I didn’t know whether it would be best to post in a windows, open source, or software community for this - but this seems best. If not, please redirect me and I will be on my way :)
I’m on the hunt for some kind of windows software (or website is fine) that allows me to craft a guide. I have been using https://www.getpaint.net/ but it’s just so tedious and meticulous to align everything perfectly (which you can see if you look at my example below). I would like the software to allow me to:
- Add/edit text, images, resize images
- Move around content (text/images)
- Color sections
- Create shapes/drawings (ideally with color customization like borders & thickness levels) - including lines and other shapes like arrows, circles, etc
- Dividers between sections (see image for an example)
- Modify background color
- Modify text font (type, size, color)
- Text formatting (bullets, numbers) though I can also just manually write 1. 2. etc, or draw a circle shape if needed
- ADDED: the ability to adjust canvas size / full dimensions (see how in the example below its a vertical guide. I also would want to be able to add additional space if it gets cramped, so also the ability to select multiple elements and move together
- ADDED: the ability to save the project as a PNG, I’m sure I could probably just screenshot with snipping tool but that isn’t super ideal
- ADDED: having elements snap to keep everything aligned easily (or any other way to keep things aligned, rather than what I’ve had to do with pain.net which is just manually dragging & eyeballing the alignment)
This is specifically for video games but could honestly apply for anything that could have a cheat sheet or a guide
Here is an example for a Lost Ark raid - anything that can make this is what I’m looking for
I am willing to pay a one time fee for a product if it’s a a price affordable enough for me, otherwise I’m looking for something possibly FOSS. I’m hoping there’s something out there better for this than paint.net , but there might not be. I appreciate any suggestions in advance!
MS Office is Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, and OneNote
Given your extra requirements I think Draw.IO is the way to go. You can use the webtool on draw.io or download a desktop version with the same features. I use it for engineering drawings and it can do all the multi object moving and snapping.
ah okay thanks, yea I just wanted to make sure. I’ve used those 5 office products and didn’t think of an easier way to make what I’m making in those, so I was a little confused. Maybe there is a way that I don’t know about but I was surprised at the least
I’ll take a look at Draw.IO. thanks!!