[Sebastian]

Hi

I have been reading up a lot on design programs but the reality is im hiring designers for tshirt designs on Fiverr.

I know GIMP is free and I have it but I haven tried to learn it; i have poked around, it clearly has a learning curve.

Curious if there is program that is simple where I can edit the text and have lots of fonts after the designer sends me the file. Even more ideal if if it shows me a shirt background so I can see how the design would fit.

Or maybe Im approaching this wrong?

Im use a Mac, I dont think I should spend on Illustrator/Corel since I wont be designing.

Thank you

 

[ProSeparatorNJ]

Try Affinity Designer. It's cheaper. It's also going to be easier since it doesn't have as many features and functions as the more expensive software.

 

[dcbevins]

https://www.cadworxlive.com is a simple web browser based design option with a T-shirt focus. It is geared toward beginner. I think it probably is one of the simplest to use.

Most of the rest of the design programs are going to try to at least offer most of what a designer would need. This means complexity. Your approach might be wrong in thinking a simple option exists at all. All of them take time and effort. Worse, if you invest time and effort in one program, it might not translate well if later you want to switch to a better one, or more feature rich one. A number of things might translate over to a new program. But there is a solid argument for picking the one you wish to master and staying with it.

Gimp is good. It has faults. They all do. I would encourage developing an understanding of raster vs vector. Inkscape is the best free option for vector. Gimp for raster. I feel Inkscape is a better choice to invest time and effort into. But the two in tangent offers more range. What Gimp and Inkscape lack is any support in the world of cmyk and spot colors. Something you might not need or ever do. If you might go down that road, better to start in a commercial option. Affinity Designer would cover you and is pretty cheap and is vector.

I am somewhat invested in a CorelDraw path, but know it isn't for all. I keep my hand in Inkscape, and lately I am trying to up my Illustrator game. I would just stick with Corel so as not to split my attention, but Inkscape intrigues me, and Illustrator dominates the market thus worth knowing and I fell I have enough basics down I can branch out.