Free Photoshop Alternatives

The best free alternative to Adobe Photoshop is GIMP, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Photoshop and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Adobe Photoshop are Krita, Paint.NET, Photopea and Pixlr.

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  1. Multi Layer icon
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    Love photo editing? Multi Layer is a full featured photo editor able to edit and compose images in multiple layers. It supports selection tool (manual and magic wand tool) to selective editing brightness, contrast, saturation, hue and RGB color levels.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  2. CinePaint icon
     15 likes

    CinePaint is a deep paint application that edits EXR, DPX, 16-bit TIFF, JPEG, PNG and many other types of image files. CinePaint is available as a native application for Linux, Mac OS X, and BSD.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  3. PhotoGlory icon
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    PhotoGlory is simple and intuitive photo restoration software. Enhance your retro pics with 100 built-in effects and use many other effective tools.

    14 PhotoGlory alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Livebrush icon
     23 likes

    Livebrush is a drawing application. It employs an easy-to-use brush tool that reacts to your gestures through the use of velocity and other motion controls. By combining simple motion controls with customizable brush styles, Livebrush offers a fun and unique way to create...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Adobe AIR
     
  5. PaintStar icon
     14 likes

    PaintStar is a versatile digital image processing software suitable for such tasks as retouching of photographs, composing and authoring images, image morphing, screen capture, and displaying image thumbnail in Windows Explorer context menu.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Picture Window Pro is a powerful image editing tool designed for serious photographers with demanding creative and quality standards.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Fhotoroom HDR is an easy to use powerful image editor that can take your JPEG's, Digital Camera RAW and High Dynamic Range photos and help you fix exposure, color, and distortion problems or quickly and easily make your photos stunning.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. iPiccy icon
     9 likes

    iPiccy is an online photo editor with tons of powerful features to make your images beautiful. It takes commercial quality editing tools and wraps them in a simple and intuitive interface that makes editing as fast as possible, exposing the features you need only when you need...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Batch AI Photo Sharpener is a Windows desktop photo enhancement software program that enables users to sharpen and enhance photos and images in bulk offline by the AI (Artificial Intelligence) deep learning algorithm.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Fotografix icon
     20 likes

    In addition to being totally portable, Fotografix has a ridiculously small footprint. Its a 370Kb download and about 700Kb once extracted. Despite its size, most of the features I rely on in Photoshop are available.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
     
  11. Piconion icon
     2 likes

    Professional Photo Editor Online. Work with Google Drive. Paint by Touchscreen or Stylus Pen. Support Layers, Paths, and Pixel Art. Free, Fast, Easy to Use.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Google Chrome
    • Google Drive
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. AlterPhoto icon
     1 like

    AlterPhoto is powerful photo editor and image manipulation tool for Windows. It combines ease of use with powerful editing features powered by computer vision and generative AI. This program will become an indispensable tool for both photographers and graphic designers.

    49 AlterPhoto alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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