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. Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Haiku AmigaOS Xfce Layer manipulation Support for Layers Batch image manipulation Built-in Color picker ... Color to Alpha Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Keyframe animation Photo effects Retouch photos Portable Open PSD files Scripting support Symmetry brush Third person perspective Trace Route Add a feature 3314 Like GIMP is full of features that aren't needed by 99% of people and very complicated. Guest • Jan 2017 • 48 agrees and 6 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 • 44 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 • 28 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 • 3 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 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree Hard to use, can't draw a simple square/circle fast ... Guest • Apr 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 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 12 disagrees Disagree Agree
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... Commercial $ $ $ Mac Windows Resizing dpi Adjusting DPI Animations Brushes Feature ... 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 1751 Like Very pricy advanced application compared to free paint.net Guest • Jan 2016 • 19 agrees and 1 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 • 2 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 Disagree Agree Adobe Photoshop is not in the same priceclass it's 1000000 times expensiver then paint.net Guest • May 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 It is a great image and photo editor and it is probably the best one out there! The only problem is the price! A price of $120 for the photography plan or $240 for the full plan is too expensive in my opinion Guest • Oct 2017 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
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... 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 Optimized for fast boot Frame by frame animation Fullscreen support Support for Layers Page labeling Portable Open PSD files SVG Support Symmetry brush Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Texture for brushes Timeline-based Vector art Add a feature 566 Like It's literally a painting tool, not for photo editing. Guest • Nov 2017 • 6 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree Very good, but not focused to photo editing. Guest • Jan 2017 • 6 agrees and 1 disagrees Disagree Agree This is a digital painting app, not a raster painting app Guest • Nov 2016 • 5 agrees and 4 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 • 1 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree Agree
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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Mono Support for Layers Lightweight Add a feature 202 Like Discontinued The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 1.6, released in March 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website. 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 • 2 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 • 12 days ago 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
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. 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 289 Like 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 1 disagrees Disagree Agree MyPaint is a digital painting/drawing program, Paint.NET is a simple image editor. superluminar • Oct 2017 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree Agree
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... Commercial $ $ $ Mac OS X iPhone iPad Healing brush Retouch photos Asset Pipeline Customizable ... Photo effects Retouch photos Raw Photo processing Tablet support Add a feature 346 Like 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 3 disagrees Disagree Agree
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 Photo Organization Photographic filters Add a feature 153 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 OS X Windows Support for Layers Smooth lines Support for Layers Tablet support Add a feature 49 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 44 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 61 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.... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Lightweight Support for Layers Portable Add a feature 20 Like 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
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 OS X Non destructive editing Add a feature 67 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 OS X 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.
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 OS X Windows Color correction Retouch photos RAW-Conversion Add a feature 58 Like
