My favorite business
Listed below are my favorite business tools for graphic design and web design. Some are absolutely free. These tools are really handy for getting the job done.
Design tools
Adobe Creative Cloud
Photoshop - Used for product mock ups, photo editing
Illustrator - Used for logo design, printed marketing materials such as brochures, package design, all graphic design.
Premiere Pro - Used for video editing tutorials. Extensive editing software.
Adobe Creative Cloud is an extensive suite of tools. Adobe is the industry standard when it comes to design. Most apps are $9.99 to use per month. There is a 30 day trial available. The whole suite looks like it is currently $52.99 per month.
Web Apps
Adobe Color CC - Cool mobile app to help you choose colours.
Stock Image websites
Unsplash - Free for commercial use images
Pixabay - Free for commercial use
Pexels - Free for commercial use
Gratisography - Free for commercial use
Creative market - Beautiful, creative graphics, images, fonts and more.
Design Cuts - Graphics, images, fonts and more
Fonts
Google Fonts - Free
Font Squirrel - Free
DaFont - Free & paid
Website Essentials
- Best content management system for web design
Green Geeks Hosting - Amazing host service 24/7
Email marketing
Mailchimp - Free up to 2000 subscribers, then you need a paid plan.
Invoicing
PayPal - Integrates easily with
Square Payment - Alternative payment invoice
Video
OBS screencasting - Free to use
Printing
Vistaprint - A wide selection of top notch marketing materials. Business cards, flyers, stickers. Frequent discounts.
File storage
Dropbox - Used for website backup files. Free up to 2GB
Disclosure - I recommend products that I have personally loved and used myself. Some of the links above are affiliate links. They will not cost extra to use. I will gain a small fee for recommending the product. If you found any of this helpful and were considering the product anyways, I'd really appreciate it.