So, I’m looking to use more ImageLabels so I can customize my buttons with different shapes and whatnot. A lot of people suggest Photoshop but I’m not at the spot where I’m looking to use the money right now, so a free one would be great. I’m not that experienced with making GUI or not even a professional yet so I don’t need anything major, just something that can get the job done.
So perhaps do any of you guys have an alternative for Photoshop to make better shapes such as circles, smoother edges, fonts, and things like that?
I use pixlr.com’s online image editor, it’s a little clunky but it’s a basic, free photoshop program that runs in-browser.
However, I use Adobe Illustrator for UI design, I think that might actually be more long the lines of what you need but like Photoshop it does require payment.
By the way, if you do want to spend money on something in the future, I suggest getting Adobe Illustrator, instead of Photoshop for UI. Illustrator was pretty much made for UI.
Along with @Raven_Incendria, I’d suggest using Paint.net as well. I’d recommend getting some plugins for it too, as they can go a long way. I’ve used it for a few years (Not much progress, honestly, I mainly do it as a minor hobby), but it’s really easy to learn. Just search up on Google “Paint.net Plugin Pack.” You should find an awful lot, seeing as how Paint.net is community driven.
Great tutorial for how to install the plugins and a good few of them are good plugins as well.
Great plugin pack, DPY makes really good plugins.
The interface on these plugins isn’t anything like Photoshop or something, but once you get the hang of them, I’m sure that you can achieve similar results with Paint.net. The only thing that is lacking is a Taper effect. It’d be really useful.
Anyways, I hope I may have persuaded you to join the Cult of Paint.net. If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
EDIT: I thought it might also be useful to know that the website is actually “getpaint.net.”
Additionally, if you can’t get PDN to suit your needs, GIMP is good. For custom and interesting text fonts I’ve always used picfont.com - it enables you a lot of Photoshop-esque features.
Thanks for tagging my post on PaintDN, and sharing that around.
As far as the OP, definitely check out my Tutorial linked in Jorito’s reply, and if you have any questions feel free to DM me, or post to that thread where I or others may provide help!