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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    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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    It has a lot of effects but can be complicated to use.

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    • Chasys Draw IES is Free and ProprietaryPaint.NET is also Free and Proprietary
  2. Our Paint icon
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    Our Paint is a featureless but programmable painting program.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • itch.io
    • Android
     
  3. Drawing icon
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    This application is a basic image editor, similar to Microsoft Paint, but aiming at the GNOME desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
  4. PixBuilder icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
  5. Serif PhotoPlus icon
     17 likes
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    PhotoPlus is the free, feature-restricted image editing software by Serif that enables you to fix and enhance your digital photos; paint and blend with brushes; and export you photos for print, email, and the web.

    86 Serif PhotoPlus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. LunaPic icon
     15 likes
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    LunaPic is an online photo editor that allows you to edit, crop, rotate and resize images, add effects to your photos, create slideshows, animation and collagesand convert video to gifs.

    176 LunaPic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    • Dropbox
     
  7. PixaFlux icon
     11 likes
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    PixaFlux is a node based image processing application. PixaFlux creates and edits images in a non destructive way, using a node graph to organize the workflow without restrictions of size, position or color mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. PhoXo icon
     14 likes
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    PhoXo is small and free image editing application. It's tiny, fast, easy to use, can be treated as a mini PhotoShop. Its features include layers, undo, over 50 special effects, batch processing, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools for selecting, crop, painting...

    92 PhoXo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. AliveColors icon
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    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. Boost your creativity with AliveColors!.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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