Create Hip Graphics Without Photoshop

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Do you like creative control? Do you wish you could create graphics like you see on Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook and websites you love? The good news is that YOU can.

And you can do it without the high cost and steep learning curve of Photoshop . We LOVE and use Photoshop daily, but we understand that it’s not the best and easiest option for most.

Therefore, we’d like to introduce you to… Canva and PicMonkey!

canva

Canva makes design incredibly easy with drag and drop tools and a HUGE library of fonts, photographs and graphic elements at your fingertips. You can check it out here.

Canva gives you everything you need to easily turn ideas into stunning designs. Create designs for Web or print: blog graphics, presentations, Facebook covers, flyers, posters, invitations and so much more.

Canva’s blog is also one of our favorites because they provide clear and valuable tutorials on design elements, color palettes, blogging, social media, self-publishing and more.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/06/17/4978019/building-your-business-social.html#.U6EKn6hfmOU#storylink=cpy
Canva makes graphic design amazingly simple for everyone, by bringing together a drag-and-drop design tool with a library of more than 1 million stock photographs, graphic elements and fonts. – See more at: http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/canva#sthash.sUr2Wlkq.dpuf
Canva makes graphic design amazingly simple for everyone, by bringing together a drag-and-drop design tool with a library of more than 1 million stock photographs, graphic elements and fonts. – See more at: http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/canva#sthash.sUr2Wlkq.dpuf
Canva makes graphic design amazingly simple for everyone, by bringing together a drag-and-drop design tool with a library of more than 1 million stock photographs, graphic elements and fonts. – See more at: http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/canva#sthash.sUr2Wlkq.dpuf

picmonkey

PicMonkey is a photo editing tool from the original creators of Piknik.  Its ease of use and range of graphic design options, including photo editing, touch up, collage and social media covers make it worth checking out.

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/06/17/4978019/building-your-business-social.html#.U6EKn6hfmOU#storylink=cpy

From the PicMonkey people…

PicMonkey makes creative tools for photo editing and graphic design because we want you to rock the universe. We want your images to show your creativity, your style, your spot-on brilliance.

When we have clients who want some creative input into their websites or social media platforms, we put these tools into their hands and watch them soar as they create graphics and images we love.

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