Inkscape vs. Pixlr

I would 100% recommend Inkscape to anyone starting out with graphic design or illustration, as it isn't that difficult to get the hang of on the first day of using it. I am not recommending Inkscape for beginners alone, even experts in the field can use Inkscape professionally as it cuts of the expense of needing to buy a paid graphic design software which provides almost the same features. Inkscape is also great for beginners because it can be treated like a stepping stone to move onto a paid graphic designing software like Adobe Illustrator, so Inkscape can be used to test the waters before making the leap. Inkscape and Illustrator are almost the same so there wont be any difficulty in switching later on.

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If you're in a situation where you're regularly creating content for a website, social media page, or even printed materials, Pixlr is a great option! It allows you to create something simple from scratch (with just a solid background and text) or something more complex (with multiple pictures, layers, fonts, shadowing, etc.). It's our go-to method for creating content. If you're someone who isn't very tech savvy, the learning curve for using Pixlr effectively could be discouraging. The interface is intuitive, but there's a lot to it

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• Convert PDFs
• Provide higher resolution to images.
• Provide easy-to-use fonts.

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• Enables the user to use a range of fonts even in foreign languages
• Is relatively easy to learn
• Is cost-effective

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• Background removal is a bit time consuming
• Finetuning the color grading of an image
• It takes some time to find the right image filter, perhaps an example per filer would help you choose the appropriate one.

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• So far, I haven't found anything I don't like in Pixlr; I like everything from its price to how it works.

It is very good in general, but there are steps that I wish could be eliminated as they seem to be "duplicative".

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Inkscape is the standard if you want a free product that can produce high quality vector based graphics, there may be other products that can do it better but they are very very expensive. The experience you will get from expensive commercial products will be better but if you are needing to produce vector graphics now and again, or the cost of a product to use is a big factor - Inkscape is the best choice.

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Canva is a similar program using for creating content. I've tried out their suite as well but always end up coming back to Pixlr because of ease of use, and my familiarity with the product. They continue to make upgrades to the product and have always had what we feel we need to make top-notch looking graphics for our organization.

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• fast, efficient illustrations
• inexpensive (donation based) enough for a tiny business
• now can make custom labels for test products using our in-house printer

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• Pixlr has enabled us to design beautiful graphics in the local Cambodian language

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