A presentation at NJCAMA - Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives in in Lambertville, NJ 08530, USA by BadCat Design
Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives
Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Hi, I’m Kel. linkedin.com/in/kelter https://badcat.com
Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives 5 Creative Tools / mostly online… Dribbble uiGraduents Unsplash Photos Gravit Designer Cooolors
Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Dribbble • Design Inspiration and feedback • Connect designers, illustrators, animators with other creatives • Share screenshots of finished or work-inprogress, including videos • Land a gig / Hire a pro / Go to Meetups • Free and Paid Pro versions - $36/yr • https://dribbble.com
Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Unsplash Photos • Beautiful, High Resolution photos • Gifted by a generous community of photgraphers from around the world • Over 700,000 curated photos • Searchable by Categories, Photographers, Tags, Keywords and more… • Free for Commercial Use • https://unsplash.com
Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Gravit Designer • Vector-based Graphics editor • Online or local application • Cross Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux • Access to web and local fonts • Supports CMYK Color / 300dpi • Exports to a wide variety of file formats such as: PDF, PNG, JPG, SVG • Recently (Friday) added a Pro version Currently $70/yr includes Support • https://designer.io
Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Coolors • Super Fast Color Scheme Generator • Create, save and share perfect palettes in seconds! • iOS app and Adobe app available • Pull color schemes from images • Export and Share palettes • Free • https://coolors.co
Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives uiGradients • Color Gradient Playground • Experiment with gradient angles • Copy HEX Colors • Export out CSS code for web development • Download JPG previews • Free • https://uigradients.com
Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Let’s use these things. Check the Design Brief, then… • Go to Dribbble for inspiration • Find photos on Unsplash • Sketch out ideas in Gravit Designer • Refine / Update colors on Coolors • Try some Gradients on uiGradients
Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Condensed Design Brief—To Do LeanyGreeny: Product reLaunch 1. Refresh Image New Photos & Illustrations 2. Design Print Advertisment 3. Create Social Post Image
Demo: Dribbble
Demo: Unsplash
Demo: Gravit Designer
Demo: Coolors
Demo: uiGradients
Free and Low Cost Tools for Creatives Thank You. Slides available: https://slides.com/badcat/njcama2018
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