GIMP GIMP is a free program for such photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Essentially it's the closest thing to Photoshop you can get for free. Free, rich of feature, good performance, many tutorial, anything it's lack can be cover with plug-in. The best for free software. Jatie • Dec 2016 • 33 agrees and 9 disagrees Disagree Agree It is probably the closest alternative to Adobe Photoshop, at least from those I know. For me personally too complicated but if you know how to use it, you can do many things you can do with Photoshop too. What I also noticed is that it loads very quickly on Linux. Guest • Jul 2016 • 45 agrees and 12 disagrees Disagree Agree Because it's simply free it may be complicated but you can learn it easily. Guest • Jul 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Does not have same functions as PS but there are some filters. Guest • Jul 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree First: It's the closest software to photoshop that is free. Second: Have a good performance. Third: Easy to learn. LuizCarlos91 • Jun 2019 Disagree Agree 95% of most users photo editing needs are covered by GIMP and its plugins. Guest • Aug 2018 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree GIMP has remained a broken program, it's move tool still is very troublesome if your cursor is over the layer dock instead of the graphic in the central view. exporting and saving to specific but common file types is overly complicated. many features are counter-intuitive even AFTER you've learned them, unlike in a GOOD graphics program like Krita or Clip Studio Paint. ghostlycoyote • Jun 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Gimp contain absolutely all what is required in 99% of cases for picture manipulation Guest • Apr 2019 Disagree Agree It takes less time to administrate and update and of course more affordable and can be supported by free will and ability by donations or other contributions and involvement instead of forced upgrades and costly subscriptions where users have nothing to say where the future (or money) goes. Nuvendi • May 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree GIMP is not similar enough to Photoshop for someone to get started immediately, but when you do know how to use it, it can be just as powerful as Photoshop in almost every way. Better than paying Adobe $30+ a month for a product that never belongs to you. lazysami00 • Apr 2019 Disagree Agree It's free... It's powerfull... I edit my photos with that and it's such a beatiful program ^^ It's easy to use and easier to get in than photoshop (my experience) :D Guest • Mar 2019 Disagree Agree Offer most of PhotoShop functionality, if not all, is Free (in both meanings of the word) and, unlike PhotoShop, Isn't limited to MacOS and Windows as operating system. Bigoukun • Mar 2019 Disagree Agree I don't understand the hype that GIMP is the most powerful alternative to Photoshop? Filters are bad quality and the interface is a stub! There are much more and better (!) alternative Apps that are a real alternative to Photoshop, like Krita or MediaBang, Everyone should check more than one, more than GIMP, before he tell the internet GIMP is the best alternative... because it is not! (But there are some...) Guest • May 2018 • 18 agrees and 15 disagrees Disagree Agree The best free PS alternative, feature-packed and powerful. stephenbarrow895 • Nov 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Closest you can get to Photoshop for free. The UI is not great but functionality-wise it's near perfect. Great alternative. PavlinaKellerova • Nov 2018 Disagree Agree GIMP is better as painting software, and rather crappy for photo manipulation Guest • Nov 2018 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree A good program, but the menus are not intuitive, and the startup is somewhat slow. Guest • Mar 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Gimps is very basic... its no way near to adobe Photoshop Guest • Oct 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Completely free with many plug-ins. socjopatkax • Sep 2018 Disagree Agree I have used Gimp for years. I used Adobe and Correl, but Gimp does what I need, and why pay hundreds of dollars for something that was not all that better, or worse in some ways. Guest • Sep 2018 Disagree Agree Version 2.8: I design graphics for web more than manipulate images. Support for pens is buggy, can't get pressure to be recognized. Slow to load in Windows 10. Zoom: can't use mouse scroll-wheel, limited to 800% makes it hard to work on small icons. Vectors: doesn't load PSD vector layers, converts copy-pasted SVG to raster. Didn't evaluate further as I gave up at that point. I did notice it has good support for multi-resolution .ico files. peterbrand • Apr 2018 • 5 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Its got all the features pretty much and it's available on all devices Guest • Aug 2018 Disagree Agree It is very easy to understand and use, it also offers many filters and effects, the vectorial tool is easy to use and it offers many pre-defined brushes to start. This is my favorite program to make art because of it's simplicity and comfort, I'm very pleased to say that this is a really good alternative to Adobe Photoshop. Ivann • Jun 2018 Disagree Agree GIMP cannot do anything as complex as Photoshop. Guest • Apr 2018 • 7 agrees and 8 disagrees Disagree Agree A fully completed alternative to photoshop. And this is free! Technotika • Aug 2017 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree The technology in GIMP really is stellar. There are tutorials all over the web for accomplishing just about everything you can imagine. Photoshop is a great piece of software, no doubt. But with their change to Cloud licensing GIMP is just that much more enticing. I *highly* recommend GIMP. ustamills • Oct 2016 • 17 agrees and 6 disagrees Disagree Agree This is the best that can be used in linux Guest • Mar 2018 Disagree Agree Too complicated to use it, bad UI/UX rnickson • Mar 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Krita is new and seems more like photoshop. Still is developing. Guest • Feb 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree I'd much rather use Photoshop but I'm on Linux, so no go. GIMP is free and is packed with features but Photoshop is a long way ahead in terms of usability and experience. GIMP does everything I need, it just takes longer and not as intuitive as Photoshop. jakebrumby • Jan 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree it are said to be Free Software; has the Paths Tool on which works perfect to create complex drawings with a mouse peripheral on a desktop computer; DarkSystemCD • Apr 2017 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It's free. For basic operations I do I don't want to pay as much. mygamela2 • Dec 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Open Source, Unique functions and tools and it's free. I have achieved far better result with gimp, thanks to its flexibility. Oh and it doesn't "sync" your personal photos to da "cloud" under the pretext of creative connectivity and oneness, LOL. Did i mention that you don't have to pay an annual fee of $240!!!? Cyberia • Nov 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree First of all it's free. It has many plug-ins, for example the best tool to work on .dds -files. In Photoshop you need a nvidia plugin which works not good- You have a perspectific clone stamp Guest • Sep 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Its the closest photo editing software to photoshop Guest • Aug 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Doesn't support CMYK, or if it does I couldn't find it, and I looked hard. Also, despite my best efforts, couldn't select more than 1 layer at a time (without creating a group and putting all the layers in that group) and working with text was insanely labor intensive. Guest • May 2017 • 5 agrees and 6 disagrees Disagree Agree Gimp is the best photo editor, and Photoshop does not compare with its glitches with it. dan777 • May 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree it's all you want. you just need to know how to edit with it and you're set! no money spent! netikrasbananas • Apr 2017 • 2 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree GIMP is a powerful, yet fairly lightweight platform for general image editing. It runs on many platforms, including some obscure Linux distributions. Guest • Aug 2016 • 10 agrees and 6 disagrees Disagree Agree It does not work directly on CMYK images or save them on this mode. It also priorizes its own file format instead of work directly with other file formats instead of "exporting" them, causing GIMP to be not so practical as Photoshop for multiple files at the same time. The interface also takes too much space of the screen and some tools have no obvious utilization shortcuts. Guest • Nov 2016 • 11 agrees and 16 disagrees Disagree Agree Gimp is powerfull almost as Photoshop. jansika • Sep 2016 Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS BSD ... PortableApps.com Haiku AmigaOS Layer manipulation Customizable Support for Layers Photo effects ... Batch image manipulation Blur Filter Built-in Color picker Color correction Color to Alpha DRM Free Editing photos Extensible by Plugins/Extensions High-resolution images Image Masking Keyframe animation Lossless Cropping Retouch photos Portable Open PSD files Scalable Scripting support Symmetry brush Add a feature 3560 Like
Krita Krita is a complete creative sketching and painting application with advanced, commercial quality features. It's free, open-source and available across all major... Krita's focus is painting rather than photo manipulation. quadratic • Oct 2018 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree photoshop is a photo editing software; krita is a painting and sketching app soulrain • May 2019 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Photoshop is a professional editing tool. Krita is a very good piece of software, however it isn't a professional software or one that could be used as an alternative for Photoshop. It's closer to the level of Paint.net. If you would like a free and powerful alternative, I'd recommend GIMP, however the user interface is annoying to work with. If you don't mind paying, I'd recommend Affinity Photo, which is $50 one time and is very amazing. UnleavenedEagle • Jun 2019 • 2 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree It's open-source and very easy to use. cami_lla • Apr 2019 Disagree Agree Powerful layer-based drawing with tablet support, and a variety of brush styles and supported formats. deltz025 • Nov 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree While I prefer GIMP for graphic design, Krita is the best alternative to Photoshop for digital painting pizzalovingnerd • Oct 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It's kinda more intuitive to use than GIMP (which is a briliant PS alternative too) interface-wise, and supports CMYK out of the box if one needs it. As of version 3.1 it has pretty advanced support for animation, including opacity curves (GIMP fails completely in that field, animathing anything is a major PITA in it) Atoshi • Dec 2016 • 12 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree Krita allows you to make drawings and animations with a great quality and ir's also FREE. KRITA4EVER Guest • Jun 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Excellent UX design interface, non-destructive image manipulation. Superior graphics tablet integration makes it a *better* alternative to photoshop for artists. peterbrand • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Clean UI and easy to use. I don't think it's as refined as GIMP but still a great alternative. ExquisiteDisaster • Jan 2017 • 8 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree MUCH better UI than GIMP or PAINT.NET Guest • Oct 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree If you are looking for a (free) alternative for digital drawing and painting, this is it. Better than Photoshop in this regard - I don't touch Photoshop for drawing and painting anymore, only Krita and ClipStudio. herbertvanderwegen • Sep 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Krita is a painting application, It does not really edit photos. Guest • Feb 2018 • 5 agrees and 8 disagrees Disagree Agree I was working with PS since v1.3! Since they started the Creative Cloud versions, they deliver no more quality, so I was looking for a alternative to PS, like Paint.net is. I compared MyPaint, Pixlr, GIMP, Krita and some more, but Krita was the best for me. Easy to switch from PS, no unstable App, can read PS files, and supports privacy by default (a big problem with PS and Pixlr). gaengschter • Feb 2016 • 16 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Better for painting, worse for photo/image manipulation (it is where gimp comes in) Guest • Sep 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Brushes, functionality, and its free. Guest • Dec 2017 Disagree Agree Sleek design, many useful resources, ergonomic UI, really is the best free photo editing software I've used. I only used it for digital drawing though, so I don't know how it fares for other purposes. Guest • Nov 2017 Disagree Agree Much easier to use than other PS alternatives and fairly intuitive. kristinastarck • Apr 2017 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Krita is the best alternative for digital illustrators. Intuitive interface offers options that even Gimp does not have, such as the layer effects available in Adobe Photoshop. However, not everything is flowers, the Krita text tools are still lacking. My recommendation is to use Krita and Gimp together according to the nature of your project. brunoprosaiko • Jul 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Lightweight, similar interface. TristisOris • Aug 2017 Disagree Agree While I like GIMP this is much simpler in design and easier to use. brandonyarvis • Jan 2017 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It is basically the same. Same tools and interfaces. Guest • Mar 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It is one of the few programs with an airbrush. The only quarrel I have is the color-picker. I prefer the style of color picker/custom color designer in Paint. Otherwise,Krita just boogies right along. Best free art program I've found, between it and IrfanView. I'm golden! clydelyman • Mar 2017 Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com Keyframe animation Animations Texture painting Support for Wacom Tablets ... Customizable Drawing Frame by frame animation Lightweight Multi-choice brushes Smooth lines 3D Poser Auto aligment rulers Auto Correction Background transparency Blending brushes Brush Stabilizers Color blending Digital Drawing Digital-painting focused Document templates Fullscreen support Instant edit screenshots Layer manipulation Support for Layers No Kernel-Mode Components Page labeling Penetration tools Pop-up Palette Portable Open PSD files Rewind the changes Support for Hotkeys SVG Editors Symmetry brush Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Texture for brushes Timeline-based Optimized for Touch screen Add a feature 726 Like
Affinity Photo Affinity Photo is a professional, full-featured raster graphics editor. Working in Affinity Photo is always live and you can pan and zoom at 60fps, with live previews... Affinity Photo is a professional level photo editing application. It's very powerful and you can do 99% of things in it that you can do in Photoshop. It can read and write .PSD files, and is compatible (most of the time) with Photoshop brushes and plugins. If you don't mind paying, I'd recommend it. It's ~$50 one time, so no subscriptions. UnleavenedEagle • Jun 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Does effectively everything PS can do, has a matching Designer app and soon Publisher app. Excellent GUI and functionality, well supported and regularly updated. Total no brainer for a simple one-off payment. robfol • Jun 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Professional grade cross-platform application with well-polished UI which does the same and more, with *no subscription*, no accounts and no cloud stuff eju • Jul 2019 Disagree Agree Incredibly great price, robust set of tools, leaner install. Guest • Jul 2019 Disagree Agree It does the same as PS, sometimes it is even easier to use. After many years of PS I don't miss it at all. Guest • Jul 2019 Disagree Agree One time Payment. Good Toolset. Very similar to Photoshop Guest • Mar 2018 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree I believe, now that it supports Windows, that it's a great alternative to Photoshop. There's a wide variety of features you can find both on Photoshop and Photo, they share most of the key features. Affinity's design is beautiful aswell. Blouko • Dec 2016 • 13 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Really Good UI, not expensive and does the job Guest • Dec 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree 90% of the same features of Adobe Photoshop. The other 10% are tools rarely even used. Save your money, buy this cheaper alternative. Guest • Apr 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Best features and interface of all other alternatives of Adobe PS Guest • Oct 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Does it all and, once you get the hang of it, more intuitively than PS. Guest • Apr 2019 Disagree Agree Similar interface logic and keyboard shortcuts, great support for reading psd files. Pretty much 95% of PS abilities, but without the subscription fees. Guest • Oct 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Professional, full featured app, with proper vendor support and very good workflows. The only true alternative to Photoshop. Thanks to Affinity I've been Adobe (and subscription) free for many years and very happy at that. wonderwarthog • Apr 2019 Disagree Agree I love gimp for what you get for free.. But best paid alternative without the subscription based software or stripped down PS Elements. Affinity Photo is a sweet deal, and great alternative to Photoshop. I only see this getting better with time and now it's on Windows. Pen support (default settings) could be better but doable. Guest • Dec 2016 • 10 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It's non-subscription, and Affinity keeps adding new features, which do not require a paid upgrade. I'm hooked. aldorr • Dec 2016 • 12 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree No subscription - One-off payment ultra_blue • May 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree One time payment, low price, can do almost anything Photoshop can do, often better! Frequent updates, many free tutorials online... Excellent team that answer any question on the forum. It's not the best alternative to Photoshop, Photoshop is a good alternative to Affinity Photo. Guest • Jul 2017 • 5 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It is usable! Everybody keeps recommending GIMP, which is (if you're used to Photoshop) horrible in it’s usability for creative work. Affinity Photo can totally keep up with Photoshop and is so much cheaper! Guest • Sep 2017 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Functional, very cheap, great UI Guest • Dec 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Does what I mostly need and does not force me to rent. Matt_Pub • Jul 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Full featured, easy to use, actively developed and cheap! Guest • Sep 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Interface. Cost. iPad availability. Guest • Jun 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Affinity is the closest software to Photoshop. With a direct import for PSD files and the simple "Persona"-System it's the best solution with a low price. janse_w • Feb 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows iPad Non destructive editing Raw Photo processing Support for Layers No Subscription ... Photo effects Open PSD files Apple Pencil support Batch processing Blemish removal Color management Create Macro Editing photos Extend Macros support High-resolution images Interface Overlay Layer manipulation Optimal performance Panoramic stitching Parametric vector shapes RAW-Conversion Responsive design SVG Editors Vectorscope Waveform Add a feature 269 Like
Pixelmator Pixelmator is a powerful, beautiful, and easy to use image editor. Featuring an elegant and streamlined single-window interface, it puts all the focus on the images you... For the simple editing I do to get photos ready for email and web, Pixelmator is perfect. It can crop (including constrained cropping), resize, and do all the essential color/brightness/contrast/levels tweaks. And the best feature of all, it has a magical healing brush for removing blemishes. davecortright • Mar 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Commercial $ $ $ Mac iPhone iPad Healing brush Retouch photos Support for 64 bit Asset Pipeline ... Customizable Drawing Photo effects Retouch photos Raw Photo processing Realtime magic wand tool Specific for 64-Bit Stickers Tablet support Add a feature 359 Like
MyPaint MyPaint is a fast, distraction-free, and easy painting tool for digital artists. It supports graphics tablets made by Wacom, and many similar devices. MyPaint is only a drawing program, but it can't edit images. Adobe Photoshop can do both. Guest • Jul 2015 • 14 agrees and 6 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com Infinite canvas Color blending Drawing Fullscreen support ... Support for Layers Portable Download from Soundcloud Support for Wacom Tablets Add a feature 303 Like
Pinta Pinta is a free, open source drawing/editing program modeled after Paint.NET . Its goal is to provide users with a simple yet powerful... Discontinued Last stable release was in 2015. See https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/releases/1-6 Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Mono Support for Layers Lightweight Add a feature 213 Like
CorelDRAW Graphics Suite With vector illustration, page layout, photo-editing and tracing software, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7 is ideal for professional and occasional designers tackling any... Corel Photo-paint and CorelDraw work very well with Corel Painter and Paint-shop Pro. Pretty much everything is covered, there [High-end full-body textile design must be around the corner.] Everlasting licences also make CorelDraw the clear Winner. tobylennon • Jan 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Web Customizable Desktop publishing Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Add a feature 150 Like
Photoscape PhotoScape is a fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos. Key Features: * Editor: resizing, brightness and color adjustment... Simple, no layers, but brushes are available. Cheap, light weighted and goes easy on your machine resources. Even as professional I do use Photoscape for a first review of my photos. Guest • Aug 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Good For newbie before u learn Photoshop, use this Software First :) vranha • Jun 2017 Disagree Agree Freemium Mac Windows Windows S Lossless quality Morphing Batch Editing Batch processing ... Built-in Equalizer Built-in Image editor Color correction Image Combining Image Splitting Lossless Cropping Multiple languages Retouch photos Raw converter Screenshot Tools Add a feature 216 Like
Polarr From advanced image filters to professional local adjustments, Polarr Photo Editor is the most versatile and powerful online photo editor in the web. Free version is the most capable offline editor available in Chromebook. Excellent masking tools in paid version. Guest • Mar 2017 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Web Android iPhone ... Chrome OS Windows S Android Tablet iPad Watermark images Photographic filters Retouch photos Raw Photo processing Add a feature 89 Like
Clip Studio Paint Clip Studio Paint, previously Manga Studio or ComicStudio in Japan, is a family of software applications for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows used for the digital creation... It has pretty similar tools and the results look just as good as in PS Guest • Sep 2017 Disagree Agree Commercial Mac Windows Built-in 3D model viewer Cloud sync Customizable Drawing ... Keyframe animation Support for Layers Natural media painting Open PSD files Smooth lines Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Tablet support Texture for brushes Texture painting User story mapping Vector Drawing Vector strokes Support for Wacom Tablets Add a feature 77 Like
MediBang Paint A lightweight software for illustration and making comic books on Windows and Mac OS. Freemium Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad Frame by frame animation Alpha lock Auto-saving Category filters ... Color blending Comic templates Create Custom brushes Drawing Gradients Image Smoothing Support for Layers Lightweight Night mode/Dark Theme No Subscription Non linear presentation Pen pressure Pen Stabilization Social posting Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Text tool Transformation toolbox Unlimited layers Support for Wacom Tablets Add a feature 71 Like
Hugin Hugin is an easy to use cross-platform panoramic imaging toolchain based on Panorama Tools. With Hugin you can assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Sync Create composite HDR photos Mask objects Panoramic stitching Add a feature 126 Like
FireAlpaca FireAlpaca is the image editor that can be used readily and easily. We made it possible to provide the completely free download, in order for our products to be... Free Mac Windows Support for Layers Smooth lines Beginner friendly Digital Drawing ... Drawing Board Support for Layers Tablet support Add a feature 54 Like
Adobe Photoshop Elements Adobe Photoshop Elements combines power and simplicity so you can make ordinary photos extraordinary; tell engaging stories in beautiful, personalized creations for... It's a lest costly version of PhotoShop, with all the functions most peoples need. So if you absolutly need (or want) PhotoShop and aren't a pro, go for it. Bigoukun • Mar 2019 Disagree Agree Commercial Mac Windows Windows S Facial recognition Layer manipulation Lossless Cropping Add a feature 63 Like
Fotor Fotor is a free online picture editor and graphic designer, allowing you to use online photo editing tools, such as add filters, frames, text, stickers and effects…and... Simple for using ,with enough tools Guest • Oct 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Web Android iPhone Handwriting recognition Photo effects Automatic brightness dimming Blur Filter ... Design template Retouch photos Add a feature 47 Like
