What are the most popular design apps? It’s rather hard to estimate most popular design software relying on vendor selling information and there are no general stat as well. But there are some new online services which tracks apps usage by installing special software and it works like Alexa for websites. According to websites Wakoopa and Software Informer most popular design apps are:
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Picasa
- ACDSee
- IrfanView
- PhotoStudio
- Xnview
- Gimp
- Paint.NET
- PhotoFiltre
- CorelDRAW Graphics Suite
- PhotoStitch
- FastStone Image Viewer
- Inkscape
- Nvu (Kompozer)
- Microsoft Expression Studio
- Ulead PhotoImpact
- SnagIt
- Google SketchUp
- Paint Shop Pro
- Axialis IconWorkshop
Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications.
Picasa is a free software application for organizing and editing digital photos.
ACDSee is shareware image organizer software for Windows.
IrfanView is a freeware image viewer that can view, edit, and convert image files.
PhotoStudio is photo editing application featuring an advanced tools, filters and FX.
Xnview is free cross-platform image viewer used for viewing, converting, organizing and editing.
Gimp is Open Source raster graphics editor used to process digital graphics and photographs.
Paint.NET is freeware raster graphic editor with all the essentials tools and advantages.
PhotoFiltre is app for digital picture editing and handling.
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite is the graphic design package including vector editor and image editor.
PhotoStitch is program to mix related photos to arrange a panorama view images.
FastStone Image Viewer is image viewer that also can edit and convert images.
Inkscape is Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator and CorelDraw.
Nvu (Kompozer)is WYSIWYG HTML editor, based on the Composer component of Mozilla Application Suite.
Microsoft Expression Studio is suite of design and media applications aimed at developers and designers.
Ulead PhotoImpact is image-editing suite with retouch tools, red eye removals, and hundreds of masks and textures.
SnagIt is app to select anything onscreen and capture it, annotate and enhance with a built-in editor.
Google SketchUp is 3D modeling program designed for professional architects, civil engineers, filmmakers, game developers.
Paint Shop Pro is photo-editing software for everything from easy, automatic photo fixes to precision editing.
Axialis IconWorkshop is icon editor can create icons for both Windows (.ico) and Macintosh (.icns).
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