Open Source Desktop Publishing Tools for Small Businesses

Small businesses and start-ups are always on the lookout for ways to save money on new and expensive services.  Many budget-minded small businesses are returning to the days of hands-on and in-house to keep costs down, and the many open-source tools available today can help do just that. Today we’re going to look at some of the free, open-source graphic apps available, and which can be a viable replacement for commercial graphic applications. These programs are free to download and cross-platform, GIMP GIMP is free, open-source graphics (Gnu Image Manipulation Program) that can be replaced with Adobe Photoshop. GIMP is a raster graphics application that is useful for image editing and retouching. You can also use it to create raster images from scratch, as well as simple animations. It supports layers and channels, has an advanced gradients function, including paths and quick masks. There are rotation and transformation tools, as well as tools for scaling, cropping, resizing, file form