ART APPS & TECH

BEST FREE SOFTWARE REPLACEMENTS - Just type in the software you want to replace.

1. PHOTOPEA - works great for anyone with a knowledge of Photoshop & good internet. Useful for photography classes and digital art projects. Works in the browser. No download needed.

2. FIRE ALPACA - kids like it for digital drawing, painting, and animation and the results are good. Hard to use for those things without a graphics tablet. Needs to be downloaded

3. KRITA - have not used this personally since I have Photoshop, but the students really like it for digital painting. Needs a download. Again, a graphics tablet helps.

4. GIMP - has been around a long time and some people love it.

PHOTOGRAPHY -free by the big boys of digital software:

5. Adobe LIGHTROOM app - for phones and tablets it is free with some of the functions locked unless you buy the full version. Good.

6. Adobe PHOTOSHOP EXPRESS - photo editing and collage making. Free for phones and tablets. It says it can be used on Windows desktops but I have not tried it yet because I have full Photoshop on my computers.

PROCREATE - is the most powerful and intuitive digital illustration app available for iPad. It's packed with features artists love, and it's an iPad exclusive.

CANVA - Our intuitive, drag-and-drop tools make visual communication easy, so students can spend more time interacting and responding effectively to their learning. Canva is optimized for Chromebook and fully cross-platform.

SKTCHY - The Sktchy iPhone app is a portrait artist’s dream come true. Join to share your art, connect with fellow artists around the world, find and save inspiring reference photos and participate in our weekly Portrait Party.

ESSENTIAL SKELETON 4 - allows users to investigate and fly through a 3D rendering of the human skeleton.