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
Official Website

Features

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

The Best 17 GIMP Alternatives

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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.

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Customizable Tablet support Photo effects Retouch photos Raw Photo processing Asset Pipeline Healing brush
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Pixlr

Pixlr® makes it easy to transform everyday images into stunning works of art. Make every moment beautiful with our family of photo editing apps.

Freemium Android iPhone Web

Multiple languages Layers support Photo effects Online Photo Editor
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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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Fotor

Get ready to take your photos where no photo has gone before with Fotor. Some photos deserve special attention on a full screen.

Freemium Mac OS X Windows Android iPhone Web Kindle Fire Windows RT Windows Phone

Handwriting recognition Photo effects Retouch photos
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PicMonkey

PicMonkey is a feature-rich online photo editor that works right in your browser; no downloads necessary. Touch-up tools like Teeth Whiten, Blemish Fix, Weight Loss. Effects like Orton, Cross Process, Color Boost, with drag and drop ease.

Commercial Android iPhone Web

Photo effects Retouch photos
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Fotografix

In addition to being totally portable, Fotografix has a ridiculously small footprint. Its a 370Kb download and about 700Kb once extracted. Despite its size, most of the features I rely on in Photoshop are available.

Free Windows

Portable Photo effects
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PicLab

Add beautiful typography & artwork, apply stunning filters and photo effects, and add an ever-growing collection of shapes, light FX, textures, borders, patterns, and more to your photos and share them to your favorite social networks!.

Freemium Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad

Photo Sharing Photo effects
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FotoFlexer

FotoFlexer is the most powerful online photo editor in existence. It can remove blemishes, change skin/hair color, morph photos and more! 100% free.

Free Web

Photo effects Retouch photos
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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.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

Photo effects Retouch photos
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PhotoPad

PhotoPad photo editor is a free photo editing software that allows you to edit and apply effects to photos and other images.

Free Mac OS X Windows Android Kindle Fire

Photo Sharing Photo effects Retouch photos Convert Photo to Painting Blur Filter Noise Reduction
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SharpShot

sharpshot is a multi-platform picture editing software. it is meant for people who think adobe photoshop or http://alternativein .

Free Windows Linux Mac

Portable Photo effects
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Corel Photo-Paint

corel photo-paint is a vector-illustration and page-layout application included in coreldraw graphics suite .

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Photo effects Raw Photo processing
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PhotoStyler

PhotoStyler is the easiest way to style your digital photos with your Mac. This simple, fast and accurate native solution combines the powers of Apple’s core...

Commercial Mac OS X

Photo effects Batch processing Batch Editing
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Picture2Life

Picture2Life allows you to edit, collage, animate and share your pictures online.

Free iPhone Web Firefox

Firefox extension HTML5 Support Photo effects
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Phoduit

Phoduit is a non-destructive photo editor with a node-based user interface. Rapidly refine and retouch your photos, batch process, develop RAW images and more.

Commercial Windows Linux

Photo effects Retouch photos Batch processing Raw Photo processing
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Fotophire

Perfect your photos and apply 200+ effects. Remove or replace background in few clicks! Remove unwanted objects from any photo.

Commercial

Photo effects Retouch photos
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ToolWiz Pretty Photo

ToolWiz Pretty Photo is a free powerful lightweight image editor. With just few clicks on this free tool, you can edit photos, create photo collage, and make them look...

Free Windows

Portable Photo effects Retouch photos

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The Best 17 GIMP Alternatives

Pixelmator

Pixlr

Affinity Photo

Fotor

PicMonkey

Fotografix

PicLab

FotoFlexer

Pixelitor

PhotoPad

SharpShot

Corel Photo-Paint

PhotoStyler

Picture2Life

Phoduit

Fotophire

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