I am new to Mac. What do I need in the world of mac to produce graphic elements ?

Hi,
I am new to the world of MAC and I am wondering what graphics utilities I need to get, to be able to produce graphic elements like I was able to in my old pc, corel 10 suite. (it was a photoshop with draw with animated 3d vector capabilities too.)
What are these utilities in MAC-speak?
grateful thanks from this newby.

Hi
Try this apps
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/ is look the Illustrator
and this
https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/ is look the Photoshop, is in beta but work's really fine

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