Free Corel Painter Alternatives

The best free alternative to Corel Painter is GIMP, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Corel Painter and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Corel Painter are Krita, Photopea, MyPaint and Linearity Curve.

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Corel Painter alternatives are mainly Digital Painting Tools but may also be Image Editors or Photo Editors.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Corel Painter.
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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
  1. HiPaint icon
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    HiPaint is a professional integrated drawing and coloring software specially designed for digital drawing creators. The intuitive and simple interface allows for easy and intelligent operation even for a newbie with a medium- or small-sized screen of a mobile device.

    26 HiPaint alternatives
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    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    HiPaint Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Color Picker
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  2. QAquarelle icon
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    Qaquarelle is a very young opensource Qt4-based painting application that is supposed to provide a native way of painting with emulated traditional instruments, including watercolor simulation, full support for tablets and OpenGL-based processing in GPU.

    71 QAquarelle alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    QAquarelle Features

    1.  Watercolor
    Discontinued

    Latest vsersion: 0.0.4 from 2010-02-09. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/qaquarelle/files/

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  3. Pixia icon
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    Pixia is a freeware bitmap graphics editor program for Windows, created by Isao Maruoka. It was originally designed for the anime/manga community but has also been used in other branches of art.

    48 Pixia alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

    Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Custom Brushes
    3.  Drawing Tablet Support
    4.  Sketch
    5.  Sketching
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  4. Spotiplus icon
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    With SpotiPlus, you can design nice looking cover arts for your Spotify playlists, tracks, albums, podcasts...in less than 1 minute. SpotiPlus is made by passionate people about Music, with the goal to help other Music fans organize and design better cover arts for their Spotify...

    264 Spotiplus alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Spotify

    Spotiplus Features

    1.  Spotify integration
    2.  Playlists
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  5. SketchPort icon
     20 likes

    SketchPort is an online drawing community with free software for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android. Draw, chat, vote, be inspired, be challenged and earn badges!

    30 SketchPort alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    SketchPort Features

    1.  Google Drive integration
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  6. Black Ink icon
     20 likes

    Black Ink is a digital painting software that uses your computer's rendering hardware to provide a perfectly responsive experience no matter your picture's size.

    38 Black Ink alternatives
    BlackInk User Interface

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Black Ink Features

    1.  Node Based
    2.  GPU Acceleration
    3.  Image Processing
    4.  Convert Photo to Painting
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  7. Milton icon
     12 likes

    Milton is an open source application that features an infinite canvas. It feels raster-based but internally it works with vectors. It lets you export your work at any resolution.

    26 Milton alternatives
    Milton screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Infinite canvas
    2.  Simple installation
    3.  Sketching
    4.  No Tracking
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Color Picker
    7.  Handwritten Notes
    8.  Pressure Sensitivity
    9.  Works Offline
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Image exporting
    12.  Unlimited undo
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    Comments about Milton as an Alternative to Corel Painter
     
    Guest

    It's give a lot shot try that sowftware

    Positive commentMay 3, 2023
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    Guest

    Excellent do/undo, easy export, good use of pressure sensitive tablets. Infinite canvas and easy to create a new canvas..

    Positive commentJan 4, 2017
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    • Milton is Free and Open SourceCorel Painter is Paid and Proprietary
    • Milton is LightweightCorel Painter is not according to our users
  8. Artecture Draw, Sketch, Paint icon
     5 likes

    Artecture enables you to sketch, draw and paint like never before. If you love to draw, regardless you are an amateur or a pro, this drawing app provides all the tools and brushes that you’d love.

    65 Artecture Draw, Sketch, Paint alternatives
    Artecture Draw, Sketch, Paint screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android

    Artecture Draw, Sketch, Paint Features

    1.  Support for Layers
    2.  Sketch
    3.  Sketching
    Artecture Draw, Sketch, Paint iconCorel Painter Icon

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  9. Charcoal icon
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    • 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.
    65 Charcoal alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Charcoal Features

    1.  Sketching
    2.  Sketch
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