Paint.NET Alternatives

Paint.NET is described as 'Free image editor for Windows, offering layer support, plugins, special effects, and portable use without installation. Lightweight and ad-free' and is a leading digital painting tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Paint.NET for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Paint.NET alternative is Pinta, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Paint.NET are Krita, GIMP, Adobe Photoshop and Pixelmator.

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Paint.NET alternatives are mainly Image Editors, but if you're looking for Photo Editors or Digital Painting Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android, Linux, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Windows and Online. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Paint.NET.
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  1. Phoduit icon
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    Phoduit is a non-destructive photo editor with a node-based user interface. Rapidly refine and retouch your photos, batch process, develop RAW images and more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Outline Image is an online tool designed for designers, content creators, and anyone who needs to quickly process images. We offer a free and easy-to-use platform that allows you to effortlessly remove backgrounds and add clear outlines to your image subjects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  3. ImageForge icon
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    • ImageForge Standard Freeware Edition:

    ImageForge provides you with a set of powerful tools for painting and editing images, photos or other graphics.Create and edit images, acquire pictures from your scanner, digital camera or other Twain-compliant device, apply special effect.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Gpaint icon
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    gpaint (aka GNU Paint), a small-scale painting program for GNOME, the GNU Desktop Environment. gpaint does not attempt to compete with GIMP, it is just a simple drawing package based on xpaint, along the lines of Microsoft Paint.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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    Blazing fast Free online image editor tool to adjust brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, gamma etc. Drop your image in tool and start editing using image filter controls. No signup and no restriction to use this tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Graphiter icon
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    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 Pencil, a Blend tool and an Eraser.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. iPhotoDraw icon
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    Add name tag to people in the photo. Display objects with dimension information in the images. Add enlarged details for a particular part in the image. Annotations stored in separate file; original picture file is intact.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    free online image editor using HTML5. Edit, adjust your images, add effects online in your browser, without installing anything...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Inspire Pro icon
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    Inspire Pro delivers an incredibly fast and realistic painting, drawing and sketching experience that you can take with you wherever you go and use whenever inspiration strikes.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
     
  10. Tree Studio icon
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    Tree Studio is a product born from TwistedBrush Pro Studio but with a focus on 2D tree creation with a simpler, streamlined interface. Tree Studio has pairs of brushes for each tree type - one for the frame and one for the leaves.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Stet.io icon
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    Stet.io is a free image editor that runs in the browser combined with paid cloud storage. The editor runs in the browser without requiring installation or flash.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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