Krita Krita is a complete creative sketching and painting application with advanced, commercial quality features. It's free, open-source and available across all major... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com Keyframe animation Support for Wacom Tablets Lightweight Smooth lines ... Texture painting Auto aligment rulers Auto Correcting Customizable Optimized for fast boot Fullscreen support Support for Layers Page labeling Portable Open PSD files Symmetry brush Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Vector art Add a feature 553 Like It is easy to use and has many useful features. It focuses on creating your art and not on making tons of configurations like Gimp or Photoshop. Guest • Oct 2016 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Krita doesn't have photo editing tools and focuses on painting Mosrod • Oct 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree It is a simple to start program but is very powerful and can be used for art. it has a large community behind it so if you run into an error you can go to them or just use some Photoshop logic. Guest • Jun 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Free and open source and with non destructive image manipulation capabilities Guest • Jul 2017 Disagree Agree Easy to install and use, lightweight, has all the features, is free and open source. oomelyannaoo • Sep 2017 Disagree Agree Krita lacks a selection tool that is pixel accurate. It's impossible to select a range of i.e. 200px*400px. In Krita you have to guess. Guest • Dec 2016 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
Adobe Photoshop Photoshop is a professional image editor and the de-facto industry standard. It supports layers, non-destructive-editing, vector graphics and color management and... Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Resizing dpi Adjusting DPI Support for CMYK mode Color correction ... Editing photos Hardware Accelerated Integrated stock library Support for Layers Non destructive editing Open PSD files Add a feature 1738 Like While it is not free to use forever, you can make better images like Adobe Lightroom CC and Paint.NET. CraftKittyScotland • Feb 2018 Disagree Agree It's all way better. gimp constantly mess the workflow and functionality unstable. my mouse sometimes won't click anything in gimp popup interface. Guest • Oct 2016 • 6 agrees and 19 disagrees Disagree Agree
Paint.NET Paint.NET is a free image and photo editing software. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects... Free Windows Windows S Support for Layers Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Alpha Channel Curve Manipulation ... Editing photos Export to PNG Optimized for fast boot Function Key Shortcuts Layer manipulation Lightweight On-premises software Convert Photo to Painting PNG Compression Portable Export to PDF Succession Planning Pathways Add a feature 1355 Like Much simpler to master for the occasional user Guest • Jan 2017 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree GIMP is so sophisticated and complicated that the average user will find it a challenge to master it. Paint.NET, on the other hand, is much easier and less challenging to learn how to use it. I use it all the time for my video editing, logo making, and music photo making, since I'm an electronic music producer. CraftKittyScotland • Feb 2018 Disagree Agree
Affinity Photo Affinity Photo is a professional, full-featured raster graphics editor. Working in Affinity Photo is always live and you can pan and zoom at 60fps, with live previews... Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows iPad Support for Layers No Subscription Photo effects Batch processing ... Blemish removal Color management Create Macro High-resolution images Interface Overlay Non destructive editing Open PSD files RAW-Conversion Raw Photo processing Responsive design Add a feature 185 Like Low price for many features that are very close, if not better that Photoshop's. Aristomenis • Jun 2017 Disagree Agree Well it's not free, but for 50 bucks it's still a steal. And no subscription nonsense like "that other photo editing app"… wonderwarthog • Feb 2018 Disagree Agree It's a considerably cheaper version of Photoshop. sharevari • Mar 2018 Disagree Agree
MyPaint MyPaint is a fast, distraction-free, and easy painting tool for digital artists. It supports graphics tablets made by Wacom, and many similar devices. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com Infinite canvas Color blending Fullscreen support Support for Layers ... Portable Support for Wacom Tablets Add a feature 288 Like
Pinta Pinta is a free, open source drawing/editing program modeled after Paint.NET . Its goal is to provide users with a simple yet powerful... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Mono Support for Layers Lightweight Add a feature 202 Like Discontinued The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 1.6, released in March 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website. Doesn't have many of the expected editing functions compared to it's base: Paint.NET Guest • Dec 2016 Disagree Agree Unlike Paint.net, Pinta is too clumsy to navigate. Guest • May 2017 Disagree Agree
Photoscape PhotoScape is a fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos. Key Features: * Editor: resizing, brightness and color adjustment... Freemium Mac Windows Windows S Batch Editing Batch processing Image Combining Image Splitting ... Multiple languages Retouch photos Raw converter Capture Screen / Take screenshots Add a feature 207 Like Photoscape is a great program, I use it myself but won't do the more complex editing GIMP can do. Guest • May 2017 Disagree Agree
Polarr From advanced image filters to professional local adjustments, Polarr Photo Editor is the most versatile and powerful online photo editor in the web. Freemium $ $ $ Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Blackberry Windows RT Android Tablet iPad Chrome Watermark images Retouch photos Raw Photo processing Add a feature 75 Like
PhotoFiltre PhotoFiltre 7 is a complete image retouching program. It allows you to do simple or advanced adjustments to an image and apply a vast range of filters on it. It is... Freemium Windows PortableApps.com Multiple languages Retouch photos Portable Add a feature 95 Like
MediBang Paint A lightweight software for illustration and making comic books on Windows and Mac OS. Free Mac OS X Windows Android Tablet iPad Image Smoothing Support for Layers Lightweight Tablet Pressure Sensitivity ... Support for Wacom Tablets Add a feature 53 Like
Adobe Fireworks Adobe Fireworks is a bitmap and vector graphics editor. Rapidly prototype websites and application interfaces with Adobe Fireworks CS4 software. Create and optimize... Commercial Mac OS X Windows No features added Add a feature 143 Like Discontinued As described at http://blogs.adobe.com/fireworks/2013/05/the-future-of-adobe-fireworks.html , development of Fireworks has been stopped, but last version, Adobe Fireworks CS6 (v12), released in 2012, is still available as part of the https://alternativeto.net/software/adobe-creative-suite/
GIMPshop GIMPshop is essentially Gimp with some cosmetic changes. The Gimp’s menu structure and naming conventions are a constant source of frustration for users accustomed to... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD No features added Add a feature 107 Like Discontinued "It has been five years, the software has stagnated (due in no small part to my becoming discouraged by this one profiteer who trumped me, stole much of my traffic and bumped my site down to the second result when you search for "Gimpshop"). I assumed the guy would just give it up as I sadly let the project stagnate, but that hasn't happened." | Source: http://ask.metafilter.com/144788/What-are-my-intellectual-property-rights-here
Adobe Photoshop Express Edit, share, and upload photos on-the-go, or access your entire online photo library with a finger-flick using Adobe Photoshop Express for iPhone, iPad and Android. ... Freemium Windows Android iPhone Windows S Android Tablet ... Windows Phone iPad No features added Add a feature 86 Like No way comparable to GIMP, much too simple in functions. Guest • May 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
FireAlpaca FireAlpaca is the image editor that can be used readily and easily. We made it possible to provide the completely free download, in order for our products to be... Free Mac OS X Windows Support for Layers Support for Layers Smooth lines Tablet support Add a feature 48 Like
Fotor Get ready to take your photos where no photo has gone before with Fotor. Some photos deserve special attention on a full screen. Fotor’s powerful desktop photo... Freemium Mac OS X Windows Web Android iPhone ... Windows RT Windows Phone Kindle Fire Handwriting recognition Photo effects Retouch photos Add a feature 44 Like
