Microsoft Paint Alternatives for Mac

Alternatives to Microsoft Paint for Mac with any license

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 desktop platforms. User Interface - An intuitive user interface that stays out of your way. The dockers and panels can be moved and customized for your specific workflow. Once you have your setup, you can save it as your own workspace. You can also create your own shortcuts for commonly used tools.
- I was looking for a program that could convert a .JPG file into .ico,and Krita did just that. vincentasmargis • Jul 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com
Keyframe animation Animations Texture painting Support for Wacom Tablets ... Customizable Frame by frame animation Lightweight Smooth lines Auto aligment rulers Auto Correcting Color blending Digital-painting focused Document templates Fullscreen support Hability to distort or warp the selection Instant edit screenshots Support for Layers Multi-choice brushes No Kernel-Mode Components Page labeling Pop-up Palette Portable Open PSD files Rewind the changes Support for Hotkeys SVG Editors Symmetry brush Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Texture for brushes Timeline-based Optimized for Touch screen Add a feature

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MyPaint

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 supports pressure or tilt sensitive graphic tablets and comes with an easy-to-use brush collection. There is a complex interface for creating own brushes, focusing on brush dynamics (changes with speed, pressure, randomly).
- There is no selection tool, which is what i need. Guest • Jun 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
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

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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 way to draw and manipulate images on Linux, Mac, and Windows. On Windows, Pinta requires the .NET framework, just like Paint.NET.
- Discontinued Last stable release was in 2015. See https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/releases/1-6
- Pinta Has all the tool necessary for a quick manipulation, like paste screenshots, cut, paste, resize, etc... Guest • Nov 2018
- Simple interface with powerful tools Guest • Feb 2018
- Is simple and have all the tools of Microsoft Paint Guest • Jan 2018
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Mono
Support for Layers Lightweight Add a feature

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MediBang Paint

MediBang Paint is a lightweight software for illustration and making comic books on Windows and Mac OS. Features -You can save multiple pages in one file. -Perspective grids for easily drawing backgrounds or speed lines. -Easy panel making. You just insert the panel border and use a tool to slice the areas you want to break into panels. -Stabilizer/Correction to help you draw smoother lines. -Cloud storage. -Works on Windows or Mac.
- While a lot more complicated than Paint, it has everything you need to create a Paint image; line tools, shape tools, airbrush, pixel brush, bucket tool (that can fill without white spaces by expanding!) Not to mention more advanced tools and layer options, for more complicated drawings and even professional artists’ needs. Guest • May 2019
Freemium Mac Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad
Frame by frame animation Alpha lock Auto-saving Color blending ... Comic templates Create Custom brushes Gradients Image Smoothing Support for Layers Lightweight Night mode/Dark Theme No Subscription Non linear presentation Pen pressure Pen Stabilization Social posting Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Text tool Transformation toolbox Unlimited layers Support for Wacom Tablets Add a feature

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Photoscape

PhotoScape is a fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos.
- you cannot actually create or draw pictures with this app Guest • Feb 2018
Freemium Mac Windows Windows S
Lossless quality Morphing Batch Editing Batch processing ... Built-in Equalizer Built-in Image editor Color correction Image Combining Image Splitting Lossless Cropping Multiple languages Retouch photos Raw converter Capture Screen / Take screenshots Add a feature

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Clip Studio Paint

Clip Studio Paint, previously Manga Studio or ComicStudio in Japan, is a family of software applications for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows used for the digital creation of comics and manga. It delivers powerful cutting edge drawing and coloring tools, making it essential for professional comic and manga artists.

Commercial Mac Windows
Built-in 3D model viewer Cloud sync Keyframe animation Support for Layers ... Natural media painting Open PSD files Smooth lines Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Tablet support Texture painting User story mapping Vector strokes Support for Wacom Tablets Add a feature

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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 experienced by more users from all over the world. It is available for both Mac and Windows users! We would like you to experience this great opportunity first.

Free Mac Windows
Support for Layers Smooth lines Beginner friendly Drawing Board ... Support for Layers Tablet support Add a feature

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LazPaint

LazPaint is a free and open image editor that features layers and transparency. It supports the format OpenRaster so it can interoperate with MyPaint, Gimp and Krita. LazPaint has been written with Lazarus / Free Pascal and BGRABitmap.
- Really lightweight and fast, has a lot of additional features but is neat, making it powerful but not complicated (looking at you, Gimp). It would count closer to a Paint.NET replacement in my opinion. Though if you have this why would you ever want a normal MS Paint clone? Guest • Mar 2017
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com
Lightweight Support for Layers Portable Add a feature

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Adobe Photoshop Elements

Adobe Photoshop Elements combines power and simplicity so you can make ordinary photos extraordinary; tell engaging stories in beautiful, personalized creations for print and the web; and easily find and view all your photos.

Commercial Mac Windows Windows S
Facial recognition Layer manipulation Lossless Cropping Add a feature

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Acorn

Acorn is a photo editor built for the rest of us. With a simple interface and tools for adding everything from text, shapes, and effects, you can make the perfect picture in seconds and minutes, not hours and days.

Commercial Mac
Non destructive editing Add a feature

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Seashore

Seashore is an open source image editor for Mac OS. It features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes. It supports multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It is based around the GIMPs technology and uses the same native file format. However, unlike the GIMP, Seashore only aims to serve the basic image editing needs of most computer users, not to provide a replacement for professional image editing products.
- Although Seashore is now discontinued, it was one of the closest open source equivalents to Microsoft Paint for Mac users. It's a shame it's discontinued. JohnFastman • Dec 2016 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac
SVG Editors Add a feature

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Photoline

Photoline is an image editor which provides a mostly non-destructive professional workflow. Full vector editing is also integrated. Its image editing is on par with Photoshop. Photoline is compatible with most common Photoshop plugins, such as Topaz, NIK, and FilterForge, and loads Photoshop compatible brush and gradient libraries. For a fraction of the cost (€59) of Photoshop, creatives and photographers receive a wide range of professional image editing and design features.

Commercial Mac Windows Wine
Adjustment Layers Color correction Retouch photos RAW-Conversion Add a feature

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Pixelitor

Pixelitor is a cross-platform raster graphics editor written in Java. It supports image filters, drawing, layers, multiple undo, etc. Currently its main strength lies in the more than 70 image filters and color adjustments, some of which are unique. Features: - Layers. - Unlimited undo. - Image filters. - Color adjustments. - Drawing.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Photo effects Photographic filters Retouch photos Add a feature

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showFoto

ShowFoto is the standalone image editor of the digiKam project. It runs without digiKam images database support, but provides all Image Editor functions.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux KDE
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MyBrushes

MyBrushes Paint for Mac app allows you to paint on infinite canvas and PLAYBACK whole drawing. MyBrushes is a good alternative to Microsoft Paint and Apple Mac Paint. It's based on a former drawing software named Paintbrush which hasn't been updated for 5 years and was not compartable with most of Mac system already. MyBrushes Features: New features: 1 Enhancement for OS X El Capitan 10.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac iPhone iPad
Smooth Add a feature

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PhotoPad

PhotoPad photo editor is a free photo editing software for Windows.It allows you to edit and apply effects to photos and other images. When editing photos you can crop, rotate and resize and, if required, add effects like sepia tones, red eye reduction as well as the ability to change the hue, saturation and brightness levels plus more. * Crop, rotate and flip photos and images. * Load gif, jpg, psd, png, bmp picture formats and more. * Edit hue, saturation, brightness and contrast.

Free Personal Mac Windows Android Kindle Fire
Blur Filter Noise Reduction Photo effects Photographic filters ... Retouch photos Photo Sharing Convert Photo to Painting Add a feature

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Tux Paint

Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6). It combines an easy-to-use interface, fun sound effects, and an encouraging cartoon mascot who guides children as they use the program. Kids are presented with a blank canvas and a variety of drawing tools to help them be creative.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku
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CinePaint

CinePaint is a deep paint application that edits EXR, DPX, 16-bit TIFF, JPEG, PNG and many other types of image files. CinePaint is available as a native application for Linux, Mac OS X, and BSD.

Free Open Source Mac Linux
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Pixen

Pixen is a pixel art editor designed for working with low-resolution raster art, such as those 8-bit sprites found in old-school video games. With innovative features like a color palette system, patterns, and high-zoom support, Pixen packs all the tools pixel artists need in an intuitive, Mac-native interface. Pixen also makes creating frame-by-frame animations fun and easy.

Commercial Mac iPad
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Pixi Paint

Pixi Paint is an open source, donation-optional pixel editor. Our primary focus is on ease of use and simplicity. Pixi Paint is fun for beginners and experts alike to explore limited palette pixel art. FEATURES + Brushes and Shapes + Color Picker + Line Tool + Total Palette Control + 4 Symmetry Modes + 2 Transparency Modes + Unlimited Undo + Adjustable Zoom + Optional Grid + Replays + Export to .png Online version at http://www.danielx.net/pixel-editor/

Free Open Source Mac Windows Web
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Paint +++

Paint +++aims to fill the need for a basic, streamlined, and Mac-native image editor. Whether you need to quickly crop a photo, add some text to an image, or just have fun doodling, scrawl has you covered. Paint +++ is an inexpensive painting program for OS X that can be used to teach students the basics of painting software. Many sophisticated graphics software applications (such as Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop) use the same basic principles that can be learned using Paint +++.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac
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Fotowall

Fotowall is an opensource creative tool that lets you play with your pixels as youve ever wanted! Make the perfect arrangement with your photos, add text, live video from your webcam and the best internet pictures.
- Discontinued The project is no longer developed. Last version, 0.9, released in 2011, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
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Paintbrush

Paintbrush is a simple paint program for Mac OS X, reminiscent of Microsoft Paint and Apple’s own now-defunct MacPaint. It provides users with a means to make simple images quickly, something which has been noticeably absent from the Mac for years.

Free Open Source Mac
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Flame Painter

Flame Painter is a unique paint program that lets you create original artworks with flame brushes. Flame Painter was created within 'I am an Artist' experimental project. The initial vision was to create an application for professional artists as well as for people without artistic skills who want to create something original. Lack of inspiration is often the reason why people are not creative. However, the tools that we use can become the inspiration for creativity.

Commercial Mac Windows
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QAquarelle

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.
- Discontinued Latest vsersion: 0.0.4 from 2010-02-09. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/qaquarelle/files/
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

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