Charcoal Alternatives

Charcoal is described as '- Charcoal is incredibly easy to use: Just create or open a sketch and start drawing. There are no layers, properties panels or confusing settings. Instead, Charcoal features rich tools and beautiful color palettes' and is a digital painting tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Charcoal for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone and Android apps. The best Charcoal alternative is Krita, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Charcoal are Paint.NET, Affinity, MyPaint and Clip Studio Paint.

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  1. Corel Painter icon
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    Corel Painter offers realistic traditional media simulation with features like customizable brushes, extensive format support, layering, blending tools, and more, tailored for professional artists working in drawing, painting, and printmaking.

    81 Corel Painter alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  2. Kleki icon
     10 likes

    Kleki is a multi-platform web app for painting and editing. It features: 4 different brushes; pressure sensitivity for Wacom tablets; up to 8 layers; numerous filters with real-time preview; import to PSD, PNG, JPEG; export to JPEG and PNG; upload to imgur.com; local storage.

    66 Kleki alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. Pixelitor icon
     28 likes

    Open source image editor with non-destructive editing, 110+ filters, adjustment and text layers, support for smart objects and adjustment layers, cross-platform compatibility, and layer-based editing for flexible image composition.

    116 Pixelitor alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. InfiniPaint icon
     6 likes

    InfiniPaint is a collaborative, infinite space, infinite zoom, canvas note-taking/drawing app. Unlike many other infinite canvas apps, although there is a specific zoom-in level limit, there is no zoom-out limit (at least up until the point your computer runs out of memory).

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Online
     
  5. Rebelle icon
     20 likes

    Emulates realistic watercolor, acrylic, and dry media with physical paint diffusion, drying control, textured canvas, custom brushes, tilt and pressure support, color blending, masking tools, paint granulation, backruns, stencils, rulers, and high-res export.

    43 Rebelle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  6. An image and stencil editor for artists. Work with layers, remove backgrounds, use a gallery, pressure-sensitive drawing, customize colors/effects, and edit offline for full creative control.

    38 ArtDesignStudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. FotoSketcher icon
     26 likes

    Turn photos into beautiful paintings, sketches or drawings in seconds, automatically, locally and for free.

    32 FotoSketcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Mac
     
  8. Sketches is a perfect mix of beauty, simplicity and power, a truly unique combination you won't find anywhere else.

    81 Tayasui Sketches alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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