36 Visual Content Creation Tools 

Can't Live WithoutProsthe

In the past 2 years alone, thechoice of tools, apps & programs...

for creating visual content

has increased dramatically.

So how do you knowwhich tools are the

best to use?

You ask the Pros! We asked19 Visual Social MediaExperts which tools

they use.

These are the 36 tools the Pros love

and can't live without ...

Click for MORE info on the tools to

get links & find out why they love them!

InstaQuote - Photoshop - UnSplash

"When I'm on the go or speciallyat conferences, I use InstaQuote to easily createquotes to share to my Instagram and Twitter followers"

Syed BalkhiFounder WP Beginner& Optin Monster

InstaQuote - Photoshop - UnSplash

Instagram - PhotoGrid - Powerpoint"I love the Instagram app for its ability to turn an average photo into something beautiful"

Jenn HermanJenn's Trends

"Eye Dropper is a fantastic free plug-in for GoogleChrome that allows you to get the HEX color codefor any color from a webpage. Very handy whenyou see a color you like and want to use it in yourdesigns."

Canva - Chrome Eye Dropper - Designspiration

Zach Kitschke, Canva

WordSwag

Pixlr

"We use Canva for our main images in our blog andalso for sharing content on social media channels.Simple to use and we use it every day."

Ian Cleary, Razor Social

Canva

"I use Pinterest to

monitor trends and

for inspiration for

layout and design

ideas."

Pinterest

Canva

Picmonkey

Cynthia Sanchez,

Oh So Pinteresting

"QuotesCover is a busy marketersdream! This online tool takes the

ease of Canva and marries it with the built-in templates

& fonts of Over & Wordswag.There are no design skills

needed with QuotesCover. Simply add your text,

choose your background and font and voila, you’re done!"

Rebekah Radice, Digital Strategist

Canva - Over - QuotesCover

"I use the Palettab Chrome Extension forinspiration. Every time you open a new tab,you’re provided with a new color palette anda new set of font combinations—it’s brilliant."

Nik Parks, Launching Creative

Palettab

A Beautiful Mess

Afterlight

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"This is my go-to app for my phone, I love the typography selections in Over. I use this to add oomph to my photos taken from my phone."Over

CanvaOver

Photoshop

Aaron Lee, Post Planner

"I love PicMonkey because it takes its tools from the bestparts of a graphic designer’s and photographer’s brains.You have all the basics you need, but also a lot of instant,extra options like collages, overlays, fonts, and themes tobring ideas and creativity to your images."

Azure Collier, Constant Contact

PicmonkeyCanva

Photoshop

Ollo Clip

Apu Gupta, Curalate

Selfie Stick

"VSCO and other imageediting tools allow us totake on new andtransformative roles –as artists, as journalists,as explorers. It’samazing howsomething that’s freeand so easily obtainablecan have that effect onso many people."

VSCO Cam

"When I have the time,I love using Lightroom to

add another dimension to myPhotography. It's likePhotoshop but in a

much more streamlined

package."

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Lightroom

Ben WongWordSwag

WordSwag

"When I want to add text to animage (on mobile) the fastest and

easiest way to do that for me isQuick. It’s from the same people

who created Over (formerlyOvergram) and for iOS users

integrates into the native editingfunction so you can access it right

from the edit screen in yourphotos app."

Dustin Stout, Dustn.tv

VSCOCam

Quick Photoshop CC

"I still like to plan some ofmy content 100% old-school and like to keep

writing materials handy so Ican catch my ideas. I have a

lot of great ideas duringconversations so I like toscribble them down".

Peg FitzpatrickAuthor,The Art ofSocial

Media

Canva

Sharpie &Journal

Evernote

"Snapseed - for whenInstagram just isn’t enough tobrighten a poorly lit shot, or I

feel that a more nuancedapproach to filters is needed,

Snapseed is a perfect fit."

Rich BrooksFlyte New Media

Snapseed

Instagram

Photoshop

Instasize for Android andiphone offers something verysimple but critical to betterposts on Instagram. Use it topost entire images. Meaning,you do not need to cut offpieces of your image anymoreto crop the photo to the rightsize for a platform. Post fullsize images, simply amazing."

Camera Plus WordSwag Instasize

Sue B ZimmermanThe Instagram Expert

"I'm not always interested in firing up Photoshop if I need to do

something simple like remove abackground from an image. Forthese tasks, I use Acorn for OSX

because it’s quick, easy and getsthe job done.".

Adobe Creative Cloud

AngeloDodaro

Top Dog Social Media

Canva Acorn

"Viral content, anyone? Aninfographic done well can go viralvery quickly. Piktochart is a go-to app when wanting to create infographics to tell a story or shareinformation. They have an easy editor that makes it a breeze to use."

WordSwag

Amy PorterfieldFacebook MarketingStrategist

PiktochartCanva

"Pictaculous is a colorpalette generator andallows you to upload any image and get amatching color palettewithin seconds. If youhave ever wonderedwhat colors to use with a specific image, this will solve thatproblem!"

WordSwag

Kim Garst, Boom Social

Canva Pictaculous

Moldiv is my favorite iphone photo collage editor app!

You can adjust the frame, thebackground, add text and

inject some cute stamps on your photo.!

Moldiv

Pauline CarbreraDigital Strategist

WordSwag

Skitch

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