This class is all about graphic software, both for MAC and Pc and a plus of online software.
As you might know, there are hundreds of graphic software, no seriously, nowadays there're a lot! You search for "free graphic software" on google and you'll get a bunch of pages with links to download. Every graphic software has its quality and specific public, some have only basic tools, other have a little bit more (layers and such) and the professionals have it all and more (3D). I would like to add that online photo editors are pretty good, those are really useful if you need something done quickly, but they're NOT good to create graphics, or at least complex graphics. I recommend this software for simple stuffs like maybe cutting a picture, adding text.

So, we all know, those professional graphic software cost a lot, and most of us can't afford, but, if you're studying something related to art, I think buying them is worth it. But if you're like me, an amateur that enjoys doing graphics for fun and not necessarily for profit, you have other options. There're people around the internet that crack graphic software (and others too), this means that you can download it (torrent or direct download), and it will magically work for you without paying for the license. But normally cracked versions have glitch, and some options might not work properly. Also there're those "portable" software, but I've only seen those with Photoshop. Portable software are, like the word says, portable, this means that you don't have to install the software, you just download a file, click it and it will magically open, all without installing.
If you think cracked versions have glitch, imagine portable one. I've tried once, it worked but after a while it closed by itself.

Now, let's talk about Photoshop here. I've done some research and there's an affordable way to have it (is something I'm SO going to do after my first paycheck heck yeah!!!) You see, now Adobe changed their "Adobe Suite" name for "Creative Cloud", this is a new feature where you can have ALL YOUR adobe settings "on a cloud" this means IN ANY part of the world, you can have all your settings and information,  this is cool right?, ok to have all these cool features for ALL adobe products, the prices is 49.99 per month, yeah, not that cheap, but! Not to fear, if you want just only 1 software, the price is $19.99 per month, this is more affordable.

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hope you find this useful~