Paint.NET Alternatives for Mac

Alternatives to Paint.NET for Mac with any license

GIMP

GIMP is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, and more. Available also as portable app: http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable
- Whereas Paint.NET is a very simple and user friendly program that's easy to use, GIMP is incredibly unforgiving, difficult to learn/use and lacking the welcoming and uncomplicated interface of Paint.NET. Moreover it has functions that just completely stop working for no reason Guest • Dec 2016 • 75 agrees and 9 disagrees
- GIMP is full of features that aren't needed by 99% of people and very complicated. Guest • Jan 2017 • 82 agrees and 17 disagrees
- Paint.net is a very easy to use program for basic editing of images, while Gimp is a very complicated tool for doing lots of complex stuff with images so kind of very different target groups I would say Guest • May 2017 • 54 agrees and 8 disagrees
- More complicated to use than Paint.Net, GIMP is an alternative to Photoshop or other complex photo editing softwares. Guest • Jul 2019 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
- The purpose of paint.NET is to be simple and easy to use, GIMP is far away from that idea Guest • Apr 2019 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
- photoshop is the same but yes use it a lot Guest • May 2019 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Best open-source Paint.NET alternative Guest • Apr 2019 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees
- free, open-source, cross-platform Guest • May 2019 • 0 agrees and 3 disagrees
- It's not exactly Paint.net, but it's the closest to photoshop. I think you should learn gimp if you are going to buy photoshop Guest • Mar 2019 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Paint.net has a more intuitive user interface than GIMP and there are many program that are more similar to it than GIMP. Guest • Jan 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Paint is for simple drawings, Gimp is a complex and featureful artwork and photo editing tool. It’s more like an alternative to Photoshop. Guest • Oct 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- it's a Photoshop alternative, not Paint.NET Guest • Aug 2018 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees
- GIMP is much harder to use than paint.NET, and the target demographics a very different. Guest • Oct 2018 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Gimp is something way different than Paint.net. If you want to do something rather quickly, then Gimp isn't for you... at all. Guest • Aug 2018 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees
- Its complicated, unlike Paint.net Guest • Jul 2018 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- GIMPs UX is a disaster of disconnected panels, unexpected behaviour, and weird key combinations. It is not a Paint.NET alternative. Guest • May 2018 • 5 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Hard to use, can't draw a simple square/circle fast ... Guest • Apr 2018 • 6 agrees and 3 disagrees
- GIMP is a great app, but its way too heavy and slow for paint.net tasks. Guest • Dec 2017 • 6 agrees and 3 disagrees
- It's open source and cross platform fabthezen • Nov 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
- GIMP is really complicated and not a real alternative. It has way more than nedeed for most of the users. Paint.NET is really simple to use and has just enough functionality to be useful for an advanced (but not professional) user. Guest • Jul 2017 • 7 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Horrrible, very dificult to learn. Guest • Jun 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- GIMP is a superb cross-platform (Win, Mac, Linux) alternative to Paint.NET because it's open source and has a huge range of functionality. It is less suited for those situations where you're seeking a very simple image editor, without fuss. But it's still cross-platform, which Paint.NET isn't. So it depends what "alternative" means to you. JohnFastman • Jan 2017 • 15 agrees and 16 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Chrome OS BSD ... PortableApps.com Haiku AmigaOS
Layer manipulation Support for Layers Customizable Photo effects ... Batch image manipulation Blur Filter Built-in Color picker Color correction Color to Alpha DRM Free Editing photos Extensible by Plugins/Extensions High-resolution images Image Editing Image Masking Keyframe animation Lossless Cropping Open source software Retouch photos Portable Open PSD files Scalable Scripting support Symmetry brush Add a feature

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Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop is a professional image editor and the de-facto industry standard. It supports layers, non-destructive-editing, vector graphics and color management and plugins. If you can think it, you can make it with Photoshop CC, the world’s best imaging and design app. Create and enhance photographs, illustrations, and 3D artwork. Design websites and mobile apps. Edit videos, simulate real-life paintings, and more. It’s everything you need to make any idea real.
- While Paint.NET is a very easy to use program, Adobe Photoshop is full of features that aren't needed by 95% of people, difficult to learn/use and very complicated. Besides it is very pricy. Guest • May 2018 • 6 agrees and 3 disagrees
- First, money, second, unlike paint.net, unaccesible for beginners Guest • Aug 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Very pricy advanced application compared to free paint.net Guest • Jan 2016 • 30 agrees and 2 disagrees
- The absolute best in photo correction and manipulation. Slick interface. Fast. Loads of tools for mobile and Web design. Content-aware editing. Video editing. 3D design capability. Synced Libraries. Integrated stock library. Complementary mobile apps. HaricharanSrinivasan • Dec 2017 • 5 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Its quite famous and many people use it Guest • Mar 2018
- paint.net is better and its free Guest • Mar 2018
- It's a totally different software. Guest • May 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Actually, Paint.NET is supposed to be a free alternative to Adobe Photoshop. While Paint.NET is very powerful, Adobe Photoshop is the superior when it comes to editing. If you want nice free results, Paint.NET is your best bet. If you want amazing results and the best tools and are not afraid to drop in some money, Adobe Photoshop is a very great choice. Guest • Apr 2016 • 7 agrees and 6 disagrees
Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Wine ReactOS
Editing photos Image Editing Resizing dpi Adjusting DPI ... Animations Support for CMYK mode Color correction Drawing 2D Hardware Accelerated Image Editing Integrated stock library Intuitive Interface Support for Layers Non destructive editing Open PSD files Add a feature

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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.
- It is exactly what I was looking for as an alternative to Paint.Net. Very similar. Completly free. Guest • Jul 2019 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
- Painting software, not photo editing Guest • Jun 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It's a painting program, not a photo editing program skyling • May 2019 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
- It's not an alternative to Gimp because it has a fewer features but it is a nice tool for painting. trefoil004 • May 2019
- Krita is a very complete painting tool, it isn't suited for very quickly making basic adjustments. Guest • Apr 2019
- Various tools, everything free. Guest • Feb 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Very good, but not focused to photo editing. Guest • Jan 2017 • 15 agrees and 4 disagrees
- It's literally a painting tool, not for photo editing. Guest • Nov 2017 • 11 agrees and 5 disagrees
- This is a digital painting app, not a raster painting app Guest • Nov 2016 • 5 agrees and 6 disagrees
- Krita is also very similar to photoshop, and if you find the features easily enough and do enough research it has ALOT more features than paint.net while having the easy navigation that paint.net has. Also it's free! Guest • Dec 2016 • 3 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Near the same interface, less powerfull. Guest • Jun 2016 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com
Keyframe animation Animations Texture painting Support for Wacom Tablets ... Blending brushes Customizable Drawing Frame by frame animation Lightweight Multi-choice brushes Sketching Smooth lines 3D Poser Auto aligment rulers Auto Correction Background transparency Blending and lineart Brush Stabilizers Color blending Digital Drawing Digital-painting focused Document templates Fullscreen support Image Editing Instant edit screenshots Layer manipulation Support for Layers No Kernel-Mode Components Open source software Page labeling Penetration tools 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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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 edit, rather than what's around them. Pixelmator lets you touch up and enhance images, draw or paint, apply dazzling effects, or create advanced compositions with ease.
- Fast, easy to use, not overloaded with useless features Guest • Aug 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It's cheap, and it has all the capabilities of Paint.NET (plus some), and it's even more user-friendly. oddityoverseer13 • Dec 2016 • 1 agrees and 5 disagrees
Commercial $ $ $ Mac iPhone iPad
Healing brush Retouch photos Support for 64 bit Asset Pipeline ... Customizable Drawing Image Editing Photo effects Retouch photos Raw Photo processing Realtime magic wand tool Specific for 64-Bit Stickers Tablet support 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).
- MyPaint is a digital painting/drawing program, Paint.NET is a simple image editor. superluminar • Oct 2017 • 4 agrees and 2 disagrees
- MyPaint looks a lot like Photoshop. Paint.NET is so popular because of the simplicity. Photoshop is a beautiful program with a lot of options. Paint.NET is a simple "paint" program that allows you to go as you like, but keep it simple at the beginning. MyPaint is like a Photoshop lite. Guest • May 2017 • 5 agrees and 4 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com
Infinite canvas Color blending Drawing Fullscreen support ... Image Editing Support for Layers Portable Sketching Download from Soundcloud Support for Wacom Tablets Add a feature

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Photopea

Online photo editor, which can work with PSD, XCF and Sketch files (Photoshop, Gimp and Sketch App). Convert between PSD, XCF, JPG, PNG and many other formats. .
- It can cover something up and add shapes to block off anything annoying. Guest • 5 days ago
Free Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Chrome OS iPad
Open PSD files Vectorize raster images Web-Based Online Photo Editor ... Sketch to PSD Browser based Import from Sketch Support for Layers Realtime magic wand tool Color blending Drawing Easy to use Editing photos Image Editing Kids Mode Layer manipulation Photographic filters Convert Photo to Painting Photoshop-like REST API Texture painting 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.

Freemium Mac Windows Windows S
Lossless quality Morphing Batch Editing Batch processing ... Built-in Equalizer Built-in Image editor Color correction Image Combining Image Editing Image Splitting Lossless Cropping Merge photos Multiple languages Retouch photos Raw converter Screenshot Tools 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 Digital Drawing ... Drawing Board Image Editing 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.
- It is a raster graphics simple paint program Guest • May 2018 • 0 agrees and 4 disagrees
- It is a raster graphics simple paint program Guest • Nov 2016 • 0 agrees and 2 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com
Lightweight Support for Layers Portable Reads PDN Format Add a feature

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Fotor

Powerful, user-friendly and globally accessible, Fotor is an online photo editing suite, utilizing exclusive technology to bring an unprecedented level of editing control to anyone and everyone. While the ‘collage’ and ‘edit’ features are already enjoyed by millions of users, daily, the new ‘design’ feature gives the common user the ability to design any form of graphics and cover, limited only by imagination.

Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Web Android iPhone
Handwriting recognition Photo effects Automatic brightness dimming Blur Filter ... Design template Retouch photos 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 Image Editing 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
Image Editing Non destructive editing Add a feature

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Mischief

Infinite Definition. Mischief uses a revolutionary new stroke representation. Get the richness of pixel-based brushes AND the scalability of vectors. Zoom in to any size and get a PERFECT edge. Export at ANY size and resolution.Infinite Canvas Mischief has a truly infinite canvas. Your artwork can grow organically without constraints. There is no need to preset paper sizes or resolutions or to resize the canvas during drawing.
- Discontinued The company seems to have stopped the development of Mischief. Last Mac version, 2.1.5, was released in September 2016, and latest Windows version, 2.1.6, in October 2018 as a bug fix. They can be still downloaded and bought from the official website
Freemium Mac Windows Wine
Infinite canvas Drawing Sketching Vector strokes ... Support for Wacom Tablets 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.

Free Open Source Mac
Image Editing SVG Editors 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
Drawing Image Editing Image Processing Java ... Photo effects Photographic filters Retouch photos Sketching 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 Image Editing Image Processing ... Retouch photos RAW-Conversion Vector Drawing Add a feature

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Tayasui Sketches

Sketches is a perfect mix of beauty, simplicity and power, a truly unique combination you won't find anywhere else. Sketches is the ideal canvas, perfect for getting down ideas, illustrations, painting, anything your creative mind can imagine.
- Most of the tools are adequate for free on iPad. $ for extras (will pay if I need to use them so nice to be available). First one on the list so far that I’ve used regularly and liked. Guest • May 2019
- Doesn't have enough tools and has tools that shouldn't be paid, like layers. Guest • Feb 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Mac Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad
Apple Pencil support Automatic brightness dimming Color blending Create Custom brushes ... Support for Layers Distraction-free UI Open PSD files Sketching Support for styluses Support for Wacom Tablets Add a feature

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DrawPile

Drawpile is a drawing program that lets you share the canvas with other users in real time.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Real time collaboration Drawing Hot keys Image Editing ... Multiple Font Colors Pen pressure Pen Settings Real time collaboration Shared whiteboard Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Text formatting Unlimited Canvas Area Unlimited undo Add a feature

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ImagePlay

ImagePlay is a rapid prototyping tool for building and testing image processing algorithms. It comes with a variety of over 70 individual image processors which can be combined into complex process chains. EDUCATION: Let your students learn about the basics of image processing. Show the effects of various parameters by manipulating them in real time.
- Different purpose than Paint.net Guest • May 2019
- This is for Processing images, not for editing them. Guest • Mar 2019 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Image Editing Image Processing Node Based Add a feature

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showFoto

You can use it to view your photographs and improve them. Showfoto is the standalone image editor of the digiKam project.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux KDE
Image Editing Add a feature

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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
Image Editing Add a feature

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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
Image Editing Add a feature

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PixelStyle

PixelStyle Photo Editor 3.5.1 for Mac is an all-in-one Photo Editor for Mac with a huge range of high-end filters: lighting, blurs, distortions, tilt-shift, shadows, glows... Available at http://www.effectmatrix.com/mac-appstore/mac-photo-editor-pixelstyle.htm A full-blown Photo Editor for Mac - Adjust exposure, hue, vibrance and much more. - Delete unwanted objects and retouch photos. - Reduces low light and high ISO noise. - 1 min cut out objects from photos and change photo background.

Freemium Mac
Image Editing Retouch photos Edit screenshots Add a feature

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WidsMob Retoucher

Widsmob retoucher provides the artistic photo effects, including photo denoise, film pack, fish eye effect, color adjustment and more. Photo De-noise feature, before further editing your photographs, you need to use noise reduction software to fix blurry photos first. WidsMob Retouch eliminates image noise while preserving image detail. It also enables you to minimize image grain, JPEG artifacts and other imperfections. The program deals with Luminance noise and Chrominance noise professionally.

Commercial $ $ $ Mac
Remove Noise Retouch photos Add a feature

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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
No features added Add a feature

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