FREE Alternative To Adobe Photoshop
Published on May 4, 2012
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You can do some cool graphics with Adobe Photoshop but it doesn't come cheap.
So, for us thrifty and resourceful Internet Marketers, FREE is always good.
Now there is a learning curve, but if you love to create graphics, banners, edit photos, or to anything "artsy," you'll have a blast learning about what it can do.
The first alternative is Gimp and can be found here:

They have tutorials there as well under "Documentation."
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The second Photoshop alternative is Paint.net

Here's where you can find a list of Plugins for Paint.net. Plugins make it easy to create cool effects
http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/15260-plugin-index/.
Here's a quick tutorial on how to make a Banner with Pain.net

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjjDy7qHPz0
Go to Morgue File for free images you can use in your banners. Double check the License Terms but most are all FREE to use, even Commercially, with NO Attribution Required.
Pixabay has some nice pictures too. Just produce something and put it where your target audience is hanging out, i.e. Facebook groups
Have fun, but I warn you, it can get pretty addicting:)
-Charles
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