Microsoft Paint

Paint (formerly Paintbrush) is a simple, ultra-basic graphics painting program that is included with almost all versions of Microsoft Windows.

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Paint (formerly Paintbrush) is a simple, ultrabasic graphics painting program that is included with almost all versions of Microsoft Windows. It opens and saves files as Windows bitmap (24bit, 256 color, 16 color, and monochrome, all with the .bmp extension), JPEG, GIF (without animation or transparency), PNG (without alpha channel), and TIFF (without the multiple pages).

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The Best 107 Microsoft Paint Alternatives

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Paint.NET

Paint.NET is a free image and photo editing software. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.

Free Windows Windows S

Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Portable Layers support Lightweight Export to PDF Function Key Shortcuts Optimized for fast boot On premises software Layer manipulation Editing photos Convert Photo to Painting Export to PNG PNG Compression Alpha Channel Curve Manipulation Succession Planning Pathways
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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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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 OS X Windows Linux Mac

Portable Layers support Fullscreen support Infinite canvas Support for Wacom Tablets Color blending
206 Like

Photoscape

PhotoScape is a fun and easy photo editing software that enables you to fix and enhance photos.

Freemium Commercial Mac OS X Windows Mac Windows S

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Multiple languages Image Combining Retouch photos Batch processing Batch Editing Raw converter Image Splitting
191 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 way to draw and manipulate images on linux, mac, and windows.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD Mono

Layers support Lightweight
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PaintTool SAI

PaintTool SAI is high quality and lightweight painting software, fully digitizer support, amazing anti-aliased paintings, provide easy and stable operation, this software make digital art more enjoyable and comfortable.

Commercial Windows

Customizable Tabbed interface Layers support Vector like Tablet support Workflow Automation Layer manipulation Color blending Texture for brushes
95 Like

PhotoFiltre

PhotoFiltre 7 is a complete image retouching program. It allows you to do simple or advanced adjustments to an image and apply a vast range of filters on it. It is simple and intuitive to use, and has an easy learning curve.

Freemium Windows

Portable Multiple languages Retouch photos
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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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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 picture in seconds and minutes, not hours and days.

Commercial Mac OS X
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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 multiple layers and alpha channel editing.

Free Open Source Mac OS X
64 Like

Sumo Paint

Sumo Paint is a powerful image editor with a long-standing history as a fully capable Photoshop clone in the browser.

Freemium Web
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Clip Studio Paint

Clip Studio Paint, previously Manga Studio or ComicStudio in Japan, is a family of software applications for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows used for the digital creation of comics and manga.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows

Layers support Tablet support Open PSD files Smooth lines Keyframe animation Texture painting Built in 3D model viewer Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Support for Wacom Tablets Vector strokes
59 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 print and the web; and easily find and view all your photos.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows

Facial recognition Layer manipulation Lossless Cropping
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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 modes.

Commercial Mac OS X Windows

Retouch photos RAW Conversion Color correction
53 Like

MediBang Paint

A lightweight software for illustration and making comic books on Windows and Mac OS.

Free Mac OS X Windows Android Tablet iPad

Layers support Lightweight Tablet Pressure Sensitivity Support for Wacom Tablets Image Smoothing
50 Like

Artweaver

Artweaver is a simple Freeware program for creative painting, i.e. Artweaver offers you all artistic effects which you need for your work. You can create sketches from photos and experiment with a wide range of brushes.

Freemium Windows
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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 experienced by more users from all over the world.

Free Mac OS X Windows

Layers support Tablet support Layers Smooth lines
16 Like

Tux Paint

Tux Paint is a free, award-winning drawing program for children ages 3 to 12 (for example, preschool and K-6).

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD Haiku
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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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Pho.to

Improve and play with your digital pictures at Pho.to site with easy yet powerful editing tools and services. Enhance your pictures, have fun with your photos online, retouch portraits and share your photos for free. Free Pho.

Freemium Android iPhone iPad Web

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Microsoft Paint

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The Best 107 Microsoft Paint Alternatives

Paint.NET

Krita

MyPaint

Photoscape

Pinta

PaintTool SAI

PhotoFiltre

Photopea

Acorn

Seashore

Sumo Paint

Clip Studio Paint

Adobe Photoshop Elements

Photoline

MediBang Paint

Artweaver

FireAlpaca

Tux Paint

PhotoPad

Pho.to

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