Corel Painter Alternatives for Linux
Corel Painter is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is GIMP, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Corel Painter and eight of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Corel Painter are Krita, MyPaint, Glimpse Image Editor and Gimp Paint Studio.
Corel Painter alternatives are mainly Digital Painting Tools but may also be Image Editors or Photo Editors. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Corel Painter.GIMP
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Image Editor
- Photo Editor
- Digital Painting Tool
202 GIMP alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Snapcraft
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
- Haiku
- Flatpak
- AmigaOS
GIMP is a free program for such photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Essentially it's the closest thing to Photoshop you can get for free.
- - 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 Features
Comments about GIMP as a Alternative to Corel Painter
lian00Gimp is not a painting program. Poor brushes and terrible interface.
1GIMP is an analog to Photoshop and Corel Photopaint, not to Corel Painter
2Luis Trigo PruneraGimp is a photo retouching program, not a drawing or painter one.
0Blending capabilities not as good. Also not as much brush selections
4Krita
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Digital Painting Tool
- Image Editor
- Photo Editor
144 Krita alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android Tablet
- Epic Games Store
- PortableApps.com
- Steam
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.
- - Krita is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Corel Painter.
Krita Features
Comments about Krita as a Alternative to Corel Painter
lian00Free, 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).
0Michael StrothotteIt 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.
1It's specifically designed for painting and cartoons rather than a general purpose photo editing app.
2MyPaint
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Digital Painting Tool
- Image Editor
- Photo Editor
127 MyPaint alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
MyPaint is a fast painting program with an emphasis on full-screen use. It lets you focus on the art instead of the program. You work on your canvas with minimum distractions, bringing up the interface only when you need it.
MyPaint Features
Comments about MyPaint as a Alternative to Corel Painter
Michael StrothotteIt's Open Source at first, second it is so easy to get things done, even for beginners, third thing is it is not only for Windows and Mac it is also for Linux.
1Diverse paint simulations and brushes.
0Glimpse Image Editor
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Image Editor
- Photo Editor
178 Glimpse Image Editor alternatives- Windows
- Linux
Glimpse is an open source image editor based on the GNU Image Manipulation Program. The goal is to experiment with new ideas and expand the use of free software.
Glimpse Image Editor Features
DiscontinuedThe Glimpse editor has been discontinuedSource: https://glimpse-editor.org/posts/a-project-on-hiatus/
Gimp Paint Studio
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Digital Painting Tool
- Image Editor
79 Gimp Paint Studio alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- GIMP
GPS (aka Gimp Paint Studio) is a collection of brushes, patterns, color gradients, accompanying tool presets and dynamics. Tool presets are a simply saved tool options, highly useful feature of the GIMP.
Gimp Paint Studio Features
DiscontinuedThe project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 2.0, released in August 2013, can be still downloaded from GitHub.
Paintstorm
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Paid • Proprietary
- Digital Painting Tool
41 Paintstorm alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- iPad
Paintstorm Studio is created for professional digital painting. And a major role in this program play the brushes. We did our best so that you can easily and quickly adjust the brushes suitable for your painting style.
Paintstorm Features
QAquarelle
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Digital Painting Tool
71 QAquarelle alternatives- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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.
QAquarelle Features
DiscontinuedLatest vsersion: 0.0.4 from 2010-02-09. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/qaquarelle/files/
imEditor
Is this is a good alternative?YesNo84 imEditor alternatives- Free • Open Source
- Image Editor
- Linux
ImEditor is a simple image editor, supporting PNG, JPEG, WEBP, BMP, and ICO file types. It offers several tools to easily modify an image.