Freelancer’s Tools

Freelancer's Tools

The set of tools which can be helpful in freelancer’s job: website design, graphics, programming, writing and editing, etc. Most of these tools are free!

Graphic Design
Image Banks (Photostocks)
Website Design
Fonts and Typography
Programming
Text Editing
Domains and Hosting
Tutorials

Graphic Design

Program for raster graphic design and editing. A free replacement for Adobe Photoshop.
Program for vector graphic design and editing. A free replacement for Adobe Illustrator.
Free image hosting service. The convenient form of presenting the sketch design for those who don’t have their own server space.

Image Banks (Photostocks)

Free stock photo site. Using of certain photos may require owner’s agreement or crediting him as an author.
Free royalty-free photos. Site similar to StockXChng.
Stock photo site. Huge library and very affordable prices ($1-$5).
Stock photo site. Reasonable library and very affordable prices ($1-$2). Purchased photos can be used in template designs.
Stock photo site. Big library and very affordable prices ($1-$3).

Website Design

Free service providing screenshots made in various browsers. Perfect for low cost cross-browser compatibility testing.
Free service that checks Web documents for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards.
Dummy text generator – “lorem ipsum”.
Articles about design and development with a special focus on web standards.

Fonts and Typography

The Typetester is a free online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen. Its’ role is to make web designer’s life easier.
Free font site with nicely organized font categories.