Using your computer and basic graphic design training and education, you can have your own graphic design studio. You can produce professionally designed logs, mechanicals, layouts, illustrations, presentations, brochures, direct mail, business cards, and other advertising and marketing materials. You will need a background in design and computer graphics, and it will be helpful if you have worked as a graphic designer for a firm before you start out on your own. You can also use two software packages—Print Artist and Gift Maker—to start your own business creating customized graphic output for clients who own small businesses. Print Artist allows users to create professional-looking signs, greeting cards, banners, posters, certificates, and more in minutes. It grows with the user’s ability, offering thousands of combinations of graphics, fonts, and special effects to create advanced custom designs, developed by graphic designers.