5 Best Graphic Design Applications

 A Graphic Designer is needed in business. Whether it's startups, multinational companies, and also MSME businesses. Many aspects of business require graphic design. For example, social media content, advertisements, business cards, brochures, menus, banners, packaging, and much more. So you don't get confused, here are recommendations for the 5 most popular graphic design applications that we can use for our designs.

1. Adobe Photoshop

One of the best application in graphic design. This application is very familiar to many people. According to Adobe's official website, more than 90% of professional creatives around the world use this application. Photoshop is bitmap-based software. This application can be used not only for editing photos, combining digital art, changing backgrounds, and creating graphic designs and others. Adobe Photoshop can be used on Windows as well as Mac operating systems.

2. Adobe Illustrator

The next graphic design application is Adobe Illustrator (Ai). Adobe Illustrator is a design application focused on vector designs. You can create many works with Ai, for example, website layout mockups, logos, icons, typography, illustrations, posters, and other vector designs. This application can be used on Windows, Mac, and iPad

3. Inkscape

Inkscape is a vector-based graphic design application. This application is suitable for creating logos, illustrations and other works of art. This application can be used on Windows, Mac, and also Linux. On their official website, they provide various tutorials using Inkscape. Starting from the basics to the tips and tricks in using this application. So if you are still a beginner and just learning, you can really try this one application.

4. Adobe InDesign

Applications commonly used to design layouts or layouts for print or digital media. This application is commonly used by creative workers in the publication industry. We can customize the layout to create books, magazines, eBooks, posters, interactive PDFs, and more. The design results created can be imported in various formats. For example, JPG, PDF, docs, psd and more. This application can be used on Windows as well as Mac.

5. CorelDRAW Graphics Suite

Vector-based graphic design applications can make logos, posters, brochures, and even wedding invitations. We can make any vector-based design with this application. Because the basis is vector, the design will not break even if it is enlarged. We can export or import files as needed. For example, Ai, PSD, PDF, JPG, PNG, SVG, DWG, and others. The CorelDRAW application can be used on Windows, Mac and iPad.