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Corel Painter is a raster-based digital art application created to simulate as accurately as possible the appearance and behavior of traditional media associated with drawing, painting, and printmaking.

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Corel Painter alternatives page was last updated Jan 19, 2024
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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

    Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Photo effects
    3.  DRM Free
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    6.  High-resolution images
    7.  Retouch photos
    8.  Open PSD files
    9.  Image Processing
    10.  Dark Mode
    11.  Color to Alpha
    12.  Works Offline
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    GIMP VS Corel Painter

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    Comments about GIMP as an Alternative to Corel Painter
     
       
    lian00

    Gimp is not a painting program. Poor brushes and terrible interface.

    Positive comment •Jul 13, 2021
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    Guest

    Blending capabilities not as good. Also not as much brush selections

    Negative comment •Jan 28, 2016
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    Luis Trigo Prunera

    Gimp is a photo retouching program, not a drawing or painter one.

    Negative comment •Oct 17, 2021
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    • Some users think GIMP is a great Corel Painter alternative, some don't.

    • GIMP is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Corel Painter.

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

    • GIMP is Free and Open SourceCorel Painter is Paid and Proprietary
    • GIMP is CustomizableCorel Painter is not according to our users
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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.

    152 Krita alternatives
    Main Window

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android Tablet
    • Epic Games Store
    • PortableApps.com
    • Steam
    Startup page with news
    Brush editor
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    Gamut Mask editor

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Digital Drawing
    2.  Blending brushes
    3.  Keyframe Animation
    4.  Drawing 2D
    5.  Advanced brush settings
    6.  Drawing Tablet Support
    7.  Digital-painting focused
    8.  Sketching
    9.  Color blending
    10.  Support for Layers
    11.  Dark Mode
    12.  Cross-Platform
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    Comments about Krita as an Alternative to Corel Painter
     
    lian00

    Free, CYMK management, lighter. The previous comment is very strange as Corel Painter is not a photo editing app (and is very poor for this kind of manipulation).

    Positive comment •Jul 13, 2021
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    Michael Strothotte

    It is versatile, supports also Linux, has a fantastic developer team which is in close contact to the community and often feature requests are implemented within short time.

    Positive comment •Jul 14, 2021
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    Guest

    It's specifically designed for painting and cartoons rather than a general purpose photo editing app.

    Positive comment •Nov 6, 2019
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    • Almost everyone thinks Krita is a great Corel Painter alternative.

    • Krita is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Corel Painter.

    • Krita is Free and Open SourceCorel Painter is Paid and Proprietary
    • Krita is LightweightCorel Painter is not according to our users
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    Photopea

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    Online photo editor, which can work with PSD, XCF and Sketch files (Photoshop, Gimp and Sketch App). Convert between PSD, XCF, JPG, PNG and many other formats.

    107 Photopea alternatives
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    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    Brush parameters.
    Editing text, many fonts available.
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    Layer styles.

    Top Photopea Features

    1.  Web-Based
    2.  Open PSD files
    3.  Support for Layers
    4.  Vectorize raster images
    5.  Photoshop-like
    6.  Sketch to PSD
    7.  RAW Photo Editors
    8.  Text tool
    9.  Dark Mode
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Colorize Photo
    12.  No registration required
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