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Pixelmator
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Beautiful, easy to use UI
Pixelmator's interface is pleasant to look at, easy to use and specifically optimized for OS X users, making it very intuitive for long-time Mac users.
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Feature rich
Not only does Piexelmator provide easy to use tools that you should expect in any image editor, it also has rare tools such as layer styles, liquify tools and OS X optimized, fast image manipulation engine among others.
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Supports layer styles
Layer styles allow non-destructively applying effects to a layer.
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Multiple-display support
Pixelmator can be used across any number of monitors.
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Powerful effects
Dozens of visual effects available, easily discovered from the visual Effects Browser, broken into categories. Effects have interactive dialogs and live preview.
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Loads quickly
Gives you common image editing capabilities almost instantly.
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Great performance
Pixelmator's image engine is specifically optimized for use with Macs, providing one the best performance results available on OS X.
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Inexpensive
Pixelmator costs just $30 on the App Store. Additionally, it often comes bundled with other software that you might also find useful bringing the price down.
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GIMP
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Unintuitive interface
GIMP doesn't embrace OS X application design, thus Mac users might have a hard time wrapping their heads around GIMP's interface.
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Free, open source and cross-platform
GIMP is completely free and open source, meaning you can use GIMP and all of its features without spending a penny. This makes it an excellent case for artists or designers who may not have the budget to spend over 700 USD on Photoshop. It is also available for free on Windows, Mac OS and Linux. It's licensed under GPL with source code available here.
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Less features than other programs
Being a free program, it shouldn't be surprising that it has limited features. For those needing more advanced features for something more professional, GIMP just isn't for you.
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Powerful
GIMP is the most feature rich free image editing tool. It has most image manipulation and workflow tools that you would expect from an image editing software and what it lacks it makes up with plugins.
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Lacks adjustment layers
Adjustment layers offer a non-destructive way of combining different photo manipulations. Without adjustment layers the only way to see changes is by irreversibly editing the image. They are promised in future updates.
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Content-aware tools with a plugin
There's a content-aware fill plugin available for GIMP.
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Poor performance
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Modular & single-window interface options
By default GIMP splits out each window, but you can check to use the one screen mode in options if you prefer.
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Lightweight
Compared to to other photo editing software, GIMP is very light weight. In addition it isn't very resource-intensive, meaning you can put it on a flash drive and have it with you to load up on just about any computer.
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Beginner-friendly
Gimp has less features than programs like Photoshop, but for a beginner, or someone not needing complicated options, Gimp is the perfect choice. It allows you to quickly do basic photo manipulation so you can easily get the product you need without having to worry about complicated features getting in the way.
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Full channel support
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Platforms:
Windows 10/8/7; Linux; MacOS
License:
GPLv3+
Tethered capture:
No
Non-Distructive Editing:
No, Feature in development with GEGL
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FormatFactory
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Easy to use GUI
Uncluttered, intuitive interface.
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Good variety of formats and media types supported
In addition to DVDs, BluRays, CDs and disk images, FormatFactory can handle mp4, 3gp, mpg, avi, wmv, flv, swf, mp3, wma, amr, ogg, aac, wav, jpg, bmp, png, tif, ico, gif and tga.
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Free
Proprietary code that you can use in whatever way you want, even for commerce.
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Supports batch converting
You can convert multiple files at a time.
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Lightweight
It is designed to convert, no added bloat.
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Windows
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Vertopal
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Cloud Based
tools and services run on high speed, high performance cloud servers.
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Full Customizable
Providing many options to easily customize and edit your files.
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Cross Platform
Any device, any OS; as long as you have access to a web browser and internet connection.
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Powerful
Save your precious time and computer resources.
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Any Format
Supports nearly any formats and continues to add other formats over time.
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Easy Peasy
Edit and convert your files as quickly as possible with the blink of an eye.
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On The Go
Convert every file you wish any time, any place and without the need for installing softwares.
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File Privacy
Your files get deleted automatically in a few hours. Also, they would be preserved in a safe and secure place.
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Cross Platform
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Picktorial
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Fast
Browsing and editing are very fast. Much better than lightroom and most other competitors.
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No image blending
You can't blend images, like in photoshop.
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Fun
This software makes editing fun.
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Single-space workflow
No need to move between different slow modules.
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Truly non-destructive edits
Every edit is non-destructive, no matter the order.
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No need to import
It's catalog free so no need with slow import and backup problems.
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Local adjustements
Has many options Lightroom doesn't, like HSL, curves and split tone within local adjustment.
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Great value for money
Much better than a subscription to pay every month and very affordable for what it does.
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Platforms:
Mac OS
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DCP Profile Support:
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MyPaint
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Interface gets out of the way
MyPaint mostly consists of the canvas. The interface to select different brushes can be brought up if needed, but it generally stays out of the way of getting things done.
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Is not stable at all
I could not even open a png file to start without the software to freeze.
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Good support for pressure sensitive graphics tablets
MyPaint was designed specifically with pressure sensitive graphics tablets in mind.
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Not a lot in terms of image manipulation
MyPaint focuses only on drawing. It has very little in terms of post processing or image manipulation features.
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Good media emulation
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Forgo the need to resize the canvas
If a user needs a bigger canvas all they need to do is zoom out instead of re-sizing.
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Windows, Linux, Mac
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Krita
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Easy to use layout
All the most used and useful tools are easy to find in Krita's UI and are often just one click away. They are not hidden behind menus or dropdowns.
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New features are not tested thoroughly
Since releases are so often and with little time between them, usually new features are not tested a lot and this can bring a lot of bugs with them. Which fortunately are quickly patched in the next release.
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Constantly updated
Krita is getting constant releases with updates and bug fixes. New features are added at a pace that far surpasses the other alternatives.
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Documentation is lacking
Krita's official documentation is incomplete in some areas, especially for new features that are constantly added. But this is compensated with it's great design and usability which makes it easier to understand how things work.
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Free and open source
Krita is completely free and open source. They have raised a couple of successful Kickstarters in the past to get the initial financing and now they are accepting donations.
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Poor touch controls
They are still pretty much a WIP. But they are getting there.
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Developed in part by KDE, which has a great community and therefore great support.
KDE has a long history of making solid applications.
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Working with text is not that pleasant
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Amazing support for displaying brushes
Krita's preset brushes are one of the default dockers. Each brush has a preview on mouseover that shows a detailed view of the type of brush involved. All the brushes also have useful and descriptive names such as "HP Pencil" or "Textured Fuzzy".
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Very customizable
Although the UI is rather busy, Krita is very customizable. The editing window can be themed and the sidebar can be customized extensively throw many dockers or panes.
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Easy editing in a tiled view
Tiled view that shows your image tiled in the editor, and permits you to edit it as you are seeing it tiled. If the brush passes out of your texture, it will just automatically wrap back the painting to the other side of the original texture, while permitting you to paint and see the results on any of the tiled "clones" (the shortcut key to activate this is w by default).
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, Android
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Open source
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Affinity Photo
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Lifetime updates
Pay once, get updates forever.
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Limited selection of plugins
Plugin support was only recently added to AP and not many plugins have been created for the program so far.
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Interface will be familiar to those coming from Photoshop
The interface, especially the Photo persona, is laid out in way that's very similar to Photoshop - a panel for icons for tools on the left, a panel for information and settings on the right.
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Can not import gimp or krita files
Free alternatives like GIMP (and Krita) are sort of "go to" apps you can always install and use for simple image editing or graphics on any computer. Affinity's support for Photoshop is great, but having support also for opening and editing GIMP and Krita files would make the versatility and use of this program absolutely superb.
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Compatible with Photoshop PSD files
Affinity Photo can import and export .psd files.
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Great performance
Uses the GPU extensively for fast speed on any platform.
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Supports layer styles
Layer styles allow non-destructively applying effects to a layer.
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Personas allow separation of concerns
At a high level the interface is organized into broad groups of tools called Personas. Personas like Photo for in-depth image manipulation, Liquify for warping the image, Develop for basic RAW photo development and Export for exporting. Each persona displays only those tools that are needed for that task.
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Powerful effects
Dozens of visual effects available. All run extremely fast with live previews
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Non-destructive adjustment layers
Extensive adjustment layers are non-destructive.
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Everything is well organized
Easy to find and use tools.
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Runs faster than Photoshop's old code
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Lots and lots of undo
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The easiest, even easier than photoshop
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The perfect combination of Photoshop and Lightroom - all in one
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Supports Photoshop brushes, shapes, etc.
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Many tutorials
But still it does not actually matter which tutorial you're actually watching, Photoshop or Affinity's, they are pretty much the same.
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Very, very cheap for such an app
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Has an iPad app
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Decent functionality, 100% comparable with Photoshop
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Much more lightweight than photoshop
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RAW file editing
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HDR image editing
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Powerful, cheap and lightweight
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Very modern and intuitive interface
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Color correction
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Very fast to learn
Takes about 20 mins, it's that easy.
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Growing decently fast
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Panorama creation
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Imports free images from Unsplash
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OSX, iPad, Windows
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MediBang Paint Pro
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Multi-platform support
Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.
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Displays a dialog with some ads at the start
When starting up the app, there is a dialog that pops up containing advertisements, this can simply be closed, but will happen every time when opening the app. Sadly there is no way to remove these ads currently.
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Has a lot of options for editing photos
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Free
It's a powerful, fully featured app and it's free.
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AppleMacSoft
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Images can be resized
You can resize and batch resize images.
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Batch image convertion support
Allows you to convert hundreds of images at a time with just a few mouse clicks.
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Supports a variety of image formats
It supports a variety of image formats which includes JPG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, BMP, TGA, PSD, PCX, RAS, ICO, CUR, RAW formats, etc.
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Simple interface
Requires just 3 steps to convert an image.
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