drawing program

[thjplgvp]

Hello all,

I am wanting to design a couple of church tracts and was looking for some cheap software or even free that did not cost a lot. I will need to put letters in a semi circle as well as add basic art. can someone point to this type of software I am running windows 10 currently a fairly fast PC machine. 4 years old.

Thank you for your help

thjplgvp

 

[exscentric]

Sounds like you need a publisher program. http://www.scribus.net/ is a free one and you might look at serif.com for their publisher. It is not free but you might google it and look for an older version - usually cheaper.

 

[Revmitchell]

Have you looked at GIMP?

 

[evenifigoalone]

I've heard some good things about Mangastudio. It can set up panels for you and has tools that can even help with perspective. It is mainly for making comics, though, so I guess it depends on what kind of tracts you're making.

 

[Don]

GIMP would be great for the graphics part; it's just as powerful as Adobe, but free. Only drawback, if you're new or inexperienced, GIMP has a steep, hard learning curve.

For what you described, I'd recommend excentric's post for a "publisher" package.

However, consider: you might have a basic version of Microsoft Word already on your computer; and it has "drawing tools" to insert circles and other shapes that you can type text into. It also has templates that you can utilize.

It's not meant to replace a publisher program, but if it's already on your computer, it's free; and would at least give you some practice laying out your page.

 

[th1bill]

I run the Serif program and you can do a free download of it for a starter. I agree that you will find no better Graphics program than GIMP, not even Photoshop and it is free also.

 

[Br. Dan]

LibreOffice has a great draw program. I use it in conjunction with GIMP.