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Photoline

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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 modes.

Full vector editing, DTP features, and a HSV/HIS workflow are supported.

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  1.  Retouch photos
  2.  Image Processing
  3.  Color correction
  4.  Adjustment Layers
  5.  RAW-Conversion

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Photoline information

  • Developed by

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  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Commercial product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $0.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.2
  • Alternatives

    103 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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Our users have written 10 comments and reviews about Photoline, and it has gotten 61 likes

Photoline was added to AlternativeTo by Kenneth on Apr 28, 2009 and this page was last updated Jan 27, 2021.

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Top Positive Comment
raingros
Sep 26, 2022
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Tried to color correct a photo in Paint.NET and Affinity photo and couldn't get it done. With Photoline it took me 5 minutes to figure it out and do it perfectly. Great software!

rishikesh1
Nov 7, 2017
0

Definitely one of the Best Photoshop Alternative, Excellent Set of Tools for Photo, Image, Vector, DTP, Animation creation.

This is one of the most capable Graphics Softwares i have tried, this can Surely replace need for Photoshop.

dutchman
Mar 1, 2015
0

I am using Photoline since version 7 in 1997. Now we have 18. There are nearly no limits in photo and graphic design. For only 59euro you will find nothing else. Try it by yourself.

blackrhino
Feb 17, 2015
0

For me, it fullfills all my needs in editing my images !

julien26234
Feb 17, 2015
0

I started using it thanks to the 30 day trial period and it's reallly a serious alternative to photoshop. I'm able to use my photoshop plugins (nik, topaz, magicfocus), they are well integrated within the application ! Moreover, it can handle layers, 16 bits ... (I don't know the exact list of features as I don't use all of them but it's really powerful. I find it more powerful than Gimp as a ps alternative! Sometimes, the english translation of german words (as the developers are germans) are a bit strange and it takes some time to get used to but I think it's worth the effort.

So, check it yourself seriously and I don't think you'll be disappointed !

coryroberts
Jan 26, 2015
0

As a web developer, Photoline completely replaced Photoshop for me.

RemovedUser
Nov 26, 2014
0

It is probably even powerful enough to compete with Photoshop for some tasks but I mainly use it to design flyers, brochures and greeting cards to print. All this in one app as Photoline handles vector graphics, photos and text beautifully at the same time.

The interface can be daunting at first but once you get used to it (which is quite fast!) everything works smoothly.

All this together with the very good support directly from the developers and in the forum and the low price tag, Photoline is a definitive recommendation for everyone in need of an image editing software (or even a desktop publishing one as it can handle this as well).

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What is 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.

New in v19:

  • non-destructive dehaze filter

  • external file placeholder layers

  • wipe effect

  • colour to transparency layer

  • rotate view tool

  • variable width vector strokes

  • colour swatches, spot colours, overprinting

  • 32 & 64bit versions

  • 8/16/32bit per channel / RGB, CMYK, Lab, greyscale & monochrome

  • color management: ICC profiles, linear workflow

  • all functions, adjustments, filters work with 16-bit and 32-bit images

  • 46 adjustment layers

  • 18 layer styles

  • any layer can be any image mode/bit depth

  • layer masks are regular layers, and may consist of multiple combined layers & groups

  • layer opacity from -200 up to +200: easy inversion of blend effects or doubling an effect

  • convert bitmaps to vector layers

  • vector layers can be aligned to the pixel grid. Pixel view mode.

  • non-destructive RAW developing

  • retouching tools such as a remove brush, liquify, and many more

  • PSD import retains most common adjustment layers & layer effects

  • Import & export multi-layered 32bpc EXR files

  • non-destructive transformation for layers

  • external app link for easy round tripping

  • powerful image management: search, edit IPTC & EXIF data. Rename images, create catalogues

  • true PDF import & export with /x1a & /x3

  • multi-page documents

  • rich text & DTP options

  • web export: WebP, image maps & GIF animations

  • batch conversion, record actions

  • slideshows

  • print multi-page documents

  • portable app on a USB-Stick support

  • multiprocessor support

  • Linux WINE compatible: developer tested