Comparison of raster graphics editors

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Raster graphics editors can be compared by many variables, including availability.

List[]

Free and open-source software Proprietary software
Freeware, Trialware, Freemium, Shareware Commercial (paid)
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General information[]

Basic general information about the editors: creator, company, license, etc.

Description Creator First public release date Latest stable version Latest Stable Release Date List Price (USD) Software license
Ability Photopaint part oft Ability Office, Graphics editor with some advanced features Ability Software March 2001 10 May 1, 2020 Proprietary
ACDSee Home changed name 2021 to Photo Studio Home 2020 December 18, 2019 $59 Proprietary
ACDSee Pro changed name 2021 to Photo Studio Pro 2020 December 18, 2019 $99 Proprietary
ACDSee Ultimate changed name 2021 to Photo Studio Ultimate 2020 December 18, 2019 $149 Proprietary
Acorn Image Editor Image editor and graphics creator for macOS Flying Meat Inc. September 10, 2007 6.6.3 November 19, 2020 Proprietary
Adobe Fireworks* Alternative to 1 targeted at web designers, discontinued after CS6 Macromedia 1998 CS6 / 12.0 May 7, 2012 Discontinued Proprietary
Adobe Photoshop Professional image editor and graphics creation tool Adobe Systems February 19, 1990 CC 2021/ 22.4.1 May 19, 2021 $9.99/month Proprietary
Adobe Photoshop Elements Raster graphics editor for entry-level photographers, image editors and hobbyists 2021 October 8, 2020 $99 Proprietary
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Photo editor Adobe Systems February 19, 2007 10.0 October 19, 2020 $9.99/month Proprietary
Affinity Photo Professional image editor for Windows, macOS and iOS Serif Europe July 9, 2015 1.9.0 February 4, 2021 $49.99 Proprietary
Artipic Image editor for Windows and macOS Artipic AB 2014 2.6 October 30, 2017 Proprietary
ArtRage Digital paint program for tablet computers Ambient Design 2004 6 June 2019 Proprietary
Artweaver Emulates physical painting experience on a computer Boris Eyrich 2002 7.0.7 September 13, 2020 Freeware
Autodesk SketchBook Pro Paint and drawing toolset for use with digitized pen tablets & tablet computers Autodesk 2004 8.4.3 (Android 4.0.6, iOS 4.1) Freeware
Bibble* Photo editor and organizer with camera raw file support Bibble Labs 2000 5.2.3 2011 Proprietary
Bloom Procedural node-based image editor Sad Cat Software 2015 1.0.467 August 5, 2016 Proprietary
Brush Strokes Image Editor Image editor like Windows Paint Paul Bird 2004 2.0 no progress Freeware
Capture One Professional raw converter and image editor Phase One 2002 13.1.3 October 24, 2020 Proprietary
Chasys Draw IES Image Editor with layers, animation, icon edit, super-res, batch and camera raw John Paul Chacha 2001 5.02.01 October 12, 2020 Freeware
CinePaint Moving picture, photo and graphics editor Robin Rowe July 4, 2002 1.0-4 May 8, 2013 no progress GPL-2.0-or-later
CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro An bitmap graphics editor and image organizer for Windows pc 1STEIN Corp. 2001 8.2 February 8, 2020 Proprietary
Corel PaintShop Pro Advanced image editor and graphics creator Jasc Software 1992 2021 Update 1 October 22, 2020 Proprietary
Corel Painter Made to create natural-looking artistic images (for Professional) Mark Zimmer, Tom Hedges, John Derry August 1991 2022 2021 Proprietary
Corel Painter Essentials Made to create natural-looking artistic images (for beginner) Mark Zimmer, Tom Hedges, John Derry August 2003 8 December 12, 2020 $39.99 Proprietary
Corel PHOTO-PAINT Professional image editor and graphics creator with advanced features, part of Corel Draw Graphics Suite Corel Corporation 1992 2021 2021 Proprietary
darktable Photography workflow application and raw developer Johannes Hanika April 2009 3.6.0 July 3, 2021 GPL-3.0-or-later
Deluxe Paint* Efficient bitmap and true-color paint program with rendering features and advanced animation capabilities. Dan Silva 1985 5.2 1995 Proprietary
Deneba Canvas X3 Graphics editor and creator supporting both raster graphics and vector graphics.It also work on GIS data. Jorge Miranda, Joaquin de Soto, Manny Menendez September 1987 14 2020 Proprietary
DigiKam Free photo organizer and image editor Renchi Raju, Gilles Caulier 2002 7.1.0 September 4, 2020 GPL-2.0-or-later
Digital Photo Professional Photo organizer and image editor from Canon Canon Inc. 4.14.0 March 10, 2021 Proprietary
Erdas Imagine Advanced remote sensing and GIS ability;
handles multispectral images 		ERDAS, Inc. 1980 2016 (16) June 14, 2016 Proprietary
Fatpaint Full featured web-based graphic design and photo editing application Mersica Inc. 2010 1.99.55 Freeware
Fotografix Freeware, portable image editor L. Madhavan April 14, 2009 2.0.3 December 31, 2012 no progress Freeware
F-Spot Image viewer and organizer for GNOME Ettore Perazzoli 2005 0.8.2 December 19, 2010 MIT
G'MIC Free command line software for 2D or 3D image processing and visualization David Tschumperlé October 2008 2.9.7 June 26, 2021 CECILL-2.1 or CECILL-C
GIMP Free image editor and graphics creator Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis January 1996 2.10.28[3] Edit this on Wikidata 2021-09-14 (2021-09-14) GPL-3.0-or-later
GimPhoto Modification of the free and open-source graphics program GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), with the intent to be a free alternative to Adobe Photoshop. Ek Kian 24.1 December 30, 2014 GPL-2.0-or-later
GIMPshop GIMP with a GUI similar to Adobe Photoshop Scott Moschella 2.2.11 2006 no progress GPL-2.0-or-later
GNU Paint Free and open-source raster graphics editor for GTK 2 Andy Tai September 10, 2007 0.3.3-6 October 24, 2015 no progress GPL-3.0-or-later
GrafX2 GrafX2 with a GUI similar to Deluxe Paint Sunset Design (Guillaume Dorme, Karl Maritaud) 1996 2.7 February 1, 2020 GPL-2.0-or-later
GraphicConverter Image viewer, converter, organizer and editor capable of importing around 200 and exporting 80 different image file types. Compatible with many Photoshop plug-ins Thorsten Lemke 1992 11.5.1 July 1, 2021 Proprietary
GraphicsMagick Commandline image converter and editor GraphicsMagick Group 2002 1.3.36 December 26, 2020 MIT
gThumb Image viewer and organizer for the GNOME desktop environment Paolo Bacchilega 2001 3.10.2 January 31, 2021 GPL-2.0-or-later
HDR PhotoStudio HDR (High Dynamic Range Editor) with human vision imaging model Unified Color October 2009 2.15.42 2010 Proprietary
Helicon Filter Advanced image editor with a simplified tabbed interface, new Helicon Focus Helicon Soft Ltd. August 2004 7.6.6 2020 Proprietary
ImageJ Image processing program developed at the National Institutes of Health. See ImageJ2 and FIJI for modified and extended versions. Wayne Rasband (NIH) 1997 1.53k June 26, 2021 Public Domain
ImageMagick Command line software suite for displaying, converting, and editing raster image files ImageMagick Studio LLC 1990 7.0.11-13 May 16, 2021 Apache-2.0
iPhoto* Image organizer and basic editor for macOS; replaced by Photos Apple Inc. 2002 9.6 Proprietary
IrfanView Image and video viewer with basic editing functions Irfan Skiljan 1996 4.58[4] May 26, 2021 12$ Commercial use Freeware
Iridient Developer Powerful raw image conversion application designed and optimized for macOS Iridient Digital 2004 3.6.0 March 9, 2021 Proprietary
KolourPaint KDE 2004 21.04.2 June 10, 2021 BSD
Krita Digital painting oriented free and open-source raster graphic editor with vector support. KDE/Calligra based. KDE 2005 4.4.8[5] Edit this on Wikidata 2021-08-24 (2021-08-24) GPL-3.0-only
LazPaint Free multiplatform layered image editor circular 2011 7.1.6 December 2, 2020 GPL-3.0-only
LiveQuartz Basic multi-layer photo editor Romain Piveteau 2005 2.8 December 1, 2018 Proprietary
MacPaint* Obsolete basic editor Bill Atkinson 1984 2.0 Proprietary
Microsoft Office Picture Manager* Basic image editor Microsoft 2002 14.0 Proprietary
Microsoft Paint Basic graphic creator and editor packaged with Microsoft Windows operating systems Microsoft 1985 10.19043 June 29, 2021 Proprietary
Microsoft Photo Editor* Obsolete basic image editor for Windows Microsoft 2000 3.01 Proprietary
mtPaint pixel art and photo editing application Mark Tyler September 13, 2004 3.50 December 30, 2020 GPL-3.0-or-later
MyPaint Digital painting application Martin Renold March 12, 2005 2.0.1 May 29, 2020 GPL-2.0-or-later
NUFRaw Raw image format processor, GTK 2, compatible with gimp 2.8 to 2.10,[6] see also UFRaw Matteo Lucarelli [7] 0.43 March 2, 2020 GPL-2.0-or-later
OpenCanvas Portalgraphics 2000 7.0.25 2019 Proprietary
paint.net Freeware image editor and graphics creator based on the .Net framework Rick Brewster, et al. May 6, 2004 4.2.16 (for Windows 7 SP1 or newer) / 3.5.11 (the last version to support Windows XP) April 21, 2021 Freeware[8][9]
Paint Tool SAI* Simple and lightweight painting software Systemax Software February 25, 2008 1.2.5 April 25, 2016 ~$50 (5500JPY) Proprietary
PC Paintbrush* Obsolete basic editor ZSoft Corporation 1984 5 Proprietary
Pencil2D 2D graphical animation software. Pascal Naidon 0.6.6 February 17, 2021 GPL-2.0-only
Phatch Editor for batch processing digital graphics and photographs. Stani Michiels 0.2.7 2010 discontinued GPL-3.0-or-later
Photogenics Made to create 32-bit HDRs Idruna Software Inc. 1995 HDR 7.0 discontinued Proprietary
PhotoLine Image editor with advanced features Computerinsel (Germany) 1995 22.51 January 7, 2021 €59 Proprietary
PhotoPerfect* Image editor with some advanced features Arcadia Software AG, Joachim Koopmann Software 2002 2.9 Proprietary
Photos Image organizer and basic editor for macOS; replaced iPhoto from OS X 10.10.3 onwards Apple Inc. 2014 1.0 2021 Proprietary
Photo Raster Advanced online photo editor David Levinsky 2012 1.3 March 15, 2013 Proprietary
Picasa* Efficient image organizer with basic editing tools, other image effects Google 2002 3.9.141.259 October 9, 2015 Discontinued Freeware
PicMaster Has 300 filter effects, slide show, poster printing, mosaics, true 3D, more Alexander Sabov December 1999 6.0 2020 Proprietary
Pinta Mid-level Free and Open Source raster graphics editor, based on Paint.Net Jonathan Pobst February 7, 2010 1.7 August 4, 2020 MIT
StudioPixBuilder See pixbuilder studio features WnSoft Graphic Software June 2005 2.20 2020 Freeware
Pixelmator Image editor and graphics creator for macOS Pixelmator Team ltd. September 25, 2007 3.9 November 13, 2019 Proprietary
Pixen App Pixel art and sprite editor app for macOS and iOS Open Sword Group 3.8 2021 Proprietary
Pixia Originally designed for Anime/Manga art. Isao Maruoka 1998 6.50s March 28, 2021 Proprietary
PMview Fast image viewer with basic editing functions Peter Nielsen 1992 3.82 February 24, 2020 Proprietary
Project Dogwaffle Dan Ritchie retired but others continue active development[10] Dan Ritchie 1997 V14 (1.2 available as freeware) 2021 Proprietary
QFX Mature and complete image editing package Ron Scott 1990 8 discontinued Proprietary
Rawstudio Raw image processor. Anders Brander & Anders Kvist June 22, 2006 2.0 April 17, 2017 GPL-2.0-or-later
RawTherapee Powerful free and cross-platform raw image editor, for developing raw photos from digital cameras. Gabor Horvath September 21, 2006 5.8 February 4, 2020 GPL-3.0-or-later
Seashore Basic counterpart to GIMP, using its XCF format; full support for a few graphics formats Mark Pazolli January 16, 2003 2.5.10 December 20, 2020 GPL-2.0-only
Serif PhotoPlus Complete editor and photo organizer suite; similar features and menus to other software from Serif; available as economy version or in bundle with clipart, effects, public domain image library; made for easy use Serif 1999 X8 August 10, 2015 Proprietary
Shotwell Image organizer for GNOME Yorba Foundation June 26, 2009 0.30.10 May 22, 2020 LGPL-2.1-or-later
Turbo Play Audio, Image, Animation and hardware accelerated Video editor TurboIRC.COM Jan 2, 2021 2.2051 April 7, 2021 Proprietary
Tux Paint Drawing program for young children. Bill Kendrick June 16, 2002 0.9.25 December 27, 2020 GPL-2.0-or-later
TVPaint 2D animation software Herve ADAM June 16, 1991 11.5.0 December 1, 2020 Proprietary
UFRaw Raw image format processor, GTK 2, compatible with gimp 2.0 to 2.8 (2.10 incompatible), see also NUFRaw 0.43 Udi Fuchs 0.22 June 17, 2015 GPL-2.0-or-later
Ulead PhotoImpact* Ulead Systems 13 2008 Proprietary
WinImages Animation-centric Black Belt Systems 1985 7.5 2004 no progress Freeware
Xara Photo & Graphic Designer Graphic design program including photo editing and vector illustration tools Xara 1995 (Windows) October 2018 October 1, 2018 Proprietary
XnView Cross-platform image viewer used for converting, organising and editing graphical & video files. Pierre-emmanuel Gougelet 1998 (1.06) 2.50.0 (Windows)/0.64 (Linux, macOS) April 29, 2021 Proprietary
XPaint Simple Drawing program for Unix/X11 with Xaw3d widgets David Koblas, Torsten Martinsen, Jean-Pierre Demailly 1993 3.0.3 August 4, 2020 Custom open source license
Zoner Photo Studio All-in-one editor package Zoner Inc. 19.2103 March 26, 2021 Proprietary

Operating system support[]

The operating systems on which the editors can run natively, that is, without emulation, virtual machines or compatibility layers. In other words, the software must be specifically coded for the operation system; for example, Adobe Photoshop for Windows running on Linux with Wine does not fit.

Windows macOS Linux iOS BSD Unix AmigaOS Other
Ability Photopaint Yes No No No No No No
ACD Canvas Yes Yes[11] No No No No No
ACDSee Yes Yes No No No No No
Acorn Image Editor No Yes No No No No No
Adobe Fireworks* Yes Yes No No No No No
Adobe Photoshop Yes Yes No Yes (iPad) No No No No
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Yes Yes No No No No No
Affinity Photo Yes Yes No Yes (iPad) No No No No
Aperture No Yes[12] No No No No No
Autodesk SketchBook Pro Yes Yes No Yes No No No Android
Artipic Yes Yes No No No No No
ArtRage Yes Yes No Yes No No No Android
Artweaver Yes No No No No No No
Bibble* Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Black Ink Yes No No No No No No
Bloom Image Editor Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Brush Strokes Image Editor Yes No No No No No No
Capture One Yes Yes No No No No No
Chasys Draw IES Yes No No No No No No
CinePaint Version 0.17 only Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro Yes No No No No No No
Corel PaintShop Pro Yes No No No No No No
Corel Painter Yes Yes No No No No No
Corel Photo-Paint Yes No No No No No No
darktable Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Solaris
Deluxe Paint* No No No No No Yes Atari ST, DOS[13]
DigiKam Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Erdas Imagine Yes No No No Yes No No
Fatpaint Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Fotografix Yes No No No No No No
F-Spot No No Yes Yes No No No
G'MIC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
GIMP Yes Yes Yes No[14] Yes Yes Needs X11 Cygnix SkyOS
GimPhoto Yes Yes Yes No No No No
GIMPshop Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
GNU Paint No No Yes Yes No No No
GrafX2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Haiku, MiNT, DOS
GraphicConverter No Yes No No No No No
GraphicsMagick Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
gThumb No No Yes Yes No No No
HDR PhotoStudio Yes Yes No No No No No
Helicon Filter Yes No No No No No No
ImageJ Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
ImageMagick Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
iPhoto* No Yes No No No No No
IrfanView Yes No No No No No No
Iridient Developer No Yes No No No No No
Kolourpaint Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Krita Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
LazPaint Yes Partial[15] Yes No No No No
LiveQuartz No Yes No No No No No
MacPaint* No No No No No No Mac OS[16]
Microsoft Office Picture Manager* Yes Yes No No No No No
Microsoft Paint Yes No No No No No No
Microsoft Photo Editor* Yes No No No No No No
mtPaint Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No
MyPaint Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
OpenCanvas Yes No No No No No No
Paint.NET Yes No Partial[17] No No No No
Paint Tool SAI Yes No No No No No No No
PC Paintbrush* No No No No No No DOS[18]
Pencil2D Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Phatch Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Photogenics Yes No Yes No No Up to version 5 Pocket PC
PhotoLine Yes Yes No No No No ATARI ST
PhotoPerfect* Yes No No No No No No
Photos No Yes No No No No No
Photo Raster Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Picasa* Yes Yes Up to version 3.0 No No No No
PicMaster Yes No No No No No No
Pinta Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
PixBuilder Photo Editor Yes No No No No No No
Pixelmator No Yes No No No No No
Pixen App No Yes No No No No No
Pixia Yes No No No No No No
PMview Yes No No No No No OS/2
Project Dogwaffle Yes No No No No No No
QFX Yes No No No No No DOS 3.3 and up
Rawstudio No Yes Yes Yes No No No
RawTherapee Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Seashore No Yes No No No No No
Serif PhotoPlus Yes No No No No No No
Shotwell No No Yes Yes No No No
Turbo Play Yes No No No No No No No
Tux Paint Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
TVPaint Yes Yes Yes No No Up to version 3.59[19] No
UFRaw Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Ulead PhotoImpact* Yes No No No No No No
Ultimate Paint* Yes No No No No No No
WinImages Yes No No No No No No
Xara Photo & Graphic Designer Yes No No No No No No
XnView Yes Yes Yes No No No varying[20]
XPaint No Yes Yes Yes Yes No IBM AIX
Zoner Photo Studio Yes No No No No No No

Features[]

  Selection editing Layers Alpha Channel Histogram Scripting HDR Retouching Resizing Noise removal Lens correction Sized Printing Sharpening Color correction Image library Plug-in support[21] Non-destructive editing
Ability Photopaint Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
ACD Canvas Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes No ?
ACDSee (Win) Yes Yes ? Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No Partial
Acorn Image Editor Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Adobe Fireworks* Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Adobe Photoshop Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (Through Mini Bridge) Yes Partial
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Yes No ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Affinity Photo Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Aperture Yes Partial ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Autodesk SketchBook Pro Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes
Artipic Yes Yes ? Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
ArtRage Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No ? ? ?
Artweaver Yes Yes ? No Via plug-in[22] No Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes No Yes ?
Bibble* Partial Partial ? Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Bloom Image Editor Yes Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
Black Ink Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No No Yes
Brush Strokes Image Editor Yes No ? No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Capture One Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chasys Draw IES Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
CinePaint Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes ?
CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro Yes Yes ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Corel PaintShop Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Corel Painter Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Corel Photo-Paint Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
darktable No No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Deluxe Paint* No Partial[23] ? Partial Yes No Yes Yes No No ? No No ? No ?
DigiKam No No ? Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Erdas Imagine Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes ?
Fatpaint Yes Yes ? Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No ?
Fotografix Yes Yes ? No Partial No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No ?
GIMP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 2.10+ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
GIMPshop Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ?
GraphicConverter Yes Partial ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Via plug-in Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
HDR PhotoStudio No No ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes ?
Helicon Filter Partial No[24] ? Yes No[25] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ?
iPhoto* No No ? Yes Partial[26] No Yes Partial Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IrfanView Yes No ? Yes No No Via plug-in[27] Yes No No ? Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Iridient Developer ? Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kolourpaint Yes No ? No No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Krita Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes
LiveQuartz Yes Yes ? No No No Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes No No Partial
MacPaint* Yes No ? No No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Microsoft Office Picture Manager* Partial No ? No No No No Yes No No Yes No ? No No ?
Microsoft Paint No No ? No No No Partial Yes No No No No No No No No
Microsoft Photo Editor* Yes No ? No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No ?
mtPaint Yes Yes Yes No Yes No ? Yes No No No Yes Yes No No Yes
OpenCanvas Yes Yes ? Yes No ? Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No ? ?
Paint.NET Yes Yes ? Yes Partial No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Paint Tool SAI Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
PC Paintbrush* Yes No ? No No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Photogenics Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
PhotoLine Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PhotoPerfect* Yes No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ?
Photos No No ? Yes Partial[28] No Yes Partial Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Photo Raster Yes Yes ? Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No ?
Picasa* No No ? Yes No Partial[29] Partial Partial No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
PicMaster Yes No ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes ?
PixBuilder Photo Editor Yes Yes ? Yes No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Pixelmator Yes Yes ? Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Pixia Yes Yes ? Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? ? Yes ?
Project Dogwaffle ? Commercial version ? Yes Partial No Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ?
QFX Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ?
RawTherapee No No ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Serif PhotoPlus Yes Yes ? Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No ?
Side Effects Houdini Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes No Yes ?
Turbo Play Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Tux Paint No No ? No No No No No No No No Yes No No Yes ?
TVPaint Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ?
Ulead PhotoImpact* Yes Yes ? Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
Ultimate Paint* Yes No ? Yes No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
WinImages Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Xara Photo & Graphic Designer Yes Yes ? Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XnView No Partial ? Partial Yes No No Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
XPaint Yes Partial ? No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes No
Zoner Photo Studio Yes Partial[30] ? Yes No[31] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ?

Color spaces[]

sRGB Adobe RGB (1998) Indexed Grayscale CMYK LAB HSV
Ability Photopaint Yes ? Yes Yes Import only
ACD Canvas Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
ACDSee (Win) Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Acorn Image Editor Yes Yes Import only Import only Yes Import only Import only
Adobe Fireworks* Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Adobe Photoshop Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Yes Yes ? Yes Import only ? ?
Affinity Photo Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Autodesk SketchBook Pro Yes ? Yes No No
Artipic Yes Yes Yes Import only Import only Import only Import only
ArtRage Yes ? No No No
Artweaver Yes ? ? ? ?
Black Ink Software|Black Ink* Yes No No No No No No
Bibble* Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ?
Brush Strokes Image Editor Yes ? ? ? ?
Capture One Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Chasys Draw IES Yes No Yes Yes Partial No Partial
CinePaint Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Corel PaintShop Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[32] Partial[32]
Corel Painter Yes ? No No Yes
Corel Photo-Paint Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
darktable Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ?
Deluxe Paint* Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes
Erdas Imagine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Fatpaint Yes No Partial Partial Partial No Partial
Fotografix Yes No Import only Import only Import only No No
GIMP Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[33] 2.10+ Yes
GIMPshop Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[33] No Yes
GrafX2 No No Yes No No No No
GraphicConverter Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Helicon Filter Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
iPhoto* Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
IrfanView Yes ? Yes Yes No
Iridient Developer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kolourpaint Yes ? No Yes No
Krita Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
MacPaint* No No No Yes No
Microsoft Office Picture Manager* Yes ? ? ? No
Microsoft Paint Yes ? Import only No No No No
Microsoft Photo Editor* Yes ? Yes Yes No
mtPaint Yes Import only Yes Yes Import only No Yes
OpenCanvas Yes ? ? Yes No
Paint.NET Yes No Partial Partial Partial No Partial
Paint Tool SAI Yes No ? Yes ? ? ?
PC Paintbrush* No ? Yes No No
Photogenics Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PhotoLine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PhotoPerfect* Yes Import only No Yes Import only Curve editing only No
Photos Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Photo Raster Yes No No Partial No No No
Picasa* Yes ? Partial Partial No
PicMaster Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
PixBuilder Photo Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Pixelmator Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Pixia Yes ? No No No
Project Dogwaffle Yes ? No No No
QFX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RawTherapee Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Seashore Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ?
Serif PhotoPlus Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ?
Turbo Play Yes No No No No No No
Tux Paint Yes No No No No No No
TVPaint Yes ? No No No
Ulead PhotoImpact* Yes Yes Yes Yes Import only No Yes
Ultimate Paint* Yes ? Yes Yes No
WinImages Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
Xara Photo & Graphic Designer Yes Partial Partial Partial Partial No Partial
XnView Yes ? Yes Yes Partial No Partial
XPaint Yes No Partial Yes No No No
Zoner Photo Studio Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Partial No

File support[]

TGA RAW imports BMP GIF JPEG JPEG 2000 HD Photo PNG TIFF PSD PSP XCF PCX ORA HEIF
Ability Photopaint ? ? Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
ACD Canvas ? ? Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ?
ACDSee (Win) ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Acorn Image Editor ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Adobe Fireworks* ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
Adobe Photoshop ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Via plug-in[34] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? ?
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom ? Yes No Via plug-in[35] Yes Via plug-in[36] No Via plug-in[35] Yes Partial[37] ? ? ? ? ?
Affinity Photo Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Autodesk SketchBook Pro ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No No No ? ?
Artipic ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Partial No No Yes ? ?
ArtRage ? ? Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
Artweaver ? No Yes Yes Yes Partial ? Yes Yes Partial No No Yes ? ?
Bibble* ? Yes No No Yes No No No Yes No No No No ? ?
Brush Strokes Image Editor ? ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No ?
Capture One ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Chasys Draw IES ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CinePaint ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Partial No Yes ?
CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Corel PaintShop Pro ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[38] Yes No Yes
Corel Painter ? ? Yes Yes Yes No No Yes[39] Yes Yes No Import
Corel Photo-Paint ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
darktable ? Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No
Deluxe Paint*[40] No No No No No No No No No No No No
DigiKam ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ?
Erdas Imagine ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No Import
Fatpaint ? No No No Yes No No Yes No No No No No
Fotografix ? Partial Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Import only No Import only Import only
GIMP Yes[41] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[42] Via plug-in[43] Yes Yes[44] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[45]
GIMPshop ? ? Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
GrafX2 ? No Yes Yes Import only No No Yes Yes No No No Yes
GraphicConverter ? Partial[46] Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[47] Yes
HDR PhotoStudio ? Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No No No
Helicon Filter ? Yes Yes Import Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No
ImageMagick ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
iPhoto* ? Yes ? ? Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes
IrfanView ? Via plug-in Yes Yes Yes Via plug-in Via plug-in Yes Yes Yes Yes Via plug-in Yes
Iridient Developer ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Kolourpaint ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Import Yes
Krita ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Import Yes
LiveQuartz ? Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Partial ? ? ? ? Yes
LazPaint ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MacPaint* ? No ? No No No No No No No No No No
Microsoft Office Picture Manager* ? ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes First page only[48] No No No Yes
Microsoft Paint ? No Yes Partial[49] Yes No No Partial[49] Yes No No No No
Microsoft Photo Editor* ? No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No Import
mtPaint Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes No No
OpenCanvas ? ? Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes[50] No No ?
Paint.NET ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[51] Yes Via plug-ins[52] Partial No No Yes
Paint Tool SAI Yes No Yes No Yes ? No Yes No Yes No No No No No
PC Paintbrush* ? ? No Yes No No No Yes No No No Yes
Photogenics ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes
PhotoLine ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
PhotoPerfect* ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No layer support Yes No Yes
Photos ? Yes ? ? Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes
Photo Raster ? No Import Import Yes No No Yes Import No No No Import
Picasa* ? Yes Import Import Yes No Import No Import No No No
PicMaster ? No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes
PixBuilder Photo Editor ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ?
Pixelmator ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Pixia ? ? Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No
PMview ? No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Project Dogwaffle ? ? Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No No
QFX ? ? Yes Yes Yes No No ? Yes Yes No No ?
RawTherapee ? Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No
Seashore ? No Partial Partial Yes Partial Yes Yes No ? Yes ?
Serif PhotoPlus ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Turbo Play ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Tux Paint[53] ? No Yes Import Import No No Yes No No No No No
TVPaint ? ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
Ulead PhotoImpact* ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Import No Yes
Ultimate Paint* ? ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No Yes
WinImages ? ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No ?
Xara Photo & Graphic Designer ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Import only Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
XnView ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Import Yes
XPaint ? No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No
Zoner Photo Studio ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Import only Yes Yes Yes Import only Import only No Yes

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Sirocco. "Codethulhu(); – Moai". members.allegro.cc. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  2. ^ "Photopea online image editor is a free Photoshop clone with advanced tools". DPReview. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  3. ^ "Release GIMP 2.10.28".
  4. ^ IrfanView home page
  5. ^ "Krita 4.4.8 Released". 25 August 2021.
  6. ^ https://www.partha.com/
  7. ^ http://matteolucarelli.altervista.org/nufraw/
  8. ^ http://blog.getpaint.net/2009/11/06/a-new-license-for-paintnet-v35/
  9. ^ http://www.getpaint.net/license.html
  10. ^ According to an official message on the developer's home page, the author suspended development of Project Dogwaffle due to religious reasons. Except for the message and a link to the continued development, no download or documentation remain on the website. Third-party shareware developers and vendors online sell licensed actively developed versions of Project Dogwaffle software. Later versions are called PD Pro x (x=version number)
  11. ^ Canvas X for Mac was dropped with the release of Canvas 11 in 2007, a Canvas for Mac program was reinstated in 2015 as Canvas Draw
  12. ^ discontinued after the release of 3.6 in 2014 for OS-X 10.10 Yosemite
  13. ^ Deluxe Paint runs on only AmigaOS, Atari ST, and DOS.
  14. ^ https://www.gimp.org/features/#supported-platforms
  15. ^ Image browser not available on macOS
  16. ^ MacPaint was developed for the classic Mac OS.
  17. ^ Limited support using Mono
  18. ^ PC Paintbrush runs on only DOS.
  19. ^ Linux version is available as freeware
  20. ^ IRIX, DOS, mobile, iOS in different periods
  21. ^ External plug-ins may allow the program to perform some tasks, such as noise reduction or lens distortion, that could not otherwise be done.
  22. ^ Artweaver does not have scripting by default, but with the Lua Scripting Plug-In, one can add scripting to Artweaver using the Lua programming language.
  23. ^ There are two: the main page and the swap page.
  24. ^ Helicon Filter does not implement layers, but it can insert frames and editable text, and objects from one photo can be brushed into the main photo.
  25. ^ Although Helicon Filter does not support actual scripting, it is capable of storing and reusing sequences and settings of edits.
  26. ^ iPhoto can be scripted using Automator and AppleScript.
  27. ^ IrfanView has basic retouching capabilities via the Paint plug-in that is bundled by default with the application.
  28. ^ Photos can be scripted using Automator and AppleScript.
  29. ^ If images are perfectly aligned, Picasa can create a Multi-Exposure Collage which effectively makes a simple HDR with little customization, though brightness has to be corrected afterwards with no bit depth increase.
  30. ^ Zoner Photo Studio 11 supports one temporary layer.
  31. ^ Zoner Photo Studio does not actually support scripting, but it can store and reuse sequences of filters with preset parameters (Batch Filter).
  32. ^ Jump up to: a b Split to channels
  33. ^ Jump up to: a b Via the Separate+ Archived 2015-02-28 at the Wayback Machine plug-in
  34. ^ Photoshop requires an optional plug-in from the installation disc to support JPEG 2000.
  35. ^ Jump up to: a b Requires the Any File plug-in
  36. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2012-04-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  37. ^ To import and work with a multi-layered PSD file in Lightroom, the file must be saved in Photoshop with the Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility preference turned on.
  38. ^ No layer modes support
  39. ^ Corel Painter does not support TIFF with LZW compression.
  40. ^ Deluxe Paint can load and save only IFF ILBM file format.
  41. ^ Available since at least 2.6.x
  42. ^ Native support added in version 2.8
  43. ^ Requires the JPEG XR plug-in
  44. ^ Full native support added in version 2.10.12. Previous versions only supported single pages
  45. ^ Available since 2.10.2
  46. ^ Many RAW images can be imported, but are reduced to 8 bits per color channel.
  47. ^ GraphicConverter requires macOS or later with installed Image Magick application of the Fink package or any other distribution in order to support XCF.
  48. ^ Microsoft Office Picture Manager and Paint.NET only support TIFF for viewing and editing of the first page.
  49. ^ Jump up to: a b MS Paint doesn't support transparency in GIF or PNG
  50. ^ PSD is supported only in openCanvas 4 Plus, not regular openCanvas 4.
  51. ^ Paint.NET 3.08 supports import/export of images in HD Photo lossy & lossless format via a file-type plug-in based on a Microsoft HD Photo specification; it expires on September 1, 2007 or if the Paint.NET version is 3.20 or higher. The developers hope tentatively plan to implement full HD Photo support by version 3.20.
  52. ^ The free plug-ins needed for JPEG 2000, PSD, and XCF support can be found on Paint.NET's website Archived 2006-04-29 at the Wayback Machine.
  53. ^ For the BMP, JPEG and PNG formats, the user is sandboxed in an interface that does not permit file system interaction, including viewing of filenames and the choice of a file's name, type, or location. Files are selected by thumbnails, and may only be loaded from one predetermined directory.

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