Comparison of raster graphics editors
Raster graphics editors can be compared by many variables, including availability.
List
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General information
Basic general information about the editor: creator, company, license, etc.| Description | Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Latest stable release date | List price | Software license | |
| Ability Photopaint | Part of Ability Office | Ability Software | 10 | ||||
| ACDSee Home | Changed name in 2021 to Photo Studio Home | 2020 | |||||
| ACDSee Pro | Changed name in 2021 to Photo Studio Pro | 2020 | |||||
| ACDSee Ultimate | Changed name in 2021 to Photo Studio Ultimate | 2020 | |||||
| Acorn Image Editor | Image editor and graphics creator for macOS | Flying Meat Inc. | 6.6.3 | ||||
| Adobe Fireworks* | Alternative to 1 targeted at web designers, discontinued after CS6 | Macromedia | CS6 / 12.0 | ||||
| Adobe Photoshop | Professional image editor and graphics creation tool | Adobe Systems | CC 2021 / 22.4.1 | ||||
| Adobe Photoshop Elements | Raster graphics editor for entry-level photographers, image editors and hobbyists | 2021 | |||||
| Adobe Photoshop Lightroom | Photo editor | Adobe Systems | 10.0 | ||||
| Affinity Photo | Professional image editor for Windows, macOS and iOS | Serif Europe | 1.9.0 | ||||
| Artipic | Image editor for Windows and macOS | Artipic AB | 2.6 | ||||
| ArtRage | Digital paint program for tablet computers | Ambient Design | 6 | ||||
| Artweaver | Emulates physical painting experience on a computer | Boris Eyrich | 7.0.10 | ||||
| Autodesk SketchBook Pro | Paint and drawing toolset for use with digitized pen tablets & tablet computers | Autodesk | 8.4.3 | ||||
| Bibble* | Photo editor and organizer with camera raw file support | Bibble Labs | 5.2.3 | 2011 | |||
| Bloom | Procedural node-based image editor | Sad Cat Software | 1.0.467 | ||||
| Brush Strokes Image Editor | Image editor like Windows Paint | Paul Bird | 2.0 | ? | |||
| Capture One | Professional raw converter and image editor | Phase One | 13.1.3 | ||||
| Chasys Draw IES | Image editor with layers, animation, icon edit, super-res, batch and camera raw | John Paul Chacha | 5.30.01 | ||||
| CinePaint | Moving picture, photo and graphics editor | Robin Rowe | |||||
| CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro | An bitmap graphics editor and image organizer for Windows pc | 1STEIN Corp. | 8.2 | ||||
| Corel PaintShop Pro | Advanced image editor and graphics creator | Jasc Software | 2021 Update 1 | ||||
| Corel Painter | Made to create natural-looking artistic images | Mark Zimmer, Tom Hedges, John Derry | 2022 | ||||
| Corel Painter Essentials | Made to create natural-looking artistic images | Mark Zimmer, Tom Hedges, John Derry | 8 | ||||
| Corel PHOTO-PAINT | Professional image editor and graphics creator with advanced features, part of Corel Draw Graphics Suite | Corel Corporation | 2021 | 2021 | |||
| darktable | Photography workflow application and raw developer | Johannes Hanika | |||||
| Deluxe Paint* | Efficient bitmap and true-color paint program with rendering features and advanced animation capabilities. | Dan Silva | 5.2 | ||||
| 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 | 14 | 2020 | |||
| DigiKam | Free photo organizer and image editor | Renchi Raju, Gilles Caulier | |||||
| Digital Photo Professional | Photo organizer and image editor from Canon | Canon Inc. | 4.14.0 | ||||
| DxO PhotoLab | RAW image editor | DxO Labs | 7.5 | ||||
| Erdas Imagine | Advanced remote sensing and GIS ability; handles multispectral images | ERDAS, Inc. | 2016 | ||||
| Fatpaint | Full featured web-based graphic design and photo editing application | Mersica Inc. | 1.99.55 | ||||
| Fotografix | Free photo editor | Madhavan Lakshminarayanan | 2022.6.1 | ||||
| F-Spot | Image viewer and organizer for GNOME | Ettore Perazzoli | |||||
| G'MIC | Free command line software for 2D or 3D image processing and visualization | David Tschumperlé | |||||
| GIMP | Free image editor and graphics creator | Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis | |||||
| GimPhoto | Modification of the free and open-source graphics program GNU Image Manipulation Program, with the intent to be a free alternative to Adobe Photoshop. | Ek Kian | 24.1 | ||||
| GIMPshop | GIMP with a GUI similar to Adobe Photoshop | Scott Moschella | 2.2.11 | 2006 | |||
| GNU Paint | Free and open-source raster graphics editor for GTK 2 | Andy Tai | |||||
| GrafX2 | GrafX2 with a GUI similar to Deluxe Paint | Sunset Design | |||||
| 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 | 11.5.1 | ||||
| GraphicsMagick | Commandline image converter and editor | GraphicsMagick Group | |||||
| gThumb | Image viewer and organizer for the GNOME desktop environment | Paolo Bacchilega | |||||
| HDR PhotoStudio | HDR with human vision imaging model | Unified Color | 2.15.42 | 2010 | |||
| Helicon Filter | Advanced image editor with a simplified tabbed interface, new Helicon Focus | Helicon Soft Ltd. | 7.6.6 | 2020 | |||
| ImageJ | Image processing program developed at the National Institutes of Health. See ImageJ2 and FIJI for modified and extended versions. | Wayne Rasband | |||||
| ImageMagick | Command line software suite for displaying, converting, and editing raster image files | ImageMagick Studio LLC | |||||
| iPhoto* | Image organizer and basic editor for macOS; replaced by Photos | Apple Inc. | 9.6 | ||||
| IrfanView | Image and video viewer with basic editing functions | Irfan Skiljan | 4.58 | ||||
| Iridient Developer | Powerful raw image conversion application designed and optimized for macOS | Iridient Digital | 3.6.0 | ||||
| KolourPaint | KDE | ||||||
| Krita | Digital painting oriented free and open-source raster graphic editor with vector support. KDE/Calligra based. | KDE | |||||
| LazPaint | Free multiplatform layered image editor | circular | |||||
| LiveQuartz | Basic multi-layer photo editor | Romain Piveteau | 2.8 | ||||
| MacPaint* | Obsolete basic editor | Bill Atkinson | 2.0 | ||||
| Microsoft Office Picture Manager* | Basic image editor | Microsoft | 14.0 | ||||
| Microsoft Paint | Basic graphic creator and editor packaged with Microsoft Windows operating systems | Microsoft | 10.19043 | ||||
| Microsoft Photo Editor* | Obsolete basic image editor for Windows | Microsoft | 3.01 | ||||
| mtPaint | Pixel art and photo editing application | Mark Tyler | |||||
| MyPaint | Digital painting application | Martin Renold | |||||
| NUFRaw | Raw image format processor, GTK 2, compatible with gimp 2.8 to 2.10, see also UFRaw | Matteo Lucarelli | 0.43 | ||||
| OpenCanvas | Portalgraphics | 7.0.25 | 2019 | ||||
| paint.net | Freeware image editor and graphics creator based on .NET | Rick Brewster, et al. | 5.0.10 | ||||
| Paint Tool SAI* | Simple and lightweight painting software | Systemax Software | 1.2.5 | ||||
| PC Paintbrush* | Obsolete basic editor | ZSoft Corporation | 5 | ||||
| Pencil2D | 2D graphical animation software. | Pascal Naidon | |||||
| Phatch | Editor for batch processing digital graphics and photographs. | Stani Michiels | 0.2.7 | 2010 | |||
| Photogenics | Made to create 32-bit HDRs | Idruna Software Inc. | HDR 7.0 | ? | |||
| PhotoLine | Image editor with advanced features | Computerinsel | 24.01 | ||||
| Photopea | advanced web-based photo and graphics editor | Ivan Kutskir | 2013 | 5.6 | April 22, 2024 | ||
| PhotoPerfect* | Image editor with some advanced features | Arcadia Software AG, Joachim Koopmann Software | 2.9 | ||||
| Photos | Image organizer and basic editor for macOS; replaced iPhoto from OS X 10.10.3 onwards | Apple Inc. | 1.0 | 2021 | |||
| Picasa* | Efficient image organizer with basic editing tools, other image effects | 3.9.141.259 | |||||
| Pinta | Mid-level Free and Open Source raster graphics editor, based on Paint.Net | Jonathan Pobst | |||||
| Pixelmator | Image editor and graphics creator for macOS | Pixelmator Team ltd. | 3.9 | ||||
| Pixia | Originally designed for Anime/Manga art. | Isao Maruoka | 6.50s | ||||
| Pixlr | Free online photo editor which includes some paid and ai features | Ola Sevandersson | 2008 | ? | ? | ||
| PMview | Fast image viewer with basic editing functions | Peter Nielsen | 3.82 | ||||
| Project Dogwaffle | Dan Ritchie retired but others continue active development | Dan Ritchie | V14 | 2021 | |||
| QFX | Mature and complete image editing package | Ron Scott | 8 | ? | |||
| Rawstudio | Raw image processor. | Anders Brander & Anders Kvist | |||||
| RawTherapee | Powerful free and cross-platform raw image editor, for developing raw photos from digital cameras. | Gabor Horvath | |||||
| Seashore | Basic counterpart to GIMP, using its XCF format; full support for a few graphics formats | Mark Pazolli | 2.5.10 | ||||
| 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 | X8 | ||||
| Shotwell | Image organizer for GNOME | Yorba Foundation | 0.30.10 | ||||
| Tux Paint | Drawing program for young children. | Bill Kendrick | |||||
| TVPaint | 2D animation software | Herve ADAM | 11.5.0 | ||||
| UFRaw | Raw image format processor, GTK 2, compatible with gimp 2.0 to 2.8, see also NUFRaw 0.43 | Udi Fuchs | |||||
| Ulead PhotoImpact* | Ulead Systems | 13 | 2008 | ||||
| WinImages | Animation-centric | Black Belt Systems | 7.5 | 2004 | |||
| Xara Photo & Graphic Designer | Graphic design program including photo editing and vector illustration tools | Xara | October 2018 | ||||
| XnView | Cross-platform image viewer used for converting, organising and editing graphical & video files. | Pierre-emmanuel Gougelet | 2.50.0 /0.64 | ||||
| Zoner Photo Studio | All-in-one editor package | Zoner Inc. | 19.2103 |