10 Essential Graphic Design Software for Beginners

How to make eye gripping content where the user gets convinced to stay on the website and use it, especially in the case of e-Commerce sites. The graphics play a major role in creating the outlook of your website. In order to create a website with such intriguing visuals, you will require a graphic design software that will help you improvise the images, models, and text that is to be shown on the website. With so many software available in the market, it is not easy to pick the correct one out. In case of Designing a website it is crucial to know which graphic design software to use; how you can develop some highly intriguing and professionally looking websites. If you’re a newbie in the field of graphic designing, check out these 10 Essential software for graphic designers that will render a professional look to your website graphics with eye-catching visuals and gripping content, Read on:

10 Essential Graphic Design Software for Beginners

1. Adobe Photoshop
With Photoshop you can easily combine multiple images and even remove unwanted objects from the image. It offers basic features like Cropping, straightening, rotating and flipping, Auto-Fix: One touch adjustment, Blemish Removal, Slide controls to enhance the colors of the image, One-Touch filter, Image Rendering, Video editing, perspective correction. Photoshop runs on both Windows and Mac. Photoshop is also considered as one of the best graphic design software for beginners.
2. GIMP
GIMP is the professional tools make it ideal for not just graphic designers but photographers as well. The photo manipulation feature is highly enhanced. The flexibility of the tool allows you to create crystal clear graphics. The interface is totally customizable and the full-screen mode allows you to view and edit at the same time. GIMP runs on GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows and other OS. Being a cross-compatible graphic design software, it has a strong support community. This is, hands down, one of the prime choices when selecting graphic design software for beginners.

3. Adobe Illustrator
If you want to use vector art to create logos, sketches, typography, icons or even complex illustrations for videos or mobile then Illustrator is the tool for you. You can create artwork with seamless alignment by drawing pixel-perfect shapes. With Illustrator designing could never be faster. Illustrator comes with its own plugins that help in making a blank web page into a brilliant looking web page. You get to use the app on both your desktop and Mac.


4. Inkscape
It is a professional tool ideal for vector art lovers and graphic designers who use SVG file format. The tool is perfect for Windows, Linux, OS, and Mac as well. It doesn’t matter whether you are a professional or just a person who wants to create vector images for a personal blog. In terms of sketching, coloring or making illustrations Inkscape is very easy to use. It also comes with awesome features like Ability to directly edit the source cod, .Keys to move screen pixels, Edit clones on the canvas, Edit gradient, Absolutely free and Endless Filters.


5. CorelDraw
CorelDraw is a vector graphics editor, that is hands down one of the most popular Industry Standard editors presently. The tools give you full control so you can get fast and dynamic results. If you are an aspiring web designer and looking for a graphics editor that gives you the ability to create infinite designs without any restrictions while honing your skills at the same time? If so, you might want to check out CorelDraw; The training videos are very helpful, Choose from perpetual license or subscription, and No Mac version.

6. Adobe InDesign
InDesign is the business leader for creating clean layouts for desktop and mobile devices alike. InDesign is ideal for layout design usage like online magazines. Whether you want to create layouts for printed books, brochures or digital magazines Adobe InDesign is the tool you need. The flexibility is great as it allows you to easily drag-drop isolated layers and you can resize images with ease. Being part of Creative Cloud you get easy access to the desktop app for PC and Mac.

7. Serif Drawplus

This graphic design software offers a powerful tool for not just photo designing an editing but, one can also use it for producing creative logos, animations, posters and more. It has a low learning curve making it approachable by both graphic designers as well as beginners. With this full-featured software, one can even work on intricacies very easily. It has been ranked as the top graphic design software by Toptenreviews. By providing a rating of 9.2 out of 10, the site has given it a marker of being the best in its league.

8. Xara Xtreme This software offers a wide variety of photo editing features and illustration tools. It has extensive features that can assist you in maneuvering color and texture of your images. You even have the possibility of removing any distortion caused by the lens. The main page offers the basic tips and guidelines so as to understand the functioning of the design software. It has certain masking tools available as well.

9. Paintshop Pro 9
Paintshop Pro 9 is the latest version released by the Coral team. It is a seemingly impressive photo editing tool that even helps in photo management. It even possesses professional grade tools that can be easily used by both professionals and newbies. It provides video tutorials and other forms of support forums to better the understanding of the software. It has more than 90 creative filters that can be used to improve the texture and color of your image.

10. Corel PhotoImpact
Corel PhotoImpact X3 provides one with a wide collection of designing and editing tools made easily accessible. ExpressFix or Full Edit mode serve the purpose of editing the photos. ExpressFix provides the option to adjust exposure, color, skin tone and focus with just a click. Whereas, Full Edit has the editing options like portrait touch-ups, enhancements and effects. Availability of panorama and HDR imaging tools to create visually captivating effects. It offers an extensive support system.

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10 Upcoming PC games of 2019 we're most looking forward to play

There's still a lot to look forward to with the games of 2018—but according to the calendar we're already more than halfway through the year. So with 2019 coming up fast, we're looking ahead to the PC games we're most excited to play next year. We'll expand this list in the coming months, but for now, here are a handful of games we expect we'll be talking about a lot next year.

Anthem  Releases: February 22, 2019 | Developer: BioWare

Enter a world of warriors clad in mech suits protecting the last bastion of humanity, and collect some loot while you’re at it. Similarities to Destiny aside, the multiplayer-focused Anthem promises the chance to soar through the skies (and underwater) with rocket boots, battle giant monsters, and contend with dangerous weather effects like “shaver storms.”

Atomic Heart Releases: 2019 | Developer: Mundfish

Atomic Heart is an adventure first-person shooter, events of which unfolds in an alternate universe during the high noon of the Soviet Union. There are Metro and Fallout vibes to Atomic Heart, though we're told it draws inspiration from the creators' childhoods, which only makes it more interesting.

Control Releases: 2019 | Developer: Remedy

Control looks like Remedy's attempt to refine the reality-shifting gunplay of Quantum Break, adding in more environmental destruction and a more open-ended quest structure. As Jesse Faden, you discover a labyrinth that serves as the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Control, which can only mean good things. After acquiring a transforming gun, Jesse becomes the bureau’s new chief and must stop a destructive force corrupting all the bureau’s employees.

The Division 2 Releases: March 15, 2019 | Developer: Ubisoft

The Division 2 takes Ubisoft’s persistent multiplayer shooting to the streets of Washington D.C. You’ll get eight players instead of four in raids now, and following Ubisoft’s solid trend of long-term support, we’ll be getting free DLC every three months for a year. Not too bad for the end of the world.

Doom Eternal Releases: TBA | Developer: id Software

Doom Eternal is an upcoming sequel to Doom. It takes place on Earth, with the forces of Hell having overrun it. It has been stated that it will have "twice as many" Director Hugo Martin says there will be twice as many demons to kill, so sign me up.

Metro Exodus Releases: February 22, 2019 | Developer: 4A Games

The latest in the much loved Metro series will have elements of open world exploration, but they'll be mixed with linear sections, too. Even with that increased scale, it's stunning to look at, as we've come to expect from 4A.trailer above does a fine job of outlining the decisions we'll be making across a level.

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord  Releases: TBA | Developer: TaleWorlds

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord is a medieval action role-playing game developed by TaleWorlds Entertainment. The game was announced in 2012, and the game project started in summer of 2011. It is a prequel to the 2010 game Mount & Blade. The original remains a standout sandbox RPG, and the sequel promises everything it offered with physics-based combat, upgradeable castles, massive sieges, and more than could reasonably fit in this blurb.

Phoenix Point Releasing: June 2019 | Developer: Snapshot Games

Though it's naturally going to be somewhat similar to XCOM, the best bits of X-Com designer Julian Gollop's new tactics game are the bits that set it apart, say Sam and Tom, who played a backer build back in May. The ability to target specific body parts, for instance, adds a layer of decision-making and the flanking system complicates movement.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Releases: 2019 | Developer: From Software

2019 is the year of samurai and smooching, but the only things that'll be kissing in Sekiro are your chained sickle and the neck of a gargantuan horse lord. Dark Souls/Bloodborne purists should expect plenty of changes in From Software's latest. For everything they've taken away (no stats, no changeable armor/weapons, no souls), they've added something new, like a “Shinobi Prosthetic” that houses gadgets, a grappling hook, and a revised combat system that’s less health bar-whacking and more cinematic sword duel.

Sable Releases: 2019 | Developer: Shedworks

Sable wears its influences on its sleeve, including French comic artist Jean “Moebius” Giraud. A sci-fi coming of age tale you traverse a beautifully cel-shaded desert full of ancient alien ruins, with no particular objective beyond learning more about the world and maybe solving some simple puzzles. And as in all good coming of ages stories, there’s a (hovering) motorcycle to ride.

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10 New PC games of 2018 you shouldn't miss

Fallout 76  November 14 | Bethesda

It's four times bigger than Fallout 4, it's always-online, and you can nuke fellow players' bases. The biggest departure for the Fallout franchise since it went 3D, Fallout 76 is ditching NPC interaction for online multiplayer base-building survival action, all set in the verdant hills of West Virginia, complete with new creatures based on local folklore. John Denver would be proud.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey  October 5 | Ubisoft

The world of sneaky assassination goes to ancient Greece, a few hundred years before the events of Assassin's Creed Origins, which seems confusing. Players will choose between Alexios or Kassandra, journey through what Ubisoft is calling an epic greek tragedy. There's more RPG elements, too, including dialogue choices, a new armor system that mirrors Origin's weapons system, and plenty of new abilities.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age  September 4 | Square Enix

Return to the land of turn-based combat and blue slime monsters in the eleventh full installment of Dragon Quest. The North American release of Echoes of an Elusive Age features full english localization, a new dash function, overhauled menus and UI, the game promises to take players “across continents and oceans” on a journey to solve a mysterious threat facing the world.

The Bard’s Tale IV  2018 | inXile

The first entry in the classic dungeon crawler franchise since 1991, The Bard’s Tale IV mixes old school turn-based combat with decidedly more open, surface-level world exploration. With more than 20 dungeons to explore and some significant shake-ups to conventional dungeon combat (party members can be positioned in a two-row grid), it looks like fans old and new might find enough to surprise them.

Immortal: Unchained  2018| Toadman Interactive

Immortal: Unchained is a whole lot like Dark Souls. But with guns. "It's definitely going for the same basic formula. The levels are big and maze-like," writes James. "I'd rather Immortal: Unchained take its toe out of the Souls pool and create new systems and ideas for level design and progression that support shooting evil cyborgs in the knees rather than lean on traits from other games just because."

Deep Sky Derelicts  TBA (Currently Early Access) | Snowhound Games

Hire and control up to three mercenaries to root through derelict ships for resources and hope in this dystopian sci-fi adventure with animation that flows like a motion comic book. Turn-based combat pits you against space zombies, gargantuan worms, and god knows what else by using randomly-drawn cards from a deck of possible actions.

Underworld Ascendant  September | OtherSide

Picking up where the Ultima Underworld games left off, Underworld Ascendant is a first-person dungeon crawler and an immersive sim with a highly reactive environment. It's being designed to encourage improvisation and reward experimenting with its systems.

Slasher’s Keep  TBA (Currently Early Access) | Damian Schloter

Slasher’s Keep is a first-person dungeon crawling game where you hack and slash a standard selection of fantastical enemies. Developer Damian Scholter has no qualms with self-deprecation, labeling Slasher’s Keep as a “roguelike” or “roguelikelike if you like”. Despite Schloter’s efforts to make it sound generic and derivative, Slasher’s keep has a bold art style and sounds like it will be borrowing the best elements from a lot of RPG subgenres.

God Eater 3  TBA | Bandai Namco

God Eater 3 is not the third entry in a series of divine cooking games, but rather it’s an action-RPG where you’re part of a team of monster-slayers in possession of extra-fancy, monster-killing weapons. These monsters, the Aragami, are taking over the world, changing and corrupting it, so they probably need a stern talking-to.

Greedfall  2018 | Spiders

Spiders’ RPGs are typically rough and derivative, but the studio is nothing if not prolific, and is back again with a new roleplaying outing. Greedfall takes aim at European colonialism, set on an island that’s been invaded by colonists, adventurers and treasure hunters who are apparently getting on the nerves of the indigenous peoples and their supernatural protectors. Expect multiple factions, as well as decisions (big and small) that change the fate of the island and its inhabitants.

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Top 10 Highest Paying USA Jobs of 2018

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published its most recent list of National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates on March 20, 2018, based on data from May 2017. Hedge fund managers get all the attention, but when you look at mean salaries, jobs in the health care field dominate this list. For comparison, we also provide data from the 2017 list, which is based on data from May 2016.  Healthcare jobs topped the list, and the sector's future is very bright. According to the BLS, employment of healthcare occupations is projected to grow 18 percent from 2016 to 2026 - adding about 2.4 million new jobs. The BLS notes, "This projected growth is mainly due to an aging population, leading to greater demand for healthcare services." Read on:

Top 10 Highest Paying USA Jobs of 2018 

1. Anesthesiologists

• 2018 report mean annual wage: $265,990
• 2017 report mean annual wage: $232,280

The BLS defines anesthesiologists as, "Physicians who administer anesthetics prior to, during, or after surgery, or other medical procedures." Anesthesiologists were ranked first the previous year as well. There are approximately 32,590 anesthesiologists in the U.S., per the most recent BLS data.

2. Surgeons

• 2018 report mean annual wage: $251,890
• 2017 report mean annual wage: $252,910

The BLS defines this category as: "Physicians who treat diseases, injuries, and deformities by invasive, minimally-invasive, or non-invasive surgical methods, such as using instruments, appliances, or by manual manipulation." There are approximately 38,600 surgeons in the U.S., according to the most recent BLS data.

3. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

• 2018 report mean annual wage: $242,740
• 2017 report mean annual wage: $232,870

According to the Labor Department-affiliated job database, this is what a maxillofacial surgeon is responsible for: Administer general and local anesthetics, Perform surgery to prepare the mouth for dental implants, and to aid in the regeneration of deficient bone and gum tissues Remove tumors and other abnormal growths of the oral and facial regions, using surgical instruments. Treat infections of the oral cavity, salivary glands, jaws, and neck Remove impacted, damaged, and non-restorable teeth.

4. Ob/Gyn

• 2018 report mean annual wage: $235,240
• 2017 report mean annual wage: $234,310

Obstetricians and gynecologists, the doctors specializing in female reproductive health and childbirth, dropped one spot from the 2013 data, swapping places with Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

5. Orthodontists

• 2018 report mean annual wage: $229,380
• 2017 report mean annual wage: $228,780

Orthodontists, who specialize in braces and other corrective measures for the teeth, moved up one spot from the 2013 data. There are about 5080 orthodontists in the U.S.

6. Psychiatrists

• 2018 report mean annual wage: $216,090
• 2017 report mean annual wage: $200,220

Psychiatrists, a specialty falling under the M.D. category (as opposed to psychologists), rose from ninth place to sixth place between 2013 and 2018. Their salary got a significant bump; inflation rose 6.6% between the years from which the data is taken, whereas the salary went up 33%.

7. Physicians and Surgeons

• 2018 report mean annual wage: $214,700
• 2017 report mean annual wage: $210,170

This includes the broad category comprising physicians and surgeons. Per the BLS, employment in this field is projected to grow 13 percent from 2016 to 2026, "due to increased demand for healthcare services by the growing and aging population."

8. Family and General Practitioners

• 2018 report mean annual wage: $208,560
• 2017 report mean annual wage: $200,810

The BLS defines this category as, "Physicians who diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases and injuries that commonly occur in the general population. May refer patients to specialists when needed for further diagnosis or treatment."

9. Internists, General

• 2018 report mean annual wage: $198,370
• 2017 report mean annual wage: $201,840

The BLS defines an internist as, "Physicians who diagnose and provide non-surgical treatment of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems. Provide care mainly for adults who have a wide range of problems associated with the internal organs."

10. Prosthodontists

• 2018 report mean annual wage: $196,960
• 2017 report mean annual wage: $168,140

According to the BLS, prosthodontists "construct oral prostheses to replace missing teeth and other oral structures to correct natural and acquired deformation of mouth and jaws, to restore and maintain oral function, such as chewing and speaking, and to improve appearance." There are only about 430 prosthodontists in the U.S.

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How to Increase Alexa Rank Quickly in 2018

What is Alexa Rank?  
Alexa (acquired and run by Amazon) is a company that maintains traffic data regarding websites, and it’s mostly known for its website rank information, called the Alexa Rank. The Global Alexa Rank indicates how popular your site is around the world and the Local Alexa Rank shows popularity in the country that the domain has been registered in.

Why Alexa Ranking is important?
For a lot of website owners and new bloggers, it’s hard to get traffic and have a lower Alexa Rank.  Nothing is more frustrating that putting amazing content out there just to find out that is not serving a purpose because no one is reading it. Knowing how to SEO a site and how to write the perfect blog post are key to gathering traffic that will eventually help you improve your Alexa Rank and will get you tons of Adsense revenue.

Alexa Rank is a very important tool for marketers as it shows the advertising potential of a site. The lower the number, the more traffic that the site gets and thus the more people that ads can be served to. Domains with lower Alexa Rank are generally regarded as more valuable than domains with higher Alexa Rank. Having a low Alexa Score can increase the CPC that you get through your Ad network or even help you land nice native advertisers on your site.

What factors affect the Alexa Rankings?

1. Traffic from people that use the Alexa Toolbar 
2. Number of page views      
3. Time spent on site per visitor     
4. Bounce Rate and Click-through-rate 
5. Quality and Diversity of the views     
6. Number of inbounds links to site also known as backlinks     
7. Social Media share, likes, comments count     
8. Site Load Speed 
9. Site UX/UI

How many views do I need to be on the top 100,000 sites on the Alexa Rank?

• Top 100,000 = 100-150 people with Alexa Toolbar installed per day.
• Top 50,000 = 250-300 visitors per day.
• Top 20,000 = 400-500 visits, who have installed Alexa toolbar.
• Top 10,000 = 700-800 visitors per day.
• Top 5,000 =  about 1400-1600 visitors per day.

How you used to Increase Alexa Rank

1. Installing the Alexa Toolbar (on every PC, laptop)
2. Posting on your blog frequently
3. Creating unique content that ranks well on Google using these powerful SEO techniques.
4. Writing a detailed review of Alexa.
5. Claiming your site on Alexa
6. Adding the Alexa widget to your site

How to Increase Alexa Rank Quickly in 2018

1. Install the dumb Alexa Toolbar on multiple browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc).
2. Download VPN and connect to it. 
3. Go to PageReboot on every browser, put your site and set the refresh time every 60 seconds.
4. Sit back, relax, wait for about 15-20 min.
5. You can change the country in VPN now.
6. (Optional but recommended if you have the budget) Get your Alexa page certified by buying one of their plans.

Other methods to improve the Alexa Rank

1. Buy a fake rank by hiring someone on Fiverr
2. Use an Alexa boosting service like RankBoostUp.
3. Buy a highly trafficked domain and redirect it to your site.

Benefits of having a lower Alexa

1. You will get more business. A lot of bloggers will reach out to guest write on your site and people might trust you more.
2. Your site will be referenced and copied more. A lot of bots are running around copying content from different sites that generate traffic. Most of the times you will garner new links this way. Since these copied sites usually have lower Domain Authority, your site won’t be affected by duplicate content penalties.
3. You can see other interesting metrics on the Alexa rank page such as these audience demographics on Gender, Education and Location

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Top 10 Highest paying CPC Keywords on Adsense 2018

To be a successful Adsense publisher you need a lot of traffic but you also need that traffic to engage with the ads that are being displayed on your site. In the world of blogging, you can either write articles that will compete for clicks that will pay a few cents or be strategic and write content that will pay the big bucks. The adsense CPC that you get paid will be contingent on the topic that you choose to write about. If you are serious about making money online with Adsense and building a successful business, we suggest you target these top paying keywords and industries. Here are the

Top 10 highest paid Adsense keywords for 2018

1. Insurance $57 CPC
2. Gas/Electricity $54 CPC
3. Mortgage $47 CPC
4. Attorney $47 CPC
5. Loans $44 CPC
6. Lawyer $42 CPC
7. Donate $42 CPC
8. Conference Call $42 CPC
9. Degree $40 CPC
10. Credit $38 CPC

Why do these Adsense keywords pay so much?  
Because the companies behind the ads have a high customer value and can afford to spend a few hundred bucks to acquire a customer. As you can see, insurance related blog posts will carry a high CPC. So if you write a perfectly SEO’ed article in which you are discussing car insurance companies and are able to get your blog post high on google rankings, you should be getting a good amount of high quality traffic to your site that will hopefully translate into more Adsense revenue.

Which Adsense ads pay the most?  
In addition to picking the best niche for adsense, you also have options as to which ad type to show. The options are: 1) text & display 2) matched content 3) in-feed and 4) in-article. We’ve found higher click through rates with native in-article ads. Those ads perform the best on any of sites. The in-article ads will naturally blend with your content and display midway through your blog post. we like these types of ads because they are contextual and usually receive a good amount of clicks.

Bonus Keyword Industries/Niches

1. Treatment $37 CPC
2. Software $35 CPC
3. Classes $35 CPC
4. Recovery $34 CPC
5. Trading $33 CPC
6. Rehab $33 CPC
7. Hosting $31 CPC
8. Transfer $29 CPC
9. Cord Blood $27 CPC
10. Claim $25 CPC

Which exact keywords pay the most CPC on Adsense?  
If you are looking for exact top paying keywords such as mesothelioma which pays $1000+ per click, you can check out the list compiled of 1M+ adsense keywords by GrepWords here. For instance, they reported the ultimate top paying keyword “mesothelioma survival rates” at $1006.56 per click.

Conclusion  
We hope that you found this list of high cost-per-click keywords useful.  I also hope you liked the strategy to find keywords that your competitors are getting money from. Building a high grossing blog is a combination of picking a solid niche, doing SEO on your articles and having fun while at it. 

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