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.

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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

Links to official GIMP sites

GitHub
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Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Portable Layers support Batch image manipulation Photo effects Retouch photos Open PSD files Layer manipulation Keyframe animation Scripting support Color to Alpha Symmetry brush

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Adobe Photoshop

If you can think it, you can make it with Photoshop CC, the world’s best imaging and design app.

Commercial

Layers support Non destructive editing Open PSD files Hardware Accelerated Editing photos Color correction Adjusting DPI Support for CMYK mode Integrated stock library Resizing dpi
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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.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Mac

Customizable Portable Layers support Lightweight Auto aligment rulers Optimized for fast boot Open PSD files Smooth lines Fullscreen support Keyframe animation Texture painting Vector art Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Symmetry brush Page labeling Support for Wacom Tablets
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Affinity Photo

Affinity Photo is a professional, full-featured raster graphics editor. Working in Affinity Photo is always live and you can pan and zoom at 60fps, with live previews and non destructive application.

Commercial

Create Macro Interface Overlay Responsive design Photo effects Batch processing Blemish removal Color management High resolution images Layers No Subscription Non destructive editing Open PSD files RAW Conversion Raw Photo processing
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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. .

Freemium Chrome OS Web

Open PSD files Layer manipulation Import from Sketch Color blending Kids Mode Photoshop like Sketch to PSD

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GIMP

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