Question

What graphic design software do you recommend for a new app developer on a limited budget?

Answer 1

All the autodesk/cad software is free for students! www.students.autodesk.com

Answer 2

http://www.getpaint.net/

Answer 3

Is it easy to download? I had problems downloading Maya. And it is not that easy to use.

Answer 4

I know that Paint.NET is, haven't tried autodesk.

Answer 5

There is a steep learning curve for the Autodesk software, however, they have great wiki pages and lots of videos teaching others how to use it, if you are willing to take the time to learn the software down the road it can turn out to be extremely useful!

Answer 6

Thanks Ed. Is there a link? How does one find thees?

Answer 7

paint.net is not that good...use gimp for it is second only to photoshop...and it is free...easy to download

Answer 8

Paint.NET is amazing >.<

Answer 9

I'll have to go with @poopsiedoodle .
Paint.NET is quite amazing, it out performs photoshop in filters :P
Although it could use more improvements.
I use GIMP 2.8 tho, its like Photoshop CS6 for Linux. Plus there are vast amounts of plugins for it :D
If I were you, if you want to do amazing lens flare and detailing (touchup) your photos Paint.NET is the way to go. If you want to do digital art try GIMP. I wouldn't mind to make a few tutorials :P

Answer 10

Here is the general one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_Maya

Here is the main wiki help Autodesk area, you are able to see all the different software suites and go through the information here:

http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/enu

Answer 11

Thank you very much for the inputs, I spent the week getting familiar with GIMP and paint.net ! Thank god for Freeware