Pocket-friendly apps to tap the creative artist you never knew you were

You needn't be a qualified designer or an audio or video editor in order to create top-class content across media. All you need is some savvy technology apps to help you do the job

A Zumba instructor uses Canva to design attractive flyers about her dance events, while a jewellery designer creates enticing visual content of her latest rose gold collection using Snappa. Somewhere else, a restaurateur uses Easil to rustle up a brand new Covid-compliant food menu and a teacher uses Adobe Photoshop to cull out video excerpts of her classes as her personal branding tool. Oh yes, even a housewife launches her cookery show using an app called Desygner to make her logo.

None of these people is a qualified designer, or audio or video editor, but all were still able to