• 12 Apr




    The Mac App Store opened for business on January 6, 2011 with 1,000 apps.

    Designers will be happy to know that there is an entire category devoted to Graphic & Design Apps.

    While some Apps may cross-over into other categories such as Photography, Utilities, and Developer, there is a growing list of Graphic & Design Apps and new titles are literally added every day.

    Users can login with their iTunes password and can purchase a new application and download it immediately without the need for serial numbers and time-consuming installation processes. They’re also updated automatically through the Mac App store.

    In this post we bring you a selection of some great Graphic & Design Apps found in the Mac App store.

    Acorn

    Acorn is a Mac App for adding text and shapes to digital pictures.

    $49.99 by Flying Meat, Inc.


    Alpha

    Alpha is a Mac App for image compositions and is integrated with Aperture and iPhoto.

    $229.99 by cf/x AG


    Art Directors Toolkit

    Art Directors Toolkit, a Mac App for web and print design projects providing calculations and information for designers with 8 utilities and 3 tools. Color libraries and CMYK info.

    $19.99 by Code Line


    Diagrammix

    Diagrammix is a new Mac App for creating diagrams with assorted art elements and connectors.

    $14.99 by Igor Belyaletdinov


    Logo Design Studio Pro

    Logo Design Studio Pro is a new Mac App for creating logos with over 1000 pre-designed logo templates and 2800 logo-centric vector graphics.

    $39.99 by Macware, Inc.


    Griddle

    Griddle is a new Mac app that lets you customize grid size and create grid layers with discrete line colors, opacity and style settings.

    $0.99 by Pixel Grid Generator


    MacDraft PE6

    MacDraft PE 6 is a new Mac app that lets you create complex or simple vector drawings.

    $99.99 by Microspot


    Mosaic

    Mosaic is a new Mac app where you can create images assembled from tiles and modernistic assemblages of rectangles and lines. You can export to most common image formats and upload to social web sites.

    $19.99 from cf/x AG


    Jumsoft Stationery

    Jumsoft Stationery is a new Mac app with 100 templates for Apple Mail created by designers.

    $9.99 by Jumsoft


    Layers Shots

    Layers Shots is a new Mac app which lets you capture complete web pages and the content of most Mac applications windows even if the content isn’t visible.

    $4.99 by Wuonm Web Services SL


    PanaFont 1.0

    PanaFont is a new Mac app which displays all the installed fonts on your computer and lets you see what text looks like in any font. You can print out a sample of your entire font library.

    $7.99 by Random Video, Inc


    Intaglio

    Intaglio is a new Mac app. A full featured graphics editor for Mac OSX with advanced graphics capabilities, import and export features and support for Mac OSX technologies.

    $39.99 by Purgatory Design


    maPhotoArtista – Oil

    PhotoArista is a Mac app that enables you to transform a photograph into a paint style.

    $9.99 by JixiPix Software


    Eye Splatter Paint

    Eye Splatter Paint is a Mac app that allows you to splatter paint with your iSight or web camera

    $0.99 by Dustin O’Connor


    Icns Editor

    icns Editor is a Mac app where you can create an icon to your Mac application.

    $1.99 by Imre Katai


    Image Bucket

    Image Bucket is a Mac App which makes it possible to resize and convert multiple images at a time.

    $1.99 by ilia language services ltd


    Colorschemer

    Colorschemer is a Mac App which allows you to find the perfect palette for your next creative project.

    $19.99 by CHROMAom, Inc


    PixAM

    PixAM is a Mac app and a one click screenshot sharing tool.

    Free by Sergey Bolshedvorshky


    Strata Design 3D SE

    Strata Design 3D SE is a 3D design application–modeling, texturing,lighting and rendering.

    $49.99 by Strata Web Site


    Artboard

    Artboard is a Mac App and Vector drawing software.

    $19.99 by Mapdiva LLC


    Live Interior 3D

    Live Interior 3D is a Mac App which lets you design interior designs of houses and offices.

    $24.99 by Belight Software Ltd


    ResizeIt

    ResizeIt is a Mac App which lets you change the size of multiple images and convert file formats.

    Free by Nobouatsu Sekine


    Jumsoft Expert for Pages

    Jumsoft Expert for Pages contains 80 layouts for documents.

    $79.99 by Jumsoft


    3D Image Commander

    3D Image Commander is a Mac App which lets you add 3D effects to images.

    $16.99 by Eugene Kryukov


    Dragonfly

    Dragonfly is a new Mac App which lets webdesigners and media artists select up to eight different colors and see them side by side.

    $3.99 by Mr. Fridge Software


    Screen Ruler

    Screen Ruler is a new Mac App which makes it simple to get accurate pixel measurements.

    $2.99 by Sprightly Software


    VintageScene

    VintageScene is a Mac App for creating special effects to photos given them an old look.

    $7.99 by JixiPix Software


    SketchMee

    SketchMee is a pencil sketch generator.

    $7.99 by Studio Mee


    Business Card Composer 5

    Business Card Composer 5 is a Mac App for creating business cards and name badges.

    $34.99 by Belight Software, ltd


    Pixelmator

    Pixelmator is a Mac App for creating, editing and enhancing images.

    $59.99 by UAB Pixelmator Team


    Sketch

    Sketch is a Mac App vector editing application which you can use to slice, style elements and text within one document.

    $39.99 by Bohemian Coding


    DrawIt

    DrawIt is a Mac App for vector editing with support for bitmap-like image filters.

    $37.99 by Bohemian Coding


    List compiled exclusively for Webdesigner Depot by Debbie Hemley. Debbie is a blogger and social media aficionado. She works with businesses to develop content and social media strategies. Read her blog posts on All the News. You can also follow Debbie on Twitter (@dhemley).

    Have you purchased Graphic & Design Apps on the Mac App Store? What are some of your recommendations?


    • http://weddig-keutel.de Webdesigner aus Kassel

      Thank you for your post. i think i will try some apps and comment in the next weeks a little review.

    • http://www.nicktoye.co.uk Nick Toye

      Any particular reason why you’ve not included Pixelmator in your list?

    • http://www.carbonnine.com Tony Thomas

      Pixelmator, Lipsum, Sketch, Fontcase & Drawit are also extremely useful too

    • http://wordpressapi.com Sony

      Great list of mac apps which are really useful for designers.

    • http://www.liketube.de Coole Sprüche

      Im a new MAC User, thank you for your advise!
      Great!

    • Jessica

      This seems like a great list! Though I’m not all that happy with “Logo Design Studio Pro” as if there aren’t enough awful logos out there as it is. And it just contributes to people not valuing designer’s work.

    • http://designmodo.com Adrian

      I love Mac, thanks for apps, very usefull list.

    • http://www.webdesignerdepot.com Walter

      We’ve added a few extra apps – thanks for the suggestions everyone!

    • http://thekooldots.com/ TheKoolDots

      We’re a MacAddicts so, I guess it time to dig deep and get an iPad.

      Thanks

    • http://www.simonday.com Simon Day

      @TheKoolDots

      These are apps for your Mac not iPad (although they could be availible on both).

      One of the more recent Mac updates installed an app programme so now you can buy software/apps for your Mac just like you can on your iPad, iPhone etc.

    • liz

      Am I the only one who doesn’t like the idea of a million little apps that only do one or two things cluttering up my system? A lot of these seem more like tools for people who think they do nothing more than manipulate software.

    • http://www.nuar.pl Nuar

      ResizeIt or Image Bucket are very useful and also cheap.

    • http://www.creativematters.net.au Creative Matters

      A lot of these apps are replicating functions that Photoshop has already available.

      With that said, Image Bucket and ResizeIt could be very handy tools for clients that do not have – or cannot use Photoshop.

    • http://www.cquinndesign.com Chris QUinn

      These are perfect for the Mac. Thank you very much. I look forward to downloading Logo Design Studio.

    • http://www.cybermount.com/ chris george

      As a Web Design Company India CYBERMOUNT is one of the fastest growing web site designing company spreading wings in USA UK and India. Expertise in Web Designing, Web Applications and Online Marketing.

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