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Most bloggers have limited graphic design skills. I am one of them. I’d love to learn how to design and create beautiful stuff, though. I plan to learn how to use some complicated software in the future. But for now, I like to use free tools that deliver professional results easily. Finding them is not always easy. In fact, the most expensive software are those that give professional results the easy way. But still, there are some amazing software that are free. When I find those, I like to share them with my friends and visitors.
In today’s post, we are going to learn about a free application I totally love. You’ll learn how to use it to create professional and clean diagrams easily just by dragging and dropping objects. You’ll also learn how to use all of the freebies I gave you before in this tool.
The tool is called Simple diagram. There is a free version and a paid version. The paid version costs $19. The free version comes with few object libraries and features. With the paid version, you’ll have access to extra libraries. I believe the free version is enough and if you know how to use it cleverly, it can be better than the paid version! This is because you can create your own libraries using the freebies I gave you. I am going to show you how to do that. Meantime, check this diagram I created using this tool:
Now, I probably know what you are thinking. There are many other software out there that help you create beautiful colorful diagrams. You can even do that on Microsoft Word or PowerPoint.
My Opinion:
Simple Diagram isn’t like the rest for these reasons:
It is clean and professional
The black board and the hand drawn objects give your diagram an organic look. I have tried other software but I have never felt that organic feel.
It is so simple. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to use it
All you have to do is drag and drop objects and place them wherever you want. To resize them, you just drag them. No matter how bigger you make them, objects will never lose that professional look.
You have everything in one place
If you have used other software, you sometimes need to get other images and insert them. With this software, you only need to navigate and find the objects you want.
To download the software, visit simple diagram website and follow these steps:
When you finish installing the software, open it and you’ll see this:
All you have to do is drag and drop the symbols you want to the black board. You have many to choose from.
With the paid version, you have access to many symbols. Also, whenever new symbols are created you get to download them. You can’t do that with the free version. If you want to purchase the software, it is really worth it. But as I said before, the free version is really more than enough for you. I am going to show you how to get your own library of symbols using the freebies you find in this blog. But before that, let me show you some of this tool’s features:
The one cool thing about the pencil feature is that you can draw anything you want and then click on the cursor and make a symbol out of it. This is useful when you don’t find the symbols you want. Another solution to this problem is to add your own library of symbols. This is really easy to do. Just follow these steps:
Now, what should you add to the custom library? You don’t have any symbols to add.
I knew you’ll face this problem. That’s why I created some hand-drawn graphics that you can use in the software. I converted them to white because that’s the best color you can use. If you want them in a different color, simply change it in the tool. Here are your free graphics:
Click Here to Download:
4 hand drawn arrows
18 hand drawn circles
6 hand drawn lines
UPDATE: I forgot the most important thing: how to export your diagram to PNG! Sorry guys! To do that, click on Diagram and then Export to PNG or simply click on Ctrl + E.
I love this tool so much and I am sure you won’t regret downloading it. You’ll love it! You have my word on it. 
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And if you do both (leave a comment and share the post), I am going to be the happiest blogger on the Net! 
Hi Mouh, You’re right, I am definitely not a graphic designer but this software might help. Thank so much for adding the downloads for your designs. I don’t think I could have come up with those! I’m not much of an artist…
I look forward to seeing your designs in upcoming posts. With such a powerful software tool you will be able to create some amazing illustrations.
Thanks for sharing this with us!
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Thanks a lot Carolyn! I am sure you’ll enjoy using the tool and downloads. This tool is one of my favorite. I love its simplicity and easiness. And I love the fact that it is free!
Thanks a lot for your comment. It made my day
.
Take care.
Mouh
Hi Mouh,
I love your blog. It has got so many good articles. I have already installed the s/w you mentioned and soon you might see some of the diagrams on my site.
Thanks for letting us know about these wonderful tools.
Ashvini
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Hi Ashvini,
Thank you very much! I love your blog too. You share many good topics. And I see that you have published another good one
. I’ll go check it right now. I am sure I’ll learn a lot from it.
Thank you for taking the time to comment. Love that!
Mouh
Hi Mouh, I love diagram because I can easily remember and get the idea. My professor use teach with diagram, I can always remember Ms. Tampus for making her lesson very understandable. Thank you for sharing this information.
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Hi Dlysen,
Welcome to my blog again! Yes, diagrams do make information easier and understandable. I hope you’ll start using the tool to create amazing stuff!
Come back again!
Mouh
Hi Mouh, I am using the free version and I will upgrade it when I am using this tools regularly.
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That’s great, Dlysen! Hope you are enjoying the free version! If you need anything, don’t hesitate to contact me. I’ll try to help.
Thanks for commenting again my friend.
Mouh
You told a very nice way of creating a diagram.
Thank you so much for your comment. I am glad you like the tool.
Thanks a lot to sharing this useful free tools.
It will help me to make diagrams.
Hi Jenn,
Thanks a lot for your comment. I appreciate you taking the time to do that. And I am glad you like the tool. It’ll surely help you design great diagrams!
Mouh
Hi Mouh,
What a wonderful tool this one is! I love it so much. I look forward to reading more of your blog post. Please do share other useful software! Thanks again. Take care, Mouh
Sarah!
Hi Sarah,
Thanks a lot for the wonderful comment! I’ll always share great stuff!
Have a lovely day!
Mouh
Wow…I can already think of many ways that I can use this in the classroom and even have my students use it! Awesome find! Thanks!
Cindy! I am so happy this tool inspired you! I hope you enjoy using it. Your students will surely do. This tool is just great!
Thanks for your comment!
Mouh
Those are really nice looking diagrams. I have to give this program a check there’s a free version, but the paid one seems too good to pass up at $19. For a guy who is horrible it photoshop, this program would save a lot of frustration.
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Hi Max,
Thank you so much for your comment.
The paid version does worth the money if you plan to use it very often. If you don’t plan to use it a lot, I suggest that you go with the free version and use the free graphics I offer here and add your own libraries. One good thing about the paid version is that you can use any fonts you want. With the free version you are allowed to use Arial only. I avoid this problem by writing my own words with the font I choose and then save everything as an image. I then insert the image in my own library. After that, I simply insert the image and it looks like written words. If you need any help, feel free contact me any time!
Mouh
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Hi Mouh,
Excellent diagram drawings
I am fortunate enough to know how to create graphics. I took lessons for many years online. I use Corel’s PaintShop Pro, which is similar to Photoshop.
You gave your users a wealth of info about how to create their own drawings without having the knowledge. Excellent tutorial!
Linda
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Hey Linda,
How great it is to be able to use Corel’s PaintShop Pro! It is such an amazing software. You must be so talented!
Thank you so much for your kind words. They mean a lot to me!
Thanks again for the amazing comment!
See you very soon.
Mouh
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Hi Mouh
Wow I like your diagrams and they make your content on your blog really stand out.
I’ve downloaded the trial and I’m off to play with it now so thanks for sharing.
Dawn
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Hi Dawn,
I’m glad you like the tool.
It does make your content unique. It also makes it understandable. Sometimes readers can get an idea if you don’t illustrate it. Diagrams can really help here.
Thanks a lot for your comment! Come back again, Dawn, Ok.
Mouh
Clean and professional is what i like.
I’m in a similar situation, where i want to visually improve my blogs but i lack the talent and the knowledge. I gave up on photoshop and went with photoscape because it’s simple, free, and gets the job done.
Love free tools like Simple diagram that simply get the job done without much hassle.
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Photoscape is great too. I used it before.
I too like simple and free tools. Simple Diagram is one of my favorites. I just love it! I love the organic feel it gives to my diagrams.
Martin, thanks a lot for your comments! Happy to read them.
Have a great day and week!
Mouh
Hey Mouh, You have a such nice and interesting tutorial here, thanks for sharing, hope to hear more from you..
Hi Melody,
Thanks for stooping by and for your kind words. I really appreciate that. I hope you hear from you soon too. Please do come back again, OK.
Take good care.
Mouh
Thanks for sharing! There’s no need to purchase Photoshop just to create a clean and simple diagram. I think this software is good enough. More power!
You can create more beautiful things with Photoshop. But when it comes to diagrams, this tool is the best!
Very good tips!
I didn’t know Simple diagram.
Very interesting and useful.
Thanks so much for the detailed review! Simple diagram is a great tool! I’d also recommend http://my.origramy.com – this online diagram building service is also free and I use it frequently whenever I need to create a diagram quickly.