Does anyone know of or have some free software/shareware for designing electronic images for tee signs? All course supporters could benefit from some real nice looking tee signs that were easy to make.

I've been using MS Paint and hand drawing a lot. It would be nice to have something for disc golf with preloaded images like trees, tee boxes, baskets, and good arc drawing program to show disc flights.

BTW, we send our electronic files off to have vinyl graphics cut for the actual signs, but if we had a nice electronic file that we could print and laminate, we could just use that.

Download Open Office, the free Microsoft Office knockoff. Use the Impress module which is their PowerPoint equivalent. However, unlike PowerPoint, Impress can save/export files in a variety of higher resolution formats like .pdf, .tif and .eps suitable for printing.

www.openoffice.org (http://www.openoffice.org)

You want to look for something with 'layers'. Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator is an example (although $$$). Take a look at these options (http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/imageediting/tp/freephotoedw.htm). Paint.net may be your best bet and is free...

GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/screenshots/) is a free editing program worth a look. I use it when I don't have access to Photoshop.

Paint Shop Pro does layers and much more.

I have it but I think Impress/PowerPoint is still easier to work with for drawing shapes, fairway curves, inserting pix and clip art for tee signs.

You want to look for something with 'layers'. Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator is an example (although $$$). Take a look at these options (http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/imageediting/tp/freephotoedw.htm). Paint.net may be your best bet and is free...



Get Bearshare, a free file sharing program, and you can get virtually all of these programs for free.

I am not sure about any legal implications that downloading these may have.

So just in case...

...I may have downloaded a full, free version of Photoshop (you can find any version [the one I had was Photoshop CS]).

But anyway, thats a good cheap way.

But these programs can be difficult to use for first timers.

Though a quick and easy community college course can teach you how to make the coolest stuff around......

.....just my take.

I have it but I think Impress/PowerPoint is still easier to work with for drawing shapes, fairway curves, inserting pix and clip art for tee signs.


Inserting _clipart_? He did say he wanted GOOD tee signs :D;)

Do any of these freebies convert pics into line art????

For professional results you would best be served using professional programs like PhotoShop and Illustrator which are industry standards.

I would like to know if there are any available templates for disc golf signage for the aforementioned programs. Anyone have PSDs ready for tee signs?

Vandals use unprofessional spray paint and other means to wreck them so I'm not sure it's worth it for expensive signs unless you have a pretty controlled course environment.

For professional results you would best be served using professional programs like PhotoShop and Illustrator which are industry standards.



I would agree, but I wouldn't advise buying them if all you are trying to do is make a few tee signs. :cool:

If someone wants to use Ilustrator I have trees and baskets and teepads that I could send to make it a little easier.

A good vector graphic program used in map making is OCAD (http://www.ocad.com/en/index.htm).
The output would be suitable for what you are after.

Go to the dowloads page and there are freeware versions available.
Small but powerful.