Computer Drawing Programs
Graphic Designers Preferred Software

The top computer drawing programs preferred by graphic design professionals are branded Adobe, Adobe, Adobe. There is software for whatever drawing you will be doing.

Worldwide Adobe Photoshop is considered the best and is the most popular among professionals. It probably sounds familiar to you because it is so popular. The full version of Photoshop packed with all its killer features costs hundreds of dollars.

In my graphic design studio, we use Adobe Photoshop for photo editing and retouching, digitizing original artwork, and for completing graphic design work. See results in our exclusive rose clipart.

It is a raster based image editing program. This means that if you are preparing art that will appear on the side of a building, you will not be able to scale up the file without losing image quality.

Adobe has a solution. It's Adobe Illustrator, a vector based image program. You can size images up to any size you want - even the side of a building. Vector software is usually used for commercial graphic design and illustration work.

Adobe has introduced InDesign CS5 computer drawing programs. You get precise control over typography and built-in creative tools for designing, creating presentations, publishing documents for print, online, or to mobile devices. Plus it allows the designer to include interactivity, animation, video, and sound in page layouts.

Adobe CS5 combines Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat Pro to give the graphic designer and artist the most comprehensive set of tools for delivering high-impact results.

Besides Adobe, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 is versatile graphic design software. It has vector illustration, page layout, photo editing, tracing, Web graphics and animation in one integrated suite. Corel has a long history and has designed CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X5 for professional and aspiring designers alike.

It offers a quick, intuitive workflow, high-value digital content, file compatibility and graphic design tools for great flexibility. The current edition offers new touch-screen support.

Powerful software packages like these are investments. No need to rush into them if you are starting out, or trying to decide if you want to pursue graphic design. These software packages take time to learn and practice, practice, practice.