Paint.NET Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Paint.NET is GIMP, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are Krita, Adobe Photoshop, Affinity and Photopea. Image Editors like Paint.NET are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for Windows, Mac, the web, Linux and iPhone.

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  1. PixelStyle icon

    PixelStyle

     10 likes

    PixelStyle Photo Editor for Mac is an all-in-one photo editing and graphic design software, providing professional high-quality photo processing tools to edit the photos, enhance and touch up photos on Mac OS X.

    150 PixelStyle alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • CN flagChina
    PixelStyle Photo Editor for Mac
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  2. HEAVYPAINT icon

    HEAVYPAINT

     8 likes

    A simple yet secretly powerful painting app! Focus on pure colors and shapes with a streamlined interface. Ideal for plein air painting, color notes, sketches and studies.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Online
    • US flagUnited States
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    Corel PaintShop Pro

    Corel's tool provides comprehensive photo editing and design features including enhanced layers, precise tools, RAW editing, and organization capabilities such as keyword tags, auto sorting, and facial recognition, making it ...

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    AliveColors

     3 likes

    AliveColors is comprehensive graphics and photo editing software for Windows and Mac. It comes in Free, Home, and Pro versions, with differing levels of functionality.

    158 AliveColors alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Chasys Draw IES icon

    Chasys Draw IES

     5 likes

    Chasys Draw IES is a suite of applications including a layer-based image editor with animation, icon editing support and super-resolution via image stacking (Chasys Draw IES Artist), a multi-threaded image file converter (Chasys Draw IES Converter), a fast image viewer (Chasys...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    RealWorld Paint

     23 likes

    RealWorld Paint is an free portable image/photo/animation editor. It supports layers with styles and can import and export Photoshop, GIMP and Paint.net images with layers.

    63 RealWorld Paint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • CZ flagCzechia
    • European Union flagEU
    RealWorld Paint screenshot 1
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  10. Leonardo icon

    Leonardo

     22 likes

    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.

    110 Leonardo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU
    Leonardo screenshot 1
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  11. Icecream Photo Editor icon

    Icecream Photo Editor

     5 likes

    Edit and manage photos on Windows with cropping, resizing, rotating, filters, stickers, drawing, collage layouts, organization tools, and support for JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP. Features frames, blur, automatic enhancement, and a simple interface for easy editing.

    34 Icecream Photo Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • CY flagCyprus
    • European Union flagEU
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  12. Sagelight icon

    Sagelight

     2 likes

    Photo editing program that as well as the usual tools has some unique & cool features too.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    ChibiPaint

     4 likes

    ChibiPaint is an open source oekaki applet, a software that allows people to draw and paint online and share the result with other art enthusiasts.

    • Filter, Tablet Pressure, Multiple Layers, Rotating Canvas, High-Quality Brushes...
    • Open Source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ChibiPaint SS1
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  14. PixBuilder icon

    PixBuilder

     18 likes

    Free Photo Editing Software for PC

    PixBuilder Studio is a free image editing software program for digital photo editing, images processing, and resizing. For digital photo editing, you can use its many professional quality functions. PixBuilder Studio allows you to use the foll.

    137 PixBuilder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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