Photoshop Alternatives

Adobe Photoshop serves as a professional raster graphics editor for Windows and macOS, handling advanced image editing, retouching, and digital art. Users praise its extensive feature set for graphics and design, though many complain about high pricing compared to other editors.

GIMP tops the rankings as the leading Photoshop alternative, offering broad image-editing and retouching tools completely free and open-source. Many users switch to GIMP specifically to escape Photoshop's cloud licensing and subscription model. Affinity Photo ranks second with its polished interface and one-time purchase model, repeatedly highlighted as a cost advantage over subscription pricing. Luminar Neo brings AI tools like GenErase and GenExpand plus focus stacking and HDR merging for photographer-centric workflows.

Krita ranks third, focusing on digital painting with advanced brush control and animation support for artists. The alternatives landscape splits between pro photo editors and art-first painting apps, with Photopea standing out as a free, install-free option with PSD support and a familiar interface.

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For open source transparency, GIMP and Krita lead with community-driven development and no proprietary licensing restrictions. Linux users have native options in GIMP, Krita, and MyPaint without relying on Windows or macOS-only tools. Windows-only picks include Paint.NET and Corel PaintShop Pro for desktop editing with layers, effects, and selection tools.

Web-based editors like Photopea, Pixlr, and Sumo Paint work in browsers when you can't install software on school or locked-down computers. Users avoiding subscriptions can choose Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer for predictable one-time licensing. For PSD workflows, Photopea, Affinity Photo, and Pixelmator open Photoshop-format documents to maintain collaboration compatibility. iPad workflows benefit from Affinity Photo, Pixelmator, and Pixlr for editing on tablets rather than desktop-only setups.

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  1. Blacksmith3D icon
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    Paint in 3d across texture seams with ease. Choose from clone & projection tools, paint from a photo resource, make seamless tiles, sculpt existing models with chisels or hammers or make new morphs,.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  2. Polarfox icon
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    Polarfox lets you post images to multiple social networks and blogs at once! It's super fast, beautiful, easy to use and a must have for people who love to share images with their friends, fans and followers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    Image Edit PRO for iPad 2 is powerful photo editor with native iOS interface and both (landscape and portrait) interface orientations support!

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPad
     
  4. Picture2Life icon
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    Picture2Life allows you to edit, collage, animate and share your pictures online.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • Firefox
     
  5. Tree Studio icon
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    Tree Studio is a product born from TwistedBrush Pro Studio but with a focus on 2D tree creation with a simpler, streamlined interface. Tree Studio has pairs of brushes for each tree type - one for the frame and one for the leaves.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Imgkits icon
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    Transform your visuals with Imgkits - the ultimate AI image and video editing platform. Get impressive results instantly, completely free. Try it now!

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    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Photo Objects Eraser (formerly Inpaint Tool) is inteded for image retouching or for removing unwanted objects from the photo.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. BonAView icon
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    BonAView is the most innovative digital photo management software which have no analogs in his class. It provides an ultimate image management and organization tools which helps you to categorize and rate your image files, and manage photo collections of any size - from a few...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    GoodGrade is the most powerful compact photo editor and color grading app for iOS devices.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    Image Enhancer is a desktop application based on Image Processing concepts. A set of total 64 basic and complex Image Processing filters are implemented here. Moreover snapshots can be captured using video surveillance camera/webcam attached with the computer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Blob Studio icon
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    Blob Studio is a product born from TwistedBrush Pro Studio but with a focus on creation of individual objects with blob brushes.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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