Clip Studio Paint Alternatives

Clip Studio Paint is described as 'Essential digital tool for comic and manga artists, offering specialized tools for shortcuts like panel layouts, inking, vector support, and 3D model import' and is a very popular digital painting tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Clip Studio Paint for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPad, iPhone and Web-based apps. The best Clip Studio Paint alternative is Krita, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Clip Studio Paint are Adobe Photoshop, MediBang Paint, Affinity and Photopea.

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Clip Studio Paint alternatives are mainly Digital Painting Tools, but if you're looking for Image Editors or Photo Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Free, Linux, Android Tablet, iPad, Android and Open Source. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Clip Studio Paint.
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  1. Pixton icon
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    Pixton is a popular comic maker and storyboard creator for teachers and students.

    20 Pixton alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. DrawPad icon
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    DrawPad Graphic Design and Drawing software is an easy-to-use image composition and manipulation program, an essential tool for all types of graphic design projects. Easily draw and create graphic images.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. XGimp icon
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    XGimp is a version of gimp that works on a mobile. It can be used as a paint program, image editor or a photo retouching program.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  4. JugiPaint icon
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    JugiPaint is a painting software with diverse sets of tools for various types of illustration work. It provides many standard digital painting features like layers, brushes, selections, transformations, etc., as well as some less often like guide layers and panels.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5.  1 like
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    This software is very similar to FireAlpaca, but only available in Japanese. It is the original distribution or the software by the developers, whereas FireAlpaca is the distribution through another company.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Liquid Studio is a product born from TwistedBrush Pro Studio but with a focus on creation of individual objects with liquid paints.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Creating great drawings and getting your ideas down on digital paper is all about your headspace. Flow pages seamlessly expand as you draw and develop ideas, which means you keep your head in the clouds instead of managing documents.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  8. AlterPhoto icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Photokit icon
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    PhotoKit.com is integrated with a powerful online photo editor, smart brush, image quality enhancement, exposure repairment and image filters, splicing, cropping, transformation, painting, resizing, and can add text, shape, sticker, frame, round corners, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  10. Clover Paint icon
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    Clover Paint is a feature rich painting app with deep complexity. With Clover Paint, you are bringing a sketchbook with customizable canvas size, highly sophisticated brush and layer system, plus custom hotkeys and shortcuts for productivity.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
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    PaperColor is an excellent painting application which is imitating the real paintbrush to draw and doodle,graffiti. Easy to painting, learning to paint, learn to draw.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  12. Boords icon
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    Visual storyboard platform offering AI-powered image and script generation, real-time collaboration with comments, in-app feedback, multi-format export, version control, drag-and-drop editing, autogeneration features, cloud storage, advanced permissions, and an image library.

    31 Boords alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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