As an artist / creator, staying ahead is most important on the road to success. To be innovative, you need some time freed up for what matters most: creating. Tools can help you free up time by streamlining your work and increasing your productivity. The time for resolutions has passed, so perfect timing for evaluating your toolkit and adding these 5 creator tools you must have for 2023.

Canva

Touch up your social media graphics, prepare presentations or design flyers for your art opening? Canva has it all! This all in one design platform is very easy to use and has an extensive library of 

templates. With its easy interface anyone can make professional looking designs, so unquestionably a creator tool you must have. Canva’s most basic plan is free, so I would say just get started.

Later

All your socials, scheduled and organized in one platform. Later is a scheduling tool where you can schedule your content across multiple platforms. So say goodbye to manually adjusting all your posts across your platforms & say hi to extra time for creating. Scheduling tools are the answer for consistency and productivity. All your posts for the month scheduled out & less distracted by continuously being on your socials – a pure win win. No more ‘I should have posted today’ feelings & more time to be present. Since it is such a must have tool for every creator, you can get started and receive your first free 10 posts here. 

Audacity

It’s not a secret that podcasts are booming and a great way for creators to diversify and express themselves. So is 2023 the year that you are starting your podcast, but not sure whether to invest in gear or a team yet? Audacity is an open source, cross platform, FREE, audio software that will help your podcast take off. The interface might seem a bit complicated if you don’t have experience with audio (software), but trust me, Audacity is user friendly and easy to figure out. And therefore definitely on the list of creator tools you must have this year.

Adobe Lightroom

Not a newbie, but because of that, not less essential. Compared to other photo editing apps Adobe Lightroom stays ahead, due to its image management. They perfectly understand a creator’s needs and the importance of ordering large amounts of photos, all so that you can get your work done more quickly. They introduced cool features for this year, such as the AI masks for selections that automatically can select objects, faces and facial parts, skies and so on. These masks can be grouped together or separated to make retouching and editing even easier (and faster)! All to give you more time back to create. Not just for 2023, but a must have tool for creators continuously. 

Writecream

In the end we are all human, and we don’t have infinite inspiration. This can make the writing of blogs or captions dreadful and time consuming. Writecream is an AI tool that writes for you. You can ‘ask’ the tool for anything you like & it will write something up in seconds. Of course you still want to be authentic and write from the heart, but an AI tool can be very powerful to get and keep you going. Since times are changing fast and this tool is really time saving, it is beyond any doubt a creator tool you must have for 2023.