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, Linux, Web-based and iPad apps. The best Clip Studio Paint alternative is Krita, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Clip Studio Paint are GIMP, Inkscape, MediBang Paint and Adobe Photoshop.

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Clip Studio Paint alternatives are mainly Digital Painting Tools but may also be Image Editors or Vector Graphic Apps.  Other popular filters includes Android Tablet + Free. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Clip Studio Paint.
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Essential digital tool for comic and manga artists, offering specialized tools for shortcuts like panel layouts, inking, vector support, and 3D model import.

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Clip Studio Paint alternatives page was last updated Mar 12, 2025
  1. openCanvas icon
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    openCanvas, popularly abbreviated as oC, is a popular Japanese image editing program.

    62 openCanvas alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Top openCanvas Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Drawing Tablet Support
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Custom Brushes
    5.  Export to Photoshop
    6.  Watercolor
    7.  SVG Transform
    8.  Texture for brushes
    9.  Photographic filters
    10.  Drag and Drop
    11.  High-dpi support
    12.  Open PSD files
    openCanvas iconClip Studio Paint Icon

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  2. Flow by Moleskine icon
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    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.

    37 Flow by Moleskine alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Flow by Moleskine Features

    1.  Sketching
    2.  Apple Pencil support
    Flow by Moleskine iconClip Studio Paint Icon

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  3. VectorStyler icon
     3 likes

    VectorStyler (for Mac) is an advanced vector graphics and illustration software, with a competitive feature set, and several new features and workflow enhancements. VectorStyler is developed with the goal of providing all the capabilities, designers and illustrators are familiar...

    29 VectorStyler alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Support for Layers
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Ad-free
    VectorStyler iconClip Studio Paint Icon

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  4. Wizardbrush icon
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    Wizardbrush is a natural media painting software which has a lot of brushes and paper with realism style. You can create realistic picture with it. You can not only use it to paint pictures, but also handle your digital photos, even use it to teach digital painting and image...

    134 Wizardbrush alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Last version, 6.7.7.6, was released on November 2011.

    Wizardbrush iconClip Studio Paint Icon

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  5. Gpaint icon
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    gpaint (aka GNU Paint), a small-scale painting program for GNOME, the GNU Desktop Environment. gpaint does not attempt to compete with GIMP, it is just a simple drawing package based on xpaint, along the lines of Microsoft Paint.

    83 Gpaint alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Gpaint Features

    1.  Image Processing
    2.  Drawing 2D
    Gpaint iconClip Studio Paint Icon

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  6. Linea icon
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    Linea is an elegantly simple sketchbook for Apple devices optimized for use with Apple Pencil. It opts for a minimal interface with only the essential options, rather than overkill like many other apps.

    38 Linea alternatives
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    License model

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Linea Features

    1.  AirPlay Support
    2.  Support for Layers
    3.  Drag and Drop
    4.  Upload directly to Dropbox
    5.  Open PSD files
    6.  Split-screen view
    7.  Sync with iCloud
    8.  Apple Pencil support
    9.  Sketching
    Linea iconClip Studio Paint Icon

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  7. 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.

    93 Photokit alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)

    Photokit Features

    1.  Remove Image Background
    2.  Scanner
    3.  Photo effects
    4.  Photographic filters
    5.  Remove Unwanted Objects
    Photokit iconClip Studio Paint Icon

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    • Photokit is the most popular SaaS alternative to Clip Studio Paint.

    • Photokit is Free and ProprietaryClip Studio Paint is Paid and Proprietary
  8. Vara icon
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    Drawing and digital painting application with pressure-sensitive brushes. It belongs to the group of applications like Krita and MyPaint, but with a limited number of features. The main focus is on simplicity.

    33 Vara alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Vara iconClip Studio Paint Icon

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  9. BitMappery icon
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    A photo editing tool running inside your web browser.

    91 BitMappery alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online

    BitMappery Features

    1.  Browser-based
    BitMappery iconClip Studio Paint Icon

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