Layout & Design
When you are working on your latest project, there are many tools that can improve the process to allow your creativity to flow. From simple graphic conversion utilities and image viewers to commercial software packages, our list of Layout & Design software is a good starting place for helping you create a masterpiece.
Windows
- Adobe
All the Adobe products including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign are very powerful. Simply put, this is what the pros use.
- Adobe PDF Jobready
PDF Jobready is provided by Any Budget printing free! This utility will let you send a PDF file to us simply by printing from ANY program! This is the most simple way to create PDF files and send them.
- EZ-Pix
EZ-Pix is a complete image browsing solution. It offers thumbnail display, printing and exporting, ability to assign text descriptions to images, and support for all common image formats, such as jpg, gif, Animated GIF, bmp, png, tif etc.
- GIMP
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.
This is a free alternitave to Adobe Photoshop.
- Inkscape
Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
- MegaView
MegaView comes from the same people that made Ez-Pix. It features enhanced multimedia and file management capabilities.
- Paint Shop Pro
Paint Shop Pro is a critically-acclaimed graphics editor for the PC. It works with over 40 different file formats and comes with a wide range of tools and filters to achieve the look you want.
Macintosh
- Adobe
All the Adobe products including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign are very powerful. Simply put, this is what the pros use.
- GIMPGIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.
This is a free alternitave to Adobe Photoshop.
- GraphicConverter
GraphicConverter converts pictures to different formats and provides many other graphic manipulation and enhancement features.
- Inkscape
Inkscape is an Open Source (free) vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, Freehand, CorelDraw, or Xara X using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
- iPhoto
iPhoto allows you to import photos from your digital camera, perform basic enhancements and corrections, and easily organize and archive them on your computer. You can also send your digital photos out for processing, or even order a hardbound book of your favorites.

