Free software to edit character sheet design?

[KillianHawkeye]

Can't believe no one said InkScape yet. Inkscape is what you are looking for it's the free version of Illustrator. Gimp is the free version of Photoshop, don't use that.
Gimp is for Pixel art.
Inkscape is for vector drawings.

Really, dude? Are you being ironic, or did you just not read the thread?

or there's also Inkscape (vector graphics, lots of options for aligning shapes together) if you want make it fancier.

Inkscape is a good option IMO if you're aiming for a pretty, fairly graphical character sheet. Also, Inkscape can open PDFs, but the result may not be ideal. For example, what was drawn originally as a dashed line, or a hatch fill, might have been saved to the PDF as a whole bunch of separate lines. Inkscape won't be able to put that back into an easily editable form easily. If you just want to cut and paste a few decorations and boxes though, it might just work.

If I wanted a character sheet template I could print, then fill in by hand, I would use Inkscape.

Inkscape for creating vector images.

Better luck next time!

[GuzWaatensen]

Really, dude? Are you being ironic, or did you just not read the thread?

Well you got me, I actually wrote that post in 2016, when there were just a couple of replies. I just saw that i never sent it and though that's the perfect opportunity. But I didn't read through the rest of the posts.

Still valid advice though: Use Inkscape!

[LibraryOgre]

Well you got me, I actually wrote that post in 2016, when there were just a couple of replies. I just saw that i never sent it and though that's the perfect opportunity. But I didn't read through the rest of the posts.

Still valid advice though: Use Inkscape!

The Mod Wonder: Son of a.... Well, I missed that this was necromancy. It's been noted, but we'll keep it going.

[Pleh]

Gimp is the free version of Photoshop, don't use that.
Gimp is for Pixel art.

If you need vector drawings for a character sheet, you may be over thinking it.

Gimp is probably more than you need.

[Knaight]

If you need vector drawings for a character sheet, you may be over thinking it.

Gimp is probably more than you need.

Having used both I'd take Inkscape over Gimp every time. The thing about vector art tools is that they tend to have some very solid line and rectangle tools that are easily moved around, which is helpful for character sheets.

I still favor just using MS Word, making a big table, then doing cell splitting, merging, and size adjustments as needed.

[shawnhcorey]

If you need vector drawings for a character sheet, you may be over thinking it.

Gimp is probably more than you need.

Having used both I'd take Inkscape over Gimp every time. The thing about vector art tools is that they tend to have some very solid line and rectangle tools that are easily moved around, which is helpful for character sheets.

GIMP is for image manipulation. Krita, Pinta, and MyPaint are better for image creation. If you're an artist trained in traditional methods, try Krita. Whereas the others give you pens, pencils, and shapes to draw with, Krita gives you oils, watercolours, pastels, and charcoal.

[KillianHawkeye]

Well you got me, I actually wrote that post in 2016, when there were just a couple of replies. I just saw that i never sent it and though that's the perfect opportunity. But I didn't read through the rest of the posts.

Still valid advice though: Use Inkscape!

Wait, what?

How is it even possible to have a post that you wrote two years ago but never submitted? Does a saved draft really just stick around forever??

This is not what I was expecting!

EDIT: Looking at your post history, you only have two posts and they're both from today and in this thread. And while you have been a member of the forums since 2016, your join date is from the month AFTER the last post before this thread was necro'd, so most of the posts I quoted would have been there already.

I call BS on your "I wrote this two years ago" story.