AzPainter AlternativesDigital Painting Tools & Image Editors like AzPainter

AzPainter is described as 'Full color painting program for Linux. It's a lightweight tool with tablet pressure support, and provides basic functions such as selection, layers, filters. you can use it for painting, image editing, or pixel art making' and is a digital painting tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 25 alternatives to AzPainter for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and PortableApps.com apps. The best AzPainter alternative is GIMP, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like AzPainter are Krita, Paint.NET, Pinta and MyPaint.

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AzPainter is a full color painting program for Linux. It's a lightweight tool with tablet pressure support, and provides basic functions such as selection, layers, filters. you can use it for painting, image editing, or...

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  1. GIMP icon
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    GIMP

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    GIMP delivers powerful functionalities for photo retouching, image composition, and format conversion. As a versatile tool, it serves as both a simple paint program and a high-end retouching suite, and offers batch processing for mass image tasks in an accessible open-source platform.

    205 GIMP alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
    • Flatpak
    • AmigaOS
    GIMP 2.99.18 on Windows, non-default theme.
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    Properties

    1.  Customizable
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Photo effects
    3.  Digital Painting
    4.  DRM Free
    5.  High-resolution images
    6.  Retouch photos
    7.  Open PSD files
    8.  Image Processing
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Color to Alpha
    11.  Select by Color
    12.  Portable
    13.  Built-in Color picker
    14.  Image Masking
    15.  Batch image manipulation
    16.  Color correction
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    • GIMP is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to AzPainter.

    • GIMP is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to AzPainter.

    • GIMP is Free and Open SourceAzPainter is also Free and Open Source
    • GIMP is CustomizableAzPainter is not according to our users
  2. Krita icon
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    Krita

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    Krita is a professional Free and open source (FOSS) painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone within concept art, texture and matte painters, illustrations and comics.

    151 Krita alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android Tablet
    • Epic Games Store
    • PortableApps.com
    • Steam
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Digital Drawing
    2.  Digital Painting
    3.  Blending brushes
    4.  Keyframe Animation
    5.  Drawing 2D
    6.  Advanced brush settings
    7.  Drawing Tablet Support
    8.  Digital-painting focused
    9.  Sketching
    10.  Color blending
    11.  Support for Layers
    12.  Dark Mode
    13.  Cross-Platform
    14.  Custom Brushes
    15.  Texture painting
    16.  Non Destructive Editing
    17.  Adjustment Layers
    18.  Fill brush
    19.  Color Picker
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    Krita VS AzPainter

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    • Krita is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to AzPainter.

    • Krita is Free and Open SourceAzPainter is also Free and Open Source
    • Krita is LightweightAzPainter is not according to our users
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    Paint.NET

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    Paint.net is a free and very capable image editing software for Windows. Great alternative to Photoshop for people that do not need all the stuff PS offers.

    170 Paint.NET alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • .NET Framework

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    3.  Minimalistic
    4.  User friendly
    5.  Ad-free
    6.  Works Offline
    7.  No registration required

    Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Dark Mode
    3.  Support for image plugins
    4.  Transparency
    5.  History Panel
    6.  Export to PNG
    7.  Portable
    8.  Intuitive Interface
    9.  Scan to JPEG
    10.  WEBP Support
    11.  Consistent UI
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  5. Pinta icon
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    Pinta

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    Pinta is a free, open source drawing/editing program modeled after Paint.NET . Its goal is to provide users with a simple yet powerful way to draw and manipulate images on Linux, Mac, and Windows.

    106 Pinta alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • Mono
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required
    5.  No Tracking

    Features

    1.  Digital Painting
    2.  Support for Layers
    3.  Non Destructive Editing
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  Color Picker
    6.  Multiple languages
    7.  Color correction
    8.  Image Filters
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  6. MyPaint icon
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    MyPaint

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    MyPaint is a fast, distraction-free, and easy painting tool for digital artists. It supports graphics tablets made by Wacom, and many similar devices.

    129 MyPaint alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
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    The 0.9.0 interface

    Properties

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required

    Features

    1.  Digital Painting
    2.  Sketching
    3.  Support for Layers
    4.  Infinite canvas
    5.  Distraction-free
    6.  Portable
    7.  Drawing Tablet Support
    8.  Fullscreen support
    9.  Custom Brushes
    10.  Color blending
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  7. PaintTool SAI icon
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    PaintTool SAI

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    PaintTool SAI is high quality and lightweight painting software, fully digitizer support, amazing anti-aliased paintings, provide easy and stable operation, this software make digital art more enjoyable and comfortable.

    95 PaintTool SAI alternatives
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    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Top PaintTool SAI Features

    1.  Pen Stabilization
    2.  Texture for brushes
    3.  Color blending
    4.  Sketching
    5.  Support for Layers
    6.  Pressure Sensitivity
    7.  Audio lessons
    8.  Stabilizing
    9.  Brush Stabilizers
    10.  Out Of The Box
    11.  Drawing 2D
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    • PaintTool SAI is the most popular commercial alternative to AzPainter.

    • PaintTool SAI is Paid and ProprietaryAzPainter is Free and Open Source
  9. Glimpse Image Editor icon
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    Glimpse Image Editor

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    Glimpse is an open source image editor based on the GNU Image Manipulation Program. The goal is to experiment with new ideas and expand the use of free software.

    180 Glimpse Image Editor alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Glimpse Image Editor Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Retouch photos
    Discontinued

    The Glimpse editor has been discontinuedSource: https://glimpse-editor.org/posts/a-project-on-hiatus/

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  10. FireAlpaca icon
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    FireAlpaca

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    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 experienced by more users from all over the world. It is available for both Mac and Windows users!

    135 FireAlpaca alternatives
    FireAlpaca screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    FireAlpaca Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Smooth lines
    3.  Digital Drawing
    4.  Blending brushes
    5.  Multi-choice brushes
    6.  Tablet support
    7.  Drawing Board
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  11. Pixelitor icon
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    Pixelitor

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    Pixelitor is an open source image editor with an intuitive interface and with a special emphasis on non-destructive editing.

    121 Pixelitor alternatives
    Pixelitor screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Works Offline
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Image Filters
    3.  Photo effects
    4.  Image Processing
    5.  Retouch photos
    6.  Photographic filters
    7.  Java based
    8.  Sketching
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  12. Artrage icon
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    Artrage

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    A simple but lovely natural media painting and sketching program. Art oriented, but capable of loading/saving photoshop files.

    65 Artrage alternatives
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    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Artrage screenshot 1
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    Properties

    1.  Works Offline

    Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Support for 4K
    3.  Drawing Tablet Support
    4.  Apple Pencil support
    5.  Texture painting
    6.  Multi-choice brushes
    7.  MultiTouch
    8.  Color blending
    9.  Upload directly to Dropbox
    10.  Sketching
    11.  Colour control
    12.  Support for styluses
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    • Artrage is the most popular Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to AzPainter.

    • Artrage is Paid and ProprietaryAzPainter is Free and Open Source
  13. KolourPaint icon
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    KolourPaint

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    KolourPaint is a simple painting program to quickly create raster images. It is useful as a touch-up tool and for simple image editing tasks.

    42 KolourPaint alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  No registration required

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Pixel Art
    3.  Options for re-scaling
    4.  Texturing
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  14. TwistedBrush Pro Studio icon
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    TwistedBrush Pro Studio

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    A powerful and unique digital art program, focusing on natural media painting, photo editing and illustrative styles.

    86 TwistedBrush Pro Studio alternatives
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    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    TwistedBrush Pro Studio Features

    1.  Tablet support
    2.  Image Processing
    3.  Sketching
    4.  Photographic filters
    5.  Photoshop Plugins Support
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