Recommendations
Our favorite products & software
for freelance designers.
DESIGN SOFTWARE
Adobe
Creative
Cloud
Adobe Creative Cloud is a set of applications and services from Adobe Inc. that gives subscribers access to a collection of software used for graphic design along with a set of mobile applications and also some optional cloud services. The most common applications for graphic design are Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop + Adobe Illustrator.
DESIGN EQUIPMENT
Apple
iMac
24”
iMac is easy to learn, astoundingly powerful, and ready to go out of the box. And best of all it works very smoothly and speedily with the Adobe CC programs. It is a slender machine packing great speakers, an excellent webcam and a beautiful screen that comes in a variety of fun colors.
DESIGN EQUIPMENT
Wacom
Intuos
Pro
Wacom Intuos Pro offers you more natural creative control than ever before. Combined with the super-sensitive Wacom Pro Pen 2, this sleek tablet looks and feels amazing. Perfect for your next creative breakthrough, Wacom is redefining the professional standard in creative pen tablets.
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Dubsado
Client
Tool
Dubsado is an all-in-one system that streamlines the necessary, but normally time-consuming, tasks for freelance designers designed to cut out the busywork. Schedule appointments and create workflows to make managing client projects the easiest part of business instead of the part you struggle with the most. Get 20% off your first month or year by using our promo code: dubsado4tc
Legal
Bobby
Klinck
Legal
When it comes down to protecting your business and yourself against all legal odds, you have to arm yourself with the best contracts. Bobby, a Harvard lawyer, helps freelancers protect their online businesses quickly, easily and affordably with his dummy-proof legal templates. His client agreements help service providers get paid, avoid scope creep, and more. I recommend the Client Agreement and Website Policy pack to start with.
