of you looking to work with the online world with my 10 best online graphic design tools to add some pics to your posts with this year. And of course, as with anything to do with software, there are a lot of options to choose from.

Hence, choosing which one is the best for your needs can be quite a daunting process. So to assist you here is a list of the 10 best online graphic design tool options that I have found. Let’s check them out.

Before we start however, let’s have a look at what I mean by the term ‘graphic design tool’ and how it can assist you with your online endeavours.

What are online graphic design tools?

As they say, a picture paints a thousand words and in this digital age, the addition of images to any online presentation or blog post is an essential part of any marketing or SEO process as well as a means of keeping people engaged on your site. This can include the use of images for :

• Creating quality presentations
• Sharing product launches
• Product demonstrations and instructions
• Marketing campaigns
• Online courses etc.
• Any number of other marketing needs.

And in order to develop and edit these images, you will generally need a good graphic editing software suite that will take all of the images, animations, motion graphics, text, colours, CTAs and so on and create you an end product.

Hence, in order to manage all of that, you will need software that can manage some or all of the:

• Edit and manipulate images
• Create projects, pages, presentations etc.
• Build logos or icons
• UI designs
• Vector imaging
• And so on

Many graphic editing platforms also allow marketers to upload directly to social media platforms such as FaceBook, Instagram and YouTube as well.

10 best graphic design platforms

Ok, so keeping the above in mind, let’s now have a look at the 10 programs I have found and run through them by looking at:

• What they offer
• Features
• Pricing

And for those of you working within the affiliate marketing space I will highlight program details too.

1. Canva

Let’s start with one of the most well-known and popular options in Canva. The platform offers a great free option for those looking to create graphics for a huge number of options including:

This is a great platform for those looking to manage all aspects of their graphic design requirements with most of the above options available within the free version. For those looking for more advanced options, the paid versions also

• 100+ million premium stock photos, videos, audio and graphics
• 610,000+ premium and free templates with new designs daily
• Easily save and apply your brand or campaign’s colors, logos, and fonts with up to 100 Brand Kits
• Remove image backgrounds instantly with Background Remover
• Resize designs infinitely with Magic Resize
• Save designs as templates for your team to use
• 100GB of cloud storage
• Schedule social media content to 8 platforms

Pricing

As above, one of the main reasons for the huge popularity of Canva is its extensive free version. However, as with most programs of this type, subscriptions are available for greater access to advanced functionality based on the type of company and number of ‘seats’ required. The base Canva pricing is as follows:

Affiliate program

The Canva affiliate program pays up to $36 per each new Canva Pro subscription signup. Application is via the website.

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2. Affinity Designer

Affinity Designer forms part of a three part set (along with Affinity Photo and Publisher) that promotes itself on its website as “setting the new industry standard in the world of design”. It is available on all platforms for the creation of:

• Concept art
• Print projects
• Logos
• Icons
• UI designs
• Mock-ups
• And more

And as above, It is part of a set of three programs that allows for these graphics to be used in books, magazines, marketing materials, social media templates and website mock-ups etc.

Pricing

From what I can tell, there is no free trial option as such however there is a 14-day money back guarantee on all purchases with pricing as follows:

Affiliate program

I was unable to locate any affiliate program information for this platform.

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3. Sketch

Sketch is another comprehensive graphic design program offering “all the tools you need for a truly collaborative design process”. It offers all of the graphic design tools of any professional platform as well as the ability to:

• Prototype
• Collaborate in real time
• Manage projects in Workspaces

Designed for the MAC OS, there is also access to specialised Mac apps for desktop and iPad as well.

Pricing

Sketch offers a 30-day full function trial then pricing as follows:

Affiliate program

I was unable to locate any affiliate program information for this platform.

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4. Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop is my first inclusion from the Adobe suite of products and an extremely popular and well-known photo editing and graphic design program. It has long been considered cutting edge, especially when is comes to image editing and design with a complete range of features including:

• Social post creation
• Photo retouching, remixing and editing
• Banners
• Website pages
• Poster and print ad design
• Virtual background and graphic creation

This list really doesn’t do the power of the program justice with added functionality to meet just about any image manipulation need you can imagine.

Pricing

Adobe offers Photoshop as a 7-day free trial with full features and up to 100Gb cloud storage. Ongoing costs are as follows:

Affiliate program

Adobe offers a range of affiliate opportunities for products such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Stock and Adobe Document Cloud — including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Application is via the website.

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5. Adobe Illustrator

Our next site, Adobe Illustrator, is another that forms part of the Adobe suite of graphic based products. The Illustrator platform, as with most others here, offers a rich range of ‘industry standard’ features for those looking to create and edit graphics including:

• Logo Design
• Typography font design
• Hand lettering design
• Icon design
• Infographic design
• Banner design
• Chart design
• Wallpaper maker

It will also integrate with Adobe Premier Rush for seamless social media integration as well as the ability to bundle with other products such as:

• Creative Cloud
• Premier
• Lightroom
• Photoshop
• Adobe Stock
• After Effects
• And more

Pricing

After a 7-Day free trial, Adobe Illustrator offers the following pricing options:

There is also the ability to set up bundle offers with other products as well.

Affiliate Program

Adobe offers a range of affiliate opportunities for products such as Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Stock and Adobe Document Cloud — including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Application is via the website.

6. CorelDRAW

CorelDRAW offers a number of variations based on your graphic design needs starting with all in one design layout to manage graphics, layout, illustration, tracing, photo editing, web images and art along with a range of intuitive tools including:

• Vector illustration
• Page layouts for brochures, multi-page documents
• Typography
• Web graphics
• Object management
• Creative templates
• And so much more

And again, as is common with many of these platforms from these larger software houses, there is also the opportunity to integrate with other parallel platforms such as:

• MotionStudio 3D
• CorelCAD

Pricing

After a 15-day free trial that gives full access to all of the features, CorelDRAW offers the following pricing options:

Affiliate Program

The Corel affiliate program pays commissions starting at 10% on sales generated – Application is via CJ Affiliates.

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7. Vecteezy

With a mission to “help designers worldwide make their best work”, Vecteezy aims “to provide designers with the resources they need to do their best work, wherever they are in the creative process”. They offer a comprehensive range of free photos, vectors and videos for all use needs.

Their pro version includes the above plus:

• Unlimited photo, vector, & video downloads
• Exclusive access to bundles
• Full commercial rights
• Vecteezy editor access
• No attribution required
• Priority Support
• Faster Downloads & No ad

This is a great suite for those getting started on their sites etc. and need some high quality graphics to help get them going.

Pricing

As above, Vecteezy offers a great free version with enhanced requirements available within the following pricing options:

Affiliate Program

Vecteezy offers a 30% commission on all Vecteezy Pro subscriber accounts. Application is via the Impact.

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8. Gravit Designer Pro

Gravit Designer Pro is another all encompassing graphic design suite with a complete set of features to rival any other program in this list. This range is way to many to list here but does include:

• Touch interface
• Cloud integration
• Advanced Vector editing
• Smart shapes
• Live Boolean Operations
• Object styling
• Fills
• Borders
• Sophisticated vector path manipulation
• Powerful vector manipulation
• Live Corners
• Object Transformations and Distribution
• Grids, Guides, Snapping and other Layout helpers
• Image editing
• Object clipping

And there is so much more as well – all accessible from a “streamlined interface that helps you accomplish more in less time”.

Pricing

Gravit offers their Designer module for free with the Pro upgrade pricing as follows:

Affiliate Program

From what I can tell, Gravit does not offer an affiliate program.

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9. Vectr

For those working on a budget, Vectr is a “simple yet powerful Free graphics editor that lets you design/edit vector graphics like a pro”. Designed to remove the steep learning curve, it provides access to all the basic graphic design and vector management tools needed to create:

• Logos
• Marketing pages
• Edited images
• CTAs
• and so on

This is a great option for those looking to do the basics without having to outlay any cash.

Pricing

Free

Affiliate Program

N/A.

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10. Placeit

And finally we finish up with Placeit. This site is a great option for those working within social media with a massive range of templates and video intros/exits such as:

• YouTube intro and exit videos
• Social Media templates
• Gaming logos and streaming templates
• Podcast headers
• Twitch templates

As well as:

• Mockups
• Logos
• Apparel prints and designs
• Slide shows

And to be honest, each of those has so many options underneath that this list really doesn’t do them justice.

Pricing

Placeit offers free access to most of the above in “a create once and download” type scenario (I used it this way for my YouTube channel) however if you need to save and edit, then pricing is as follows:

Affiliate Program

The Placeit affiliate program offers the following:

• $20 per monthly subscriber referred
• $50 per annual subscriber referred
• 50% of one time transactions.

Application is via Impact

Conclusion

So… There are 10 best graphic design software platforms to add some pics to your posts with this year. I hope it has been helpful for you and as usual, please do not hesitate to comment below if you have any questions, need some advice or have any experiences to share. Oh, and especially comment if you have any experience with these, or any other platforms as well.

Until next time

Have fun

Paul

Note: If you make a purchase from this page, there is a very good chance that I make a commission from it – these commissions do not increase your sale price. This may include sales made via wealthy affiliate or any of the graphic design programs listed above.

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