Most of us associate computer graphics in general and editing in particular with Adobe Photoshop, which itself costs 700 bucks and requires significant hardware resources. And this is natural, because it is the most powerful graphic editor to date, created for the needs of design professionals. "Non-designers" are more likely to use only a fraction of his resources for elementary image changes. Don't believe? Remember why you opened Photoshop the last 5 times. I guarantee that if you are not a professional designer, then you have resized some image, cropped it or resaved it in a different format. At the extreme, adjusted the brightness / contrast / color gamut. Agree, it is not at all necessary to keep Photoshop installed for this.
1 Photoscape
Photoscape is amazing free editor photos. This program contains so many filters, tools and special effects that it's hard to believe that it's free.
Photoscape has just about everything you need to view, optimize, edit, print, and have fun with your photos. It's such a full-featured application that many consider it free alternative Photoshop package. Of course, the level of Photoshop is still higher, but the program is really a great alternative to the flagship Adobe and turns photo editing into a very exciting experience.
2 Pixia
Pixia is a free raster graphics editor developed by Isao Maruoka. Initially, the graphic editor was intended for creating anime / manga, but later it began to be used in other areas of art.
Pixia supports graphics tablets by Wacom, 3D layers, transparency effects, can work with the most popular image file formats (.bmp, .jpeg, .tiff, .ico, .pict, .png), supports the Adobe Photoshop format - .psd, and also has its own - .pxa.
3 Colourpaint
Simple "painting" for KDE. The most elementary functionality such as a brush, eraser, pipette, primitive shapes. For editing - there is an autocrop, balance adjustment, resizing, colors. Designed for drawing diagrams and diagrams, as well as simple image editing. Another solution for those who are confused by the abundance of buttons and incomprehensible tools of more complex editors.
4 Paint.NET
Paint.NET is a free raster image and photo editor for Windows, developed on the .NET Framework. Paint.NET is great replacement editor graphic images, which is part of the standard programs of Windows operating systems.
With many powerful features that are found only in expensive image editors, Paint.NET is completely free.
5 pints
Pinta is a lightweight cross-platform open source raster graphics editor. source code, inspired by the Paint.NET editor. The latter only runs on Windows, and Miguel de Icaza's attempt to directly port this program to Linux/Mono was not very successful.
6 Seashore
Opensource image editor for the Mac OSX Cocoa framework. Knows what gradients, textures, smoothing are. Supports layers and alpha channel. Based on GIMP technology, and, accordingly, friendly with its native format.
7 Paint Star
Paint star is a graphic editor for high-quality editing, as well as creating drawings, digital photos and other images. This editor for Windows is great for basic user needs, and also allows you to work with layers, transparency, gradients, textures, scripts, patterns, paths, and more.
Paint star has a solid line of image editing and processing tools similar to popular programs for highly professional business design. Basic functionality allows ordinary user realize your idea without a special training course or video.
8 My Paint
A simple and fast open source application for digital artists for Windows and Linux. In essence, it's just a dimensionless canvas where you can display interface elements only when you need them. The rest of the time - draw for your pleasure, without being distracted by the menu and tools. Fully supports graphics tablets, has a simple minimalist design, allows you to create brushes and customize existing ones, supports layers.
95Dfly
Free Windows application for batch processing photos. In addition to the standard functions of a graphic editor, it can create slide shows for PowerPoint.
10 visual boxes
Free for non-commercial use application for creating web galleries. Available as jQuery plugin or Prototype extensions, there are versions for Windows and Mac. Flickr and Photobucket support, built-in ftp client, tons of themes, nice modern design.
11 Digicam
It is an OpenSource photo editor for Linux, Windows and Mac-OSX. Allows you to view, edit, enhance, catalog and tag your photos and do a lot of other cool stuff. However, you must be prepared to compile the application. For those who are new to this, the official website offers a detailed tutorial.
12 PEdit
A very simple free online photo editor. Contains all standard tools, even a child can use it. It requires the installation of the Silverlight 3 plugin.
13 Photopos
Multifunctional and at the same time understandable program, which includes the functions of a photo editor, an image editor and an application for creating computer graphics. Provides many options for designing, processing and enhancing photos, editing images and more.
14 Irfan View
One of the most popular image viewers on Windows systems. Nimble, compact, free. Able to open all kinds of graphics, convert them to desired format, optimize, create slideshows. There are plugins, skins and localizations. Often opposes itself to ACDSee. Although, to be honest, I replaced it at home with FastStone Image Viewer, which is also free for personal non-commercial use, but, in my opinion, is much more convenient and can work with NEF.
15 Crita
One of the finalists of the Packt Open Source Awards 2011, along with Blender and GIMP. This is another KDE editor for creating sketches and drawings, as well as for manipulating graphics. The main direction is illustration, concept art and other creative.
16 GIMP
The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP for short) is a powerful and versatile graphics editor. With a wide range of functions, you can make your photos more juicy, remove from photos extra elements, create collages and posters, prepare website designs and cut ready-made layouts, and much more. GIMP works in the most popular operating systems: Windows, Mac, Linux.
17 Artweaver
Artweaver is another graphics editor that claims to be free analogue Adobe Photoshop. The program can simulate oil painting, acrylic paint, brush, crayon, pencil, charcoal, pastel, airbrush, etc. There is also the presence of various filters, work with transparency and layers, export and import of files in various graphic formats, and much more.
18 Paint tool sai
Paint tool sai has both Free and paid version. First of all, it is necessary to note the editor interface, which is implemented as conveniently as possible for users. All the necessary buttons fit compactly on the panel on the left, allowing you to quickly find the tool you need.
In addition, the interface allows you to keep several drawings open at once. The canvas itself with the image can be scaled and rotated using hotkeys and special buttons on the panel.
19 Hornil StylePix
Hornil StylePix is a powerful multi-functional free graphic editor in which programmers were able to combine such parameters as: compact size, user-friendly interface and a large number of functions. The program does not require mandatory installation, as it has a portable version that you can easily place on any flash drive and run the program directly from it. StylePix has a large number of features and capabilities and is a worthy competitor to Paint.NET and Photoshop programs.
The program will serve you as a great assistant in photo editing. With this editor, you can fix almost all the flaws in your photo. At the service of creative people StylePix provides a wide range of brushes, cloning, selection, fill tools, as well as many options for working with text.
There is also a paid version of Hornil StylePix. Has more features like quick mask, layer mask, brush image and layer styles for more advanced work than StylePix.
20 Photoshop Online and other online editors
There are many online photo editing services on the Internet without installing any programs. One of the main difference online editors from the installation programs is that the application requires the most minimal system requirements to a computer and installed browser to browse the web. 100% convenience from working in online version graphic editor.
There are many free graphic programs and image editing tools that can be considered as an alternative to Photoshop. I have compiled a list of the best of them. Some of them are free online services, while others are available for free download and installation on computers and mobile devices.
Vector graphics
1. SVG-Edit - development of vector graphics in the browser
If you need to programmatically render a drawing or vector graphics, you can do so using the Scalable Vector Graphics format ( also known as SVG). And the program for developing Scalable Vector Graphics is called SVG-Edit .
it software open source. SVG-Edit is a powerful tool that allows you to create or edit SVG elements. The tool is built on top of CSS3 , HTML5 and JavaScript . With it, you can quickly edit and process a two-dimensional ( 2D) vector graphics:
2. DrawPlus Starter Edition by Serif - Free Graphic Design Software for Windows
Free graphic design software. This is a 2D vector graphics editor program that allows you to draw, edit and create professional designs.
DrawPlus also contains a number of features that allow you to create 3D objects using extrusion, apply a wide range of 3D styles with a huge collection of brushes:
With DrawPlus, you can easily create graphic designs, logos, technical drawings, animations, and more. There are various preset templates. Newbie guides are also available to help you get started with the program.
3. Inkscape - vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
If you are looking for a replacement Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw , then InkScape is the tool you should be looking for. This is the editor vector graphics open source and many powerful features:
It also supports SVG integration with advanced options for print and web design. It is a professional graphics editor with a simple and easy to use interface.
4. Skencil - vector graphics software for Unix / Linux
Free graphical software to run under Linux/Unix. It is a flexible and powerful tool for creating illustrations, diagrams, etc.:
5. Ultimate Paint - Image Processing Tool for Windows
Functional 32-bit program for graphic drawing. latest version supports set basic functions which can be used without any restrictions:
Ultimate Paint supports flexible brush management features that allow you to create creative designs. As well as PEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, PCX, AVI (read only), TGA, WMF / EMF, ICO (read only), IFF / LBM and WAP BMP formats, as well as Twain-compatible scanners.
6. SmoothDraw NX - Free Image Processing Tool for Mobile Devices
A simple, touch freehand drawing tool that can be used to produce high quality images. It supports many kinds of brushes ( pen, pencil, airbrush, natural brush, etc.), retouching tools, layers, etc.:
7. Fat Paint is the best drawing software
Fat Paint is known as the best software for graphic design, drawing and logo creation. This is a free image editing program that allows you to create pages, vector illustrations, logos, photo editing and web design:
8. My Paint is an Open Source Graphic Design Application for Windows and GNU/Linux
A graphic design software that lets you focus on creativity, not interface management issues:
It is a fast and easy to use open source graphic design application that is available for both Windows and Linux users.
Image editing tools (pixel art)
9. Paint.net - Free Image Editing Software for Windows
Paint.NET is a great alternative to the built-in graphics editor Paint. It is an easy-to-use image editing tool with a range of basic and advanced features:
With its powerful features, this editor is often compared to other digital photo editing packages such as Adobe Photoshop, Corel Paint Shop Pro, Microsoft photo editor, and GIMP.
10. GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program for Linux, Windows and Mac OS
Another powerful graphics program for the computer, which is widely used for photo retouching, processing, image composition, etc.
It is a free and open source graphic design software that is widely known as an alternative to Photoshop. Although GIMP was originally created for Unix, it is now available for other operating systems: Windows, Mac OS X, etc.
11. Pixlr - Photo editor for iPhone, iPad, Mac OS and Android
Powerful image editing application for IOS and Android. It can be downloaded for free from App Store or Google Play Store. This is an interesting and powerful photo editor that allows you to quickly crop, rotate and adjust any image.
Pixlr has over 2 million combinations available free effects, which allow you to make the image unique.
12. Sumo Paint - Graphic Design Browser Application
If you want to get started with images in the browser, Sumo Paint will help you get started. It can be used to edit photos online, or you can install the program to access all features offline ( paid subscription):
With Sumo Paint, you can edit photos right in your browser. Although this requires the presence of Adobe Flash.
13. Image Magick - Bitmap Image Converter for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Android and iOS
A powerful tool for converting images from one format to another. For example, from .jpeg to .png . This is a graphics editor bitmaps, which allows you to create, edit and convert bitmap images to other formats.
The program contains such useful features like cropping, rotating and transforming images, mirror reflection etc. Which makes it a handy tool for graphic designers.
2D / 3D and animations
14. Daz Studio - 3D Models, 3D Animations for Windows and Mac
If you want to start learning 3D design and animation, install DAZ Studio. You will have at your disposal a sufficient number of tutorials that will make you a "ninja" of 3D animation, no matter what your level is at the moment:
With DAZ Studio you can create your own 3D characters, avatars, graphic design elements.
Create your own short films and animations, illustrations for books and magazines, and more. This free software will be very helpful when learning 3D.
15. Sculptris - 3D Design Software for Windows and Mac
If you want to reach your potential in 3D sculpting, 3D painting, then Pixologic will help you with this.
It is a 3D modeling tool with powerful features to help you navigate the world of digital reality. If you are new to 3D sculpting and 3D painting, then Sculptris is the best place to start.
16. Blender - Free and Open Source 3D Creation Software for Windows, Mac and Linux
One of the best graphics software for creating 3D projects. It is an open source software that can be downloaded and installed for free on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc.:
Blender contains many 3D tutorials and a gallery of previously created projects available for download. There is also an active community, whose members are ready to answer your questions.
17. Google SketchUp - 3D for Everyone on Windows and Mac
3D SketchUp is still the most in a simple way drawing in 3D. It is a powerful 3D modeling software that allows you to quickly create 3D objects. The program is very easy to use.
18. 3D Canvas - Windows 3D Modeling Software
It is an intuitive software for real-time 3D modeling and 3D animation. It provides tools for simple control 3D scene with drag-and-drop functionality:
It is a graphic design program developed by Amabilis Software. It is available in three versions - 3D Crafter, 3D Crafter Plus and 3D Crafter Pro. The basic version is free, while Pro and Plus are paid. The program runs on Windows 7/8/Vista.
19. Art of Illusion - Open Source Java 3D Modeling Software
Open source software for 3D modeling and visualization. It is written in Java, so it is a powerful 3D design program that can be used on many virtual machines java.
On the project website you can find many manuals, galleries of works. In addition, active forum participants are always ready to help. Therefore, even if you are new to 3D modeling and just taking your first steps, Art of Illusion is perfect for you.
20. Anim8or - 3D modeling software for Windows
One of oldest programs for 3D modeling, which was introduced back in 1999 and is still actively used all over the world. It is intended mainly for 3D modeling and character animation under Windows:
Anim8or includes many powerful features: a tool for creating and modifying 3D models, support for TrueType fonts, a built-in 3D object browser, a Joint character editor, and much more.
Data visualization
21. Google Developers - Google Chart Tool Web Apps
A powerful tool for creating and customizing charts with various data. It is an easy-to-use, free data visualization application that makes it easy to create interactive pie charts, line charts, segmented charts, etc.
With this graphics program, you can create a visual representation of your data and get code to embed it in web pages, spreadsheets, and more.
22. Visual.ly - Web App for Creating Interactive Infographics
Infographics is new way visual representation of data, which is developing at a rapid pace. Visual.ly is the best program to create and publish interactive infographics:
It is a social platform for creating and publishing infographics, which allows you to interact with other users and share interactive visual representations with them.
23. Infogr.am - create infographics and visual charts online
Another powerful interactive tool to create stunning visuals and infographics. With Infog.am, you can create infographics, charts, and other visual representations using three simple steps: Choose a template, visualize the data, and then publish it.
You can also select charts for free from a collection of over 30 interactive chart types.
24. Easel.ly - Create and publish visual ideas online
Another powerful tool for creating infographics. Even if you don't know how infographics are created, all you need to do is go to the site, choose a template and get started:
As part of this service, great amount graphic shapes and objects, as well as infographic templates with which you can create and publish visual representations online.
25. Visualize.me - visualize your resume online
A personalized tool that allows you to create and visualize a resume in one click. All of this is available for free.
With over 500,000 projects already created, Vizualize.me is the #1 resume creation service. It contains more powerful tools to help you build your resume.
Other Graphic Design Software
26. Favicon Generator - Free Favicon Generator
This tool is a free favicon generator that allows you to create favicon icons for your website. Just upload the file and click the Generate button.
27. ColorPic - color matching on a desktop computer
Color Pic is free tool to sample colors from a monitor screen. It allows you to capture color palettes up to 16 colors at a time. You can also use the advanced mixer to mix the four colors.
28. Fast Stone Image Viewer - A tool for viewing, editing and batch converting photos
This graphics program for artists supports advanced features such as red-eye removal, color adjustment, photo viewing, email e-mail, framing, etc.
Fast Stone Image Viewer is another powerful functional tool to view, edit and batch convert photos.
29. Pixel Toolbox - Design for Windows
Pixel Toolbox is a powerful tool designed to create impressive graphics for Windows. Create, edit and apply 1-bit patterns, wallpapers, icons and cursor icons - all with one tool.
30. Prezi - Free Presentation Software
Powerful free software that allows you to create, edit and use presentations remotely from anywhere. It is available for desktop PCs, smartphones and tablets. There is also integration with cloud service, which expands the functionality of the program.
Hello everyone, Max is in touch ... Today we will talk about graphic editors, or rather, I will present you with a small list of these programs. Creative people, designers, artists, illustrators and, of course, webmasters cannot do without these programs in their daily practice (work).
What is a graphic editor is a program for editing and improving any digital images. Many users use the well-known Adobe Photoshop for editing images, you can get acquainted with it. And it also requires certain hardware resources.
In principle, this is quite normal, since this product today is a powerful graphics editor designed for professional designers. Ordinary users (let's call them "non-designers") use only a small functionality of this program. In this article, we will not talk about, but a little about other free graphic editors. And so, let's go.
GIMP
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image manipulation program. A free program designed for drawing, editing pictures, photos, as well as other raster images and other vector graphics. It has a powerful photo retouching tool. It is possible to convert the photo format.
The program supports thirty different languages, including Russian, and is absolutely free. The developers have created many different themes, plugins for the GIMP program, and a huge number of lessons have also been written.
Features of GIMP
- converting images to such formats as: GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, TGA, SVG, TIFF and others
- individual program settings for the user, it is possible to open the element in a separate tab or in a separate window
- adjustment of contrast, brightness, transparency, adjustment of the color of the style of brushes, pencils and much more
- work separately with layers of one image
- change and adjust RGB channels
- animation graphics in MNG format
This graphic editor is suitable not only for professional designers, but also for ordinary users. Download .
PAINT. NET
The free Paint.NET program is most likely suitable for qualified photographers who make this program universal assistant and promotes convenient operation with camera and scanner. Designed to correct raster and vector images.
The program supports many different plugins, powerful tools, support for layers, specials. effects, the small weight of the program makes it faster in working with images, not demanding on the consumption of computer software resources.
Features of Paint.NET
- support and editing of such formats as: PNG, GIF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, TGA, DDS, PDN
- setting the location of interface elements: tools, magazine, layers palette
- image resizing, horizontal and vertical rotation, cropping
- with a large image scaling, it is possible to activate the "grid" and "ruler"
- built-in effects: blur, red-eye removal, image simulation, patterns...
The program was created under the leadership of Microsoft. Download .
PHOTOSCAPE
This free program is most likely suitable for beginners in the field of processing graphic drawings. A set of tool packages and editors will perform a certain role for a particular photo. Image viewing is carried out by a "viewer" (from the English viewer - viewer).
And if you want to edit or adjust some effects, blur, filters, crop a photo, glue an image, you can do it in the program editor. And also in Photoscape there is a tool for creating GIF animations.
Features of Photoscape
- "glue" images into one whole, that is, in the form of a tile
- create GIF animation from multiple images
- you can view photos separately, using the "viewer"
- the ability to split images into one or more parts
- screen capture
- the ability to print finished works and other photos
- RAW file conversion
- simultaneous work with several images
The program is translated into Russian, has an intuitive clear interface with a "tool bar", tabs and a built-in explorer.
Most likely, for designers and professional photographers, this editor is of little interest than for ordinary users who edit images, delete something in them, or create something new. Download .
PHOTOINSTRUMENT
A free yet powerful digital image editor. The program has built-in powerful tools and effects that are suitable for expensive systems retouching. The program has a clear and user-friendly interface for novice photo designers, which is equipped with large menu icons, which, when hovered over, open tooltips.
Features
- restoration of certain areas of the image, for example, you can remove unnecessary inscriptions on a photo or image
- remove red eye
- drawing with pencil, brush, spray and so on...
- retouch photos, "skin cleaner", "glamorous skin", "plastic"
- change brightness, contrast, lightening, darkening;
- cut objects from images, and also transform them copy, move
- put text on photo
- installing additional plugins
- playback of files such as PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, TGA and others, as well as their conversion and editing
- create GIF animation
The interface language is Russian, and the program also supports more than thirty additional languages. Big choice tools and various effects will help you change images to the extent of your fantasies and desires. Download .
PIXBUILDER STUDIO
Free graphic editor for view-change colors photos and other images, or cut out a certain object, or blur Right place in the photo, image. In terms of functionality, the program is more suitable for a professional, to perform more complex tasks.
Features of PixBuilder Studio
- working with layers
- changing color channels
- multi-level channel, that is, you can return the picture to its original form
- support for popular image formats
- image resizing
- change in contrast, brightness
- transformation certain areas Images
- working with color channels
The interface language is Russian. Download program. I hope that from these editors everyone will find something for themselves, but of course if you are a professional designer you cannot do without .
FROM SW aging,
Most of us associate computer graphics in general and editing in particular with Adobe Photoshop, which by itself costs $700 and requires significant hardware resources. And this is natural, because it is the most powerful graphic editor to date, created for the needs of design professionals. "Non-designers" are more likely to use only a fraction of his resources for elementary image changes. Don't believe? Remember why you opened Photoshop the last 5 times. I guarantee that if you are not a professional designer, then you have resized some image, cropped it or resaved it in a different format. At the extreme, adjusted the brightness / contrast / color gamut. Agree, it is not at all necessary to keep Photoshop installed for this.
1 Photoscape
Photoscape is an amazing free photo editor. This program contains so many filters, tools and special effects that it's hard to believe that it's free.
Photoscape has just about everything you need to view, optimize, edit, print, and have fun with your photos. It's such a full-featured application that many consider it a free alternative to the Photoshop suite. Of course, the level of Photoshop is still higher, but the program is really a great alternative to the flagship Adobe and turns photo editing into a very exciting experience.
2 Pixia
Pixia is a free raster graphics editor developed by Isao Maruoka. Initially, the graphic editor was intended for creating anime / manga, but later it began to be used in other areas of art.
Pixia supports Wacom graphics tablets, 3D layers, transparency effects, can work with the most popular image file formats (.bmp, .jpeg, .tiff, .ico, .pict, .png), supports the Adobe Photoshop format - .psd, and also has its own - .pxa.
3 Colourpaint
Simple "painting" for KDE. The most elementary functionality such as a brush, eraser, pipette, primitive shapes. For editing - there is an autocrop, balance adjustment, resizing, colors. Designed for drawing diagrams and diagrams, as well as simple image editing. Another solution for those who are confused by the abundance of buttons and incomprehensible tools of more complex editors.
4 Paint.NET
Paint.NET is a free raster image and photo editor for Windows, developed on the .NET Framework. Paint.NET is an excellent replacement for the graphics editor that comes with the standard programs of Windows operating systems.
With many powerful features that are found only in expensive image editors, Paint.NET is completely free.
5 pints
Pinta is a lightweight, open source, cross-platform raster graphics editor inspired by the Paint.NET editor. The latter only runs on Windows, and Miguel de Icaza's attempt to directly port this program to Linux/Mono was not very successful.
6 Seashore
Opensource image editor for the Mac OSX Cocoa framework. Knows what gradients, textures, smoothing are. Supports layers and alpha channel. Based on GIMP technology, and, accordingly, friendly with its native format.
7 Paint Star
Paint star is a graphic editor for high-quality editing, as well as creating drawings, digital photos and other images. This editor for Windows is great for basic user needs, and also allows you to work with layers, transparency, gradients, textures, scripts, patterns, paths, and more.
Paint star has a solid line of image editing and manipulation tools similar to popular high-end business design programs. The basic functionality allows the average user to realize their idea without a special training course or video.
8 My Paint
A simple and fast open source application for digital artists for Windows and Linux. In essence, it's just a dimensionless canvas where you can display interface elements only when you need them. The rest of the time - draw for your pleasure, without being distracted by the menu and tools. Fully supports graphics tablets, has a simple minimalist design, allows you to create brushes and customize existing ones, supports layers.
95Dfly
A free Windows application for batch processing photos. In addition to the standard functions of a graphic editor, it can create slide shows for PowerPoint.
10 visual boxes
Free for non-commercial use application for creating web galleries. Available as a jQuery plugin or Prototype extension, there are versions for Windows and Mac. Flickr and Photobucket support, built-in ftp client, tons of themes, nice modern design.
11 Digicam
It is an OpenSource photo editor for Linux, Windows and Mac-OSX. Allows you to view, edit, enhance, catalog and tag your photos and do a lot of other cool stuff. However, you must be prepared to compile the application. For those who are new to this, the official website offers a detailed tutorial.
12 PEdit
A very simple free online photo editor. Contains all standard tools, even a child can use it. It requires the installation of the Silverlight 3 plugin.
13 Photopos
A multifunctional and, at the same time, understandable program that includes the functions of a photo editor, a graphics editor and applications for creating computer graphics. Provides many options for designing, processing and enhancing photos, editing images and more.
14 Irfan View
One of the most popular image viewers on Windows systems. Nimble, compact, free. Able to open all kinds of graphics, convert them to the desired format, optimize, create slideshows. There are plugins, skins and localizations. Often opposes itself to ACDSee. Although, to be honest, I replaced it at home with FastStone Image Viewer, which is also free for personal non-commercial use, but, in my opinion, is much more convenient and can work with NEF.
15 Crita
One of the finalists of the Packt Open Source Awards 2011, along with Blender and GIMP. This is another KDE editor for creating sketches and drawings, as well as for manipulating graphics. The main direction is illustration, concept art and other creative.
16 GIMP
The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP for short) is a powerful and versatile graphics editor. With a wide range of functions, you can make your photos more vivid, remove unnecessary elements from photos, create collages and posters, prepare website designs and cut ready-made layouts, and much more. GIMP runs on the most popular operating systems: Windows, Mac, Linux.
17 Artweaver
Artweaver is another graphics editor that claims to be a free analogue of Adobe Photoshop. The program can simulate oil painting, acrylic paint, brush, crayon, pencil, charcoal, pastel, airbrush, etc. There is also the presence of various filters, work with transparency and layers, export and import of files in various graphic formats, and much more.
18 Paint tool sai
Paint tool sai has both Free and paid version. First of all, it is necessary to note the editor interface, which is implemented as conveniently as possible for users. All the necessary buttons fit compactly on the panel on the left, allowing you to quickly find the tool you need.
In addition, the interface allows you to keep several drawings open at once. The canvas itself with the image can be scaled and rotated using hotkeys and special buttons on the panel.
19 Hornil StylePix
Hornil StylePix is a powerful multifunctional free graphic editor in which programmers were able to combine such parameters as: compact size, user-friendly interface and a large number of functions. The program does not require mandatory installation, as it has a portable version that you can easily place on any flash drive and run the program directly from it. StylePix has a large number of features and capabilities and is a worthy competitor to Paint.NET and Photoshop programs.
The program will serve you as a great assistant in photo editing. With this editor, you can fix almost all the flaws in your photo. At the service of creative people StylePix provides a wide range of brushes, cloning, selection, fill tools, as well as many options for working with text.
There is also a paid version of Hornil StylePix. Has more features like quick mask, layer mask, brush image and layer styles for more advanced work than StylePix.
20 Photoshop Online and other online editors
There are many online photo editing services on the Internet without installing any programs. One of the main differences between online editors and installers is that the application requires the most minimal system requirements for a computer and just an installed browser to view web pages. 100% convenience from working in the online version of the editor of graphic files.