design tools & resources:
Photopea (photo editor)
Don’t have photoshop? Photopea’s online photo editor lets you edit photos, apply effects, filters, add text, crop or resize pictures. Do online photo editing in your browser for free!
Canva (all-in-one design tool)
Simple to use in the browser, with no downloads required, Canva is a surprisingly powerful and flexible graphic design tool. For people and teams wanting to design absolutely anything, from logos and social media content to documents, prints, and more. Tons of free templates, photos, and fonts to bring your vision to life.
inkscape (vector graphics)
Created by a non-profit organization, Inkscape is a professional quality vector graphics software that runs on Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux. It’s open-source and free to download.
pixlr (photo editor, animation, design)
Pixlr is the No 1 in photo editing and design tools. Edit photos and create stunning designs right in your browser, on your phone, or desktop for free. Start from an empty canvas, a photo, a video or select one of our professionally crafted templates.
remove.bg (image background remover)
Remove image backgrounds 100% automatically and free.
Font Squirrel (Fonts)
Font Squirrel scours the internet for high quality, legitimately free fonts. Download thousands of completely legal, high quality, free fonts.
vistaCreate (social media visual content creator)
Make your designs as unique as your business. Online graphic design doesn’t have to be complicated. Start by exploring VistaCreate’s curated collection of trendy templates selected for you by professional designers. Create eye-catching visual content for social media in minutes.
freepik (design resources, templates)
The best free, high-quality graphic resources for everyone. Find free Vectors, Stock Photos and PSD’s.
Jitter (Animation, video)
Motion design, made simple. Animate your designs easily. Export your creations as videos or GIFs. All in your browser.
magic eraser (photo object remover)
Remove unwanted things from images in seconds. Upload an image, mark the bit you need removed, download the fixed up image. Free to use. No signup required.
vecteezy (design resources, templates)
Choose from over a million free vectors, clipart graphics, vector art images, design templates, and illustrations created by artists worldwide!
reshot (Icons, Illustrations, Photos)
Free icons, illustrations & photos. Design freely with instant downloads and commercial licenses. No cost. No attribution. No worries.
Google Fonts (fonts)
Making the web more beautiful, and fast through great free open source typography.
Mockup World (mockup & templates)
The original biggest Source of free photo-realistic Mockups online.
logo to use (free logos)
The internet’s source of free logos. Download any logo in LogoToUse and do whatever you want with them. This is the place to showcase more than 120+ million logos that are already designed worldwide and are archived!
cleanup pictures (image retoucher, object remover)
Remove any unwanted object, defect, people, or text from your pictures in seconds - free.
Dafont (Fonts)
DaFont is an enormous archive of freely downloadable fonts. Browse by alphabetical listing, by style, by author or by popularity.
flaticon (icons)
3,874,500+ Free vector icons in SVG, PSD, PNG, EPS format or as ICON FONT. Thousands of free icons in the largest database of free vector icons!
unblast (mockups, fonts, templates, graphics, more!)
Selection of fine and free design resources made by the world’s best designers. Unblast selects the best of the best, therefore putting at your hands quality resources such as mockups, fonts, templates, graphics and save you tons of searching hours.
unscreen (video background remover)
Remove video backgrounds 100% automatically and free. No need to pick pixels, select colors, paint masks or move paths: Unscreen analyzes your video 100% automatically and generates a high-quality result. Simple, good.
pattern monster (customizable patterns)
A simple, free online pattern generator to create repeatable SVG patterns. Speed up your website without compromising on image quality. Perfect for website backgrounds, apparel, branding, packaging design, and more.
the Noun Project (icons, photos)
Co-founded by Sofya Polyakov, Edward Boatman and Scott Thomas, The Noun Project brings together over two million curated icons, created by a global community and available for use by designers for free.
Shotsnapp (mockups)
Design your own device mockups in seconds. Choose a device, add an image of your design or screenshot, make some changes to the appearances, then download your mockup image. So easy.
piktochart (infographics, presentations)
All-in-one visual storytelling solution. Join 11 million users who design and make infographics, presentations, and videos with just a few clicks.
free illustrations (illustrations, emojis, icons, more!)
All-in-one visual storytelling solution. Join 11 million users who design and make infographics, presentations, and videos with just a few clicks.
font desk (fonts)
Download free fonts for commercial use. Browse thousands of free fonts to download from a unique collection of the best and new typefaces.
How-To:
Video resources to help you quickly learn the basics of using some of our featured free tool and resources.
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