GIMP GIMP is a free program for such photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Essentially it's the closest thing to Photoshop you can get for free. GIMP is full of features that aren't needed by 99% of people and very complicated. Guest • Jan 2017 • 52 agrees and 7 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 • 45 agrees and 5 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 • 32 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree GIMP is a great app, but its way too heavy and slow for paint.net tasks. Guest • Dec 2017 • 4 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Hard to use, can't draw a simple square/circle fast ... Guest • Apr 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree it's a Photoshop alternative, not Paint.NET Guest • Aug 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree GIMPs UX is a disaster of disconnected panels, unexpected behaviour, and weird key combinations. It is not a Paint.NET alternative. Guest • May 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 • 11 agrees and 14 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Haiku AmigaOS Layer manipulation Customizable Support for Layers Photo effects ... Batch image manipulation Built-in Color picker Color to Alpha Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Keyframe animation Retouch photos Portable Open PSD files Scripting support Symmetry brush Add a feature 3344 Like
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... Very pricy advanced application compared to free paint.net Guest • Jan 2016 • 23 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree First, money, second, unlike paint.net, unaccesible for beginners Guest • Aug 2018 Disagree Agree 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 • 6 agrees and 6 disagrees Disagree Agree Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Wine ReactOS Resizing dpi Adjusting DPI Animations Support for CMYK mode ... Color correction Editing photos Hardware Accelerated Integrated stock library Support for Layers Non destructive editing Open PSD files Add a feature 1771 Like
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... Very good, but not focused to photo editing. Guest • Jan 2017 • 8 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree It's literally a painting tool, not for photo editing. Guest • Nov 2017 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 2 disagrees Disagree Agree This is a digital painting app, not a raster painting app Guest • Nov 2016 • 5 agrees and 6 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com Keyframe animation Support for Wacom Tablets Lightweight Smooth lines ... Texture painting Animations Auto aligment rulers Auto Correcting Customizable Document templates Frame by frame animation Fullscreen support Hability to distort or warp the selection Support for Layers Page labeling Portable Open PSD files Rewind the changes SVG Support Symmetry brush Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Texture for brushes Timeline-based Optimized for Touch screen Add a feature 593 Like
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... This functions in almost identical ways to Paint.NET, more so than any other program listed on here. Guest • Oct 2015 • 6 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Even though it's Discontinued, it's very similiar to Paint.NET and It's multi-platform Guest • Apr 2017 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It is powerfull, open-source and almost the same but cross-platform alternative to paint.net Guest • Jan 2018 • 3 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It's a much better multi-platform alternative to Paint.NET than GIMP in my opinion. It's a much simpler interface, like Paint.NET Epicpkmn11 • Apr 2018 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Uses the same layout. Never used Pinta before, but since I have experience with Paint.NET I understood all features. Guest • Jun 2018 Disagree Agree Simple program - very similar to paint.net. It also is lightweight (~60 MB vs ~400 MB for Krita on Lubuntu system) Guest • Jul 2018 Disagree Agree This is the only one in the list that aims to be a paint.net clone. Guest • Jul 2017 • 3 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree It's as simple as Paint.NET. Works as you would expect. I consider this to be Paint.NET for Mac Guest • Aug 2017 • 1 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree It's a simple program with almost identical features of Paint.net, it also does not require much storage space when first started. Guest • Nov 2016 • 2 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Mono Support for Layers Lightweight Add a feature 204 Like
MyPaint MyPaint is a fast, distraction-free, and easy painting tool for digital artists. It supports graphics tablets made by Wacom, and many similar devices. 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 • 4 agrees and 3 disagrees Disagree Agree MyPaint is a digital painting/drawing program, Paint.NET is a simple image editor. superluminar • Oct 2017 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree 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 290 Like
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... Fast, easy to use, not overloaded with useless features Guest • Aug 2017 Disagree Agree It's cheap, and it has all the capabilities of Paint.NET (plus some), and it's even more user-friendly. oddityoverseer13 • Dec 2016 • 0 agrees and 4 disagrees Disagree Agree Commercial $ $ $ Mac iPhone iPad Healing brush Retouch photos Support for 64 bit Asset Pipeline ... Customizable Photo effects Retouch photos Raw Photo processing Realtime magic wand tool Specific for 64-Bit Tablet support Add a feature 348 Like
Darktable Darktable is a virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers: it manages your digital negatives in a database and lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable.... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Non destructive editing Raw Photo processing Command Line support Geotagged Photos ... Watermark images Lua scripting Multiple languages Photographic filters Photo Organization Add a feature 156 Like
Photoscape PhotoScape is a fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos. Key Features: * Editor: resizing, brightness and color adjustment... 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 208 Like
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... Free Mac Windows Support for Layers Smooth lines Beginner friendly Support for Layers ... Tablet support Add a feature 50 Like
Fotor Get ready to take your photos where no photo has gone before with Fotor. Some photos deserve special attention on a full screen. Fotor’s powerful desktop photo... Freemium Mac Windows Web Android iPhone ... Windows S Windows Phone Kindle Fire Handwriting recognition Photo effects Automatic brightness dimming Blur Filter ... Retouch photos Add a feature 45 Like
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... Commercial Mac Windows Windows S Facial recognition Layer manipulation Lossless Cropping Add a feature 62 Like
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.... It is a raster graphics simple paint program Guest • Nov 2016 Disagree Agree It is a raster graphics simple paint program Guest • May 2018 Disagree Agree Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Lightweight Support for Layers Portable Add a feature 20 Like
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... Commercial Mac Non destructive editing Add a feature 69 Like
Photoline Photoline is a professional image editor which offers creatives a mostly non-destructive workflow for 8/16/32bpc image processing and compositing in RGB, CMYK, and Lab... Commercial Mac Windows Wine Color correction Retouch photos RAW-Conversion Add a feature 58 Like
Seashore Seashore is an open source image editor for Mac OS Xs Cocoa framework. It features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes. It supports... Free Open Source Mac SVG Support Add a feature 67 Like Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last versions, 0.1.9 and 0.5.1, released in 2007 and 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
