Alternatives to make 8-bit art for all platforms with any license

GIMP

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.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Haiku AmigaOS
Layer manipulation Customizable Support for Layers Photo effects ... Batch image manipulation Built-in Color picker Color to Alpha Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Keyframe animation Retouch photos Portable Open PSD files Scripting support Symmetry brush Add a feature

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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 Beginner friendly Layer manipulation ... Alpha Channel Curve Manipulation Editing photos Export to PNG Lightweight Convert Photo to Painting PNG Compression Portable Export to PDF Add a feature

1379 Like
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 Download from Soundcloud Support for Wacom Tablets Add a feature

290 Like
Pixlr

Pixlr® makes it easy to transform everyday images into stunning works of art. Make every moment beautiful with our family of photo editing apps.

Freemium Web Android iPhone
Browser based Custom overlays Gradients Support for Layers ... Multiple languages Online Photo Editor Photo effects Add a feature

292 Like
Pixelmator

Pixelmator is a powerful, beautiful, and easy to use image editor. Featuring an elegant and streamlined single-window interface, it puts all the focus on the images you...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac iPhone iPad
Healing brush Retouch photos Support for 64 bit Asset Pipeline ... Customizable Photo effects Retouch photos Raw Photo processing Realtime magic wand tool Specific for 64-Bit Tablet support Add a feature

348 Like
Microsoft Paint

Paint (formerly Paintbrush) is a simple, ultra-basic graphics painting program that is included with almost all versions of Microsoft Windows. It opens and saves files...

Free Windows
Minimalistic Bundled with Windows Add a feature

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- Discontinued Microsoft announced that Paint is officially deprecated with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Anyway last version of the program will still be usable in Windows 10.
JugiPaint

JugiPaint is a painting software with diverse sets of tools for various types of illustration work. It provides many standard digital painting features like layers...

Commercial Windows
No features added Add a feature

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Leonardo

We believe artists deserve the best possible tools and we are determined to give it to them. The goal with Leonardo is to make the best painting application ever.

Commercial $ $ $ Windows
Picture in Picture Infinite canvas Add a feature

16 Like
piZap

Free online photo editing software.

Freemium Web Android iPhone Facebook
No features added Add a feature

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Pixelesque

Pixelsque's goal is to be as simple as possible, while still retaining many powerful features. It works like any standard pixel art editor, with a pen, eraser, and...

Free Open Source Android Android Tablet
No features added Add a feature

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WidsMob Retoucher

WidsMob Retoucher is an excellent photo retouching program, which is able to reduce image noise, portrait retoucher, film pack, adjust effects, fish eye effects...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac
Retouch photos Add a feature

2 Like
Sketchable

Seamlessly fusing the freedom and romance of your physical notebook with the power and flexibility of the digital world, Sketchable provides the best creative experience...

Freemium Windows
No features added Add a feature

4 Like
Graphiter

Graphiter is an easy to use, straight forward, and powerful Sketching App. Its aim is to reproduce a real life sketching workflow using simple tools, such as, a Graphite...

Freemium Windows
No features added Add a feature

1 Like
MyBrushes

MyBrushes Paint for Mac app allows you to paint on infinite canvas and PLAYBACK whole drawing. MyBrushes is a good alternative to...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac iPhone iPad
Smooth Add a feature

22 Like
Pro Paint

Pro Paint for Mac is the realistic full-featured digital art software that is used for painting, image editing, vector drawing, free-form transformation, cropping, alpha...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac
No features added Add a feature

1 Like