Graphics software for...

[cj66]

...icons, infographics, slides etc. for presentations and social media.

It seems to have fallen upon me to help out one of the big bairns with the creation of the aforementioned. ( He's seen the sales presentations I used to do. )

I've been using Word/Publisher2016 and PhotoscapeX thus far, with decent results but it's a little long winded to get good results. As far as PowerPoint is concerned, I seem to get better results with the former, probably because of far greater familiarity developed in the interim years.

I was looking at things like Adobe Illustrator but have a pet hate for subscription software.

What's good out there, freeware or single purchase, that will give slick results more quickly and to a higher standard?

 

[garyi]

Affinity – Professional Creative Softwareaffinity.serif.com › en-gb

Please don't use word to create logos, I am shivering thinking about it

 

[Burrells Boy]

I use illustrator but the best free alternative I’ve seen is Inkscape with gimp the alternative for photoshop. Hope that helps.

 

[cj66]

All look like decent tools, many thanks folks.

@garyi

Noooooooo, I've only made a couple of simple logos with an online service and then tweaked in PhotoscapeX...

 

[JimR]

I use Inkscape to draw sketch maps for my walking website. Bit of a learning curve, but does all I need.

Jim.

 

[MJS]

draw.io is great for diagramming and incredibly easy to use.