- Comparison of raster graphics editors
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This is a comparison of raster graphics editors sorted by availability.
Contents
List
Discontinued - Adobe PhotoDeluxe
- Aldus PhotoStyler
- Barco Creator
- Beagle Graphics (DOS)
- Blazing Paddles
- Brilliance
- Burn (DOS)
- Deluxe Paint
- Deluxe Paint Animation
- GeoPaint
- Graphics Magician (DOS)
- HALO desktop imager (Windows 3.1)
- IMAGEPRO-PLUS (Windows 3.1)
- Kid Pix
- KoalaPainter
- Live Picture
- mProces
- MacPaint
- Microsoft Digital Image(formerly Microsoft Picture It!)
- Microsoft Image Composer (formerly Altamira Composer)
- Microsoft Photo Editor
- NeoChrome
- PC Paintbrush
- PCPaint
- Personal Paint
- Photofinish
- Photon Paint
- Quantel Paintbox
- SuperPaint (Macintosh)
- xRes
General information
Basic general information about the editors: creator/company, license etc.
Description Creator First public release date Latest stable version Software license Ability Photopaint Graphics editor with some advanced features Ability Software March 2001 4 Proprietary Adobe Fireworks Since ver. CS3 part of Adobe Creative Suite Web Macromedia 1998 9.01.x Proprietary Adobe Photoshop Professional image editor and graphics creation tool John Knoll and Thomas Knoll February 1990 CS5 / 12.0 Proprietary Autodesk SketchBook Pro Paint and drawing toolset designed to be used with digitized pen tablets & tablet PCs Alias 2004 2009 ( 3.1 ) Proprietary ArtRage Digital painting program designed for tablet PCs Andy Bearsley and Matt Fox-Wilson 2004 3.0 Proprietary Artweaver Image editor designed for a natural painting experience on the computer Boris Eyrich 2002 0.5.7 Freeware Bibble Photo editor and organizer with camera raw file support Bibble Labs 2000 5.2 Proprietary Brush Strokes Image Editor Image editor like Windows Paint Paul Bird 2004 1.0 Freeware CinePaint Moving picture, photo and graphics editor Robin Rowe July 4, 2002 0.22 GPL CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro 1STEIN Corp. 2001 5.1 Proprietary Corel Paint Shop Pro Advanced image editor and graphics creator Jasc Software 1992 X3 (13.00) Proprietary Corel Painter Graphics editor designed to create natural-looking artistic images Mark Zimmer, Tom Hedges, John Derry August, 1991 12 Proprietary Corel PHOTO-PAINT Professional image editor and graphics creator with advanced features Corel Corporation 1992 X4/14 Proprietary Cosmigo Pro Motion Pixel and animation editor (8-bit-graphics) designed after Deluxe Paint Cosmigo / J.Zimmermann, L.Gischler,N.Mavrikakis 1997 6.0.0.104 Proprietary Deluxe Paint Discontinued basic graphics editor Dan Silva 1985 5 Proprietary Deneba Canvas Graphics editor and creator supporting both raster graphics and vector graphics Jorge Miranda, Joaquin de Soto, and Manny Menendez September 1987 X Proprietary Effectbank Image manipulator specializes in effects and textures E. Maleki. 2009 0.8.4.9 Freeware ERDAS IMAGINE Advanced remote sensing and GIS capability.
Can handle multispectral images.ERDAS, Inc. 1980 2010 (10.0) Proprietary ERDAS ER Mapper Advanced remote sensing and GIS capability.
Can handle multispectral images.ER Mapper Ltd. purchased by ERDAS, Inc. in 2007 1990 2010 (10.0) Proprietary DigiKam Free photo organizer and image editor Renchi Raju and Gilles Caulier 2002 0.9.5 (KDE3) 0.10.0 (KDE4) GPL Fatpaint Full featured web-based graphic design and photo editing application Mersica Inc. 2010 1.83 Freeware Focus Photoeditor Advanced and Full Featured Photo and Image Editor Newest Software 1999 6.3 Proprietary Fotografix Freeware, portable image editor L. Madhavan 14 April 2009 1.4.1 Freeware GIMP Free image editor and graphics creator Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis January 1996 2.6.11 GPL GIMPshop GIMP designed to have a GUI similar to Adobe Photoshop Scott Moschella ? 2.2.11 GPL GNU Paint Free and open source raster graphics editor 0.3.2 GPL GrafX2 GrafX2 designed to have a GUI similar to Deluxe Paint Sunset Design (Guillaume Dorme & Karl Maritaud) 1996 2.1 GPL 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 6.6.1 Proprietary ReaSoft Image Converter Image converter that enables to convert images between 400+ formats and edit them in batch mode ReaSoft Development ? 5.5 Proprietary HDR PhotoStudio HDR (High Dynamic Range Editor) with human vision imaging model Unified Color Oct 2009 2.15.37 Proprietary Helicon Filter Advanced image editor with a simplified tabbed interface Helicon Soft Ltd. August 2004 4.83 Proprietary iPhoto Image organizational tool and basic editor for Mac OS X Apple Inc. 2002 8.1.1 Proprietary IrfanView Image and video viewer with basic editing functions Irfan Skiljan 1996 4.23 Freeware JDraw Graphics editor designed to edit individual pixels J-Domain 2003 1.1.5 GPL Kolourpaint KDE 2004 1.2.2 GPL Konvertor Image viewer, converter, organizer and editor capable of importing around 2200 (including WebP) and exporting 350 different image/video/sound/3D/text file types. Compatible with many Photoshop plug-ins Logipole 1997 4.0.4 Proprietary Krita KDE 2005 2.3.3 GPL MacPaint Obsolete basic graphic creator/editor Bill Atkinson 1984 2.0 Proprietary Microsoft Office Picture Manager Basic image editing tool Microsoft ? ? Proprietary Microsoft Paint Basic graphic creator and editor packaged with Microsoft Windows operating systems Microsoft 1985 6.1 Proprietary Microsoft Photo Editor Obsolete basic image editor for Windows Microsoft ? 3.01 Proprietary Mootif Online Java image editor with a few functions mootif.com May, 2006 1.0 Proprietary MST Viewer Image and Document Viewer and Editor w/ several functions and AFP & MODCA support MS Technology 2002 14.1 Proprietary mtPaint Lightweight image editor designed for pixel art Mark Tyler September, 2004 3.30 GPL Nathive Free software image editor written in Python using GTK+ Marcos Díaz April, 2010 0.900 GPL OpenCanvas Portalgraphics ? 4 Proprietary Paint.NET Freeware image editor and graphics creator based on the .Net framework Rick Brewster, et al. May 6, 2004 3.5.6 Freeware[1][2] PC Paintbrush Obsolete basic graphic creator/editor ZSoft Corporation 1984 5 Proprietary Photo! Editor powerful multifunctional software offering a complete set of image editing tools VicMan Software April 11, 2008 1.0 Proprietary Photofinish ZSoft Corporation 1993 2 Proprietary Photogenics Image editor designed to create super HDRs at 32 bits Idruna Software Inc. 1995 HDR 7.0 Proprietary PhotoLine Image and animation creator and editor for Windows and Mac OS X Computerinsel GmbH 1995 16.52 Proprietary PhotoPerfect Image editor with some advanced features Arcadia Software AG & Joachim Koopmann Software 2002 2.9 Proprietary Photo Toolkit Very simple in use and mostly automatic image editor VicMan Software 2007 1.8 beta Proprietary Picasa Efficient image organization tool with basic editing tools and other image effects Google ? 3.6 Freeware PicMaster Image editing software with 300 Filter Effects, Slide Show, Poster Printing, Mosaic Images, True 3D-Images, ... Alexander Sabov December 1999 4.03 Proprietary PixBuilder Photo Editor WnSoft Graphic Software June 2005 1.31 Proprietary Pixel image editor Image editor based on Adobe Photoshop Pavel Kanzelsberger 1999 1.0 (Beta 7) Proprietary Pixelmator Image editor and graphics creator for Mac OS X Pixelmator Team ltd. September 25, 2007 1.6.5 Proprietary Pixen Pixel art and sprite editor for Mac OS X Open Sword Group ? 3.1b2 MIT License Pixia Isao Maruoka 1998 4.70d Proprietary Project Dogwaffle Author retired from computer programming[3] Dan Ritchie 1997 (?) 4.0 (1.2 available as freeware) Proprietary QFX Mature and complete image editing package Ron Scott ~1990 8 Proprietary RawTherapee Powerful free and cross-platform raw image editor, for developing raw photos from digital cameras. Gabor Horvath 2006-09-21 3.0.0 GPL Seashore Basic counterpart to GIMP, using its XCF format; full support for a few graphics formats Mark Pazolli June 2007 0.1.9 GPLv3 Serif PhotoPlus Complete graphics editor and photo organization suite; Similar features and menus to other software from Serif; available as economy version or in bundle with clipart, effects, public domain image library; designed to be easy to use. Serif X4 Proprietary SView5 Image and video viewer with basic editing functions; free for non-commercial use; Cross-platform C/C++ SDK available for developers under different license.[4] Andreas Kleinert 1993 2.94+ Proprietary Tux Paint Drawing program for young children. Bill Kendrick June 16, 2002 0.9.21 GPL TVPaint 2D animation software Herve ADAM June 16, 1991 9.5.11 Proprietary TwistedBrush Pro Studio Advanced digital paint with realistic artist tools and graphics editing Pixarra July 23, 2003 17.15 Proprietary Ulead PhotoImpact Ulead Systems ? 12 Proprietary Ultimate Paint Basic graphics editor based on Deluxe Paint Joseph Ladanyi and Daniel Szabo 1998 2.88 Proprietary WinImages Graphics editor with a focus on animation Black Belt Systems ? 7.5 Proprietary XPaint Simple Drawing program for Unix/X11 with Xaw3d widgets David Koblas, Torsten Martinsen, Jean-Pierre Demailly 1993 2.8.8 GPL Zoner Photo Studio All-in-one editor package. Zoner Inc. ? 11.0 build 8 Proprietary Description Creator First public release date Latest stable version Software license Operating system support
The operating systems on which the editors can run natively (without emulation or compatibility layers), meaning which operating systems have which editors specifically coded for them (not, for example, Adobe Photoshop for Windows running on Linux with Wine).
Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix AmigaOS AIX Ability Photopaint Yes No No No No No No ACD Canvas Yes Outdated (x.0.2) No No No No No Adobe Photoshop Yes Yes No No No No No Aperture No Yes No No No No No Autodesk SketchBook Pro Yes Yes No No No No No ArtRage Yes Yes No No No No No Artweaver Yes No No No No No No Bibble Yes Yes Yes No No No No Brush Strokes Image Editor Yes No No No No No No CinePaint Outdated (0.17) Yes Yes Yes Yes No No CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro Yes No No No No No No Corel Paint Shop 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 Cosmigo Pro Motion Yes No No No No No No darktable No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Deluxe Paint[5] No No No No No Yes No DigiKam Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Effectbank Yes No No No No No No ERDAS IMAGINE Yes No No No Yes No No Fatpaint Yes Yes Yes No No No No Focus Photoeditor Yes No No No No No No Fotografix Yes No No No No No No GIMP[6] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[7] No GIMPshop Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No GrafX2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No GraphicConverter No Yes No No No No No ReaSoft Image Converter Yes No No No No No No HDR PhotoStudio Yes Yes No No No No No Helicon Filter Yes No No No No No No iPhoto No Yes No No No No No IrfanView Yes No No No No No No JDraw Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Kolourpaint Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Konvertor Yes No No No No No No Krita Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No MacPaint[8] No No No No No No No Adobe Fireworks Yes Yes No No No No No 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 Mootif Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No MST Viewer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes mtPaint Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Nathive No No Yes Yes Yes No No OpenCanvas Yes No No No No No No Paint.NET Yes No Partial[9] No No No No PC Paintbrush[8] No No No No No No No Photo Explosion Yes Yes No No No No No Photofinish Yes No No No No No No Photogenics[10] Yes No Yes No No Yes[11] No Photo! Editor Yes No No No No No No PhotoLine Yes Yes No No No No No PhotoPerfect Yes No No No No No No Photo Toolkit Yes No No No No No No Picasa Yes Yes Yes No No No No PicMaster Yes No No No No No No PixBuilder Photo Editor Yes No No No No No No Pixel image editor[12] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes(MorphOS) No Pixelmator No Yes No No No No No Pixen No Yes No No No No No Pixia Yes No No No No No No Project Dogwaffle Yes No No No No No No QFX Yes No No No No No No Seashore No Yes No No No No No Serif PhotoPlus Yes No No No No No No StylePix Yes No No No No No No SView5 Yes No No No No Yes No Tux Paint Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No TVPaint Yes Yes Yes No No Yes[13] No TwistedBrush Pro Studio Yes No No No 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 XPaint No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Zoner Photo Studio Yes No No No No No No Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix AmigaOS AIX Features
Selection editing Layers Histogram Scripting HDR Retouching Resizing Noise removal Lens correction Sized Printing Sharpening Color correction Image library Plugin support[14] Ability Photopaint Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ACD Canvas Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Adobe Photoshop Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial (Bridge) Yes Adobe Photoshop Lightroom No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Aperture Yes Partial Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Autodesk SketchBook Pro Yes Yes No No No ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ArtRage Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No ? No No ? ? Artweaver Yes Yes No Yes[15] No Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes No Yes Bibble Partial Partial Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Brush Strokes Image Editor Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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 Paint Shop Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Corel Painter 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 Cosmigo Pro Motion Yes No No No No Partial Yes No No ? ? ? ? ? darktable No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Deluxe Paint No Partial[16] 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 Effectbank Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No 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 Focus Photoeditor Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Fotografix Yes Yes No Partial No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No GIMP Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[17] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes GIMPshop Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes GraphicConverter Yes Partial Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes with 3rd party plugin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes HDR PhotoStudio No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Helicon Filter Home/Pro Partial No[18] Yes No[19] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes iPhoto No No Yes Partial[20] No Yes Partial Yes Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes IrfanView Yes No Yes No No Partial[21] Yes No No ? Yes Yes ? Yes JDraw Yes No No No No ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? ? Kolourpaint Yes No No No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Konvertor Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Krita Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes MacPaint Yes No No No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Adobe Fireworks Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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 Microsoft Photo Editor Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Mootif Partial Yes No No No Yes No No Partial No No ? No No MST Viewer Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes mtPaint Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No Yes Yes No No Nathive Yes Yes ? No No Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? No No 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 PC Paintbrush Yes No No No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Photofinish Yes No No No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Photo! Editor Partial No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Photogenics Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? PhotoLine 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 Photo Toolkit No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Picasa No No Yes No Partial[22] Partial Partial No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No PicMaster Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes PixBuilder Photo Editor Yes Yes Yes No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Pixel image editor Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? Pixelmator Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Pixia Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? ? Yes Project Dogwaffle ? Only in commercial version Yes Partial No Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes QFX Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Serif PhotoPlus Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No StylePix Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes No No SView5 Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No 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 TwistedBrush Pro Studio Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? XPaint Yes Partial No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Zoner Photo Studio Yes Partial[23] Yes No[24] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Selection editing Layers Histogram Scripting High dynamic range Retouching Image scaling Noise removal Lens correction Sized Printing Unsharp masking Color correction Image library Plugin support[14] Color spaces
sRGB Adobe RGB Indexed Grayscale CMYK LAB HSV Ability Photopaint Yes ? Yes Yes Partial (import only) ACD Canvas Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Adobe Photoshop Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[25] Adobe Photoshop Lightroom ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Autodesk SketchBook Pro Yes ? Yes No No ArtRage Yes ? No No No Artweaver Yes ? ? ? ? Bibble Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? Brush Strokes Image Editor Yes ? ? ? ? CinePaint Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Corel Paint Shop Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[26] Partial[26] Corel Painter Yes ? No No Yes Corel Photo-Paint Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Cosmigo Pro Motion Yes ? Yes Yes No darktable Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Deluxe Paint Yes ? Yes Yes No Yes ERDAS IMAGINE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Fatpaint Yes No Partial Partial Partial No Partial Focus Photoeditor Yes Yes Partial Partial Partial No Partial Fotografix Yes No Partial (import only) Partial (import only) Partial (import only) No No GIMP Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[27] Partial[26] Yes GIMPshop Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[27] No Yes GraphicConverter Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ReaSoft Image Converter Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Helicon Filter Yes Yes ? Yes Yes iPhoto Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes IrfanView Yes ? Yes Yes No JDraw Yes ? No Yes ? Kolourpaint Yes ? No Yes No Konvertor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Krita Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes MacPaint No No No Yes No Adobe Fireworks Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Microsoft Office Picture Manager Yes ? ? ? No Microsoft Paint Yes ? Partial (import only) No No ? ? Microsoft Photo Editor Yes ? Yes Yes No Mootif Yes ? Yes Yes No MST Viewer Yes ? Yes Yes Yes No No mtPaint Yes No Yes Partial No No Yes Nathive Yes No No No No No Yes OpenCanvas Yes ? ? Yes No Paint.NET Yes No Partial Partial Partial No Partial PC Paintbrush No ? Yes No No Photofinish Yes Yes Yes Yes No Photogenics Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Photo! Editor Yes No No Yes No No No PhotoLine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes PhotoPerfect Yes Partial (import only) No Yes Partial (import only) Partial (curve editing only) No Photo Toolkit Yes No No No No No No Picasa Yes ? Partial Partial No PicMaster Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes PixBuilder Photo Editor Yes Yes Yes Yes No Pixel image editor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Pixelmator Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Pixia Yes ? No No No Project Dogwaffle Yes ? No No No QFX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Serif PhotoPlus Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? SView5[28] Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Tux Paint Yes No No No No No No TVPaint Yes ? No No No TwistedBrush Pro Studio Yes No No No No No No Ulead PhotoImpact Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial (import only) No Yes Ultimate Paint Yes ? Yes Yes No WinImages Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes XPaint Yes No Yes Yes No No No Zoner Photo Studio Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial Partial No sRGB Adobe RGB Indexed Grayscale CMYK LAB HSV File support
RAW imports BMP GIF JPEG JPEG 2000 HD Photo PNG TIFF PSD PSP XCF PCX OpenEXR Ability Photopaint ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No ? ACD Canvas ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? Adobe Photoshop Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[29] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Adobe Photoshop Lightroom ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Adobe Fireworks ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Autodesk SketchBook Pro ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No 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 No Brush Strokes Image Editor ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No ? CinePaint Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Partial No Yes ? Yes CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Corel Paint Shop Pro Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[30] Yes No Yes Corel Painter ? Yes Yes Yes No No Yes[31] Yes Yes No Import Corel Photo-Paint Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Cosmigo Pro Motion ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No Yes darktable Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Deluxe Paint[32] No ? Yes Yes No Yes No No No No ? DigiKam Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes ? No Effectbank No Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No No No 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 No Focus Photoeditor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Fotografix Partial Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Partial (import only) No Partial (import only) Partial (import only) No GIMP Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial (Requires plugin) No Yes Yes [33] Yes Yes Yes Yes No GIMPshop ? Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No GrafX2 No Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes No GraphicConverter Yes[34] Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[34] Yes ReaSoft Image Converter Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes HDR PhotoStudio Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes Helicon Filter Home/Pro Yes Yes Import Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No iPhoto Yes ? ? Yes ? No Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes IrfanView Partial (Requires plugin) Yes Yes Yes Yes (Requires plugin) Yes (Requires plugin) Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes JDraw No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No Kolourpaint ? Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Import Yes Konvertor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (Requires plugin) Krita Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial[35] No Yes Import Yes MacPaint No ? No No No No No No No No No No Microsoft Office Picture Manager ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Partial[36] No No No Yes Microsoft Paint No Yes Partial[37] Yes No No Partial[37] Yes No No No No No Microsoft Photo Editor No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No Import Mootif ? No Import Yes Import Yes Import No No No No MST Viewer No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes No mtPaint No Yes Yes Yes Yes[38] No Yes Yes No No No No No Nathive No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No OpenCanvas ? Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes[39] No No ? Paint.NET Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[40] Yes Partial[41] Partial No No Yes No PC Paintbrush ? No Yes No No No Yes No No No Yes Photofinish ? Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Photogenics ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes Photo! Editor No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No PhotoLine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes X3F Yes PhotoPerfect Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Partial (Not layers) Yes No Yes No Photo Toolkit No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No 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 No PixBuilder Photo Editor ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ? Pixel image editor ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No ? Yes Pixelmator Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Pixia ? Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No Project Dogwaffle ? Yes No Yes No No Yes No No No No QFX ? Yes Yes Yes No No ? Yes Yes No No ? Seashore ? Partial Partial Yes Partial Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? Serif PhotoPlus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes SView5 Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Tux Paint[42] No Yes Import Import No No Yes No No No No No TVPaint ? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes TwistedBrush Pro Studio No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Partial No No Yes No 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 ? XPaint No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Zoner Photo Studio Yes Yes Yes Yes Partial (Import only) Yes Yes Yes Partial (Import only) Partial (Import only) No Yes No RAW imports BMP GIF JPEG JPEG 2000 HD Photo PNG TIFF PSD PSP XCF PCX OpenEXR See also
- Raster graphics (also called bitmap)
- Vector editors versus bitmap editors
- List of vector graphics editors
- List of raster to vector conversion software
- Comparison of image viewers
- Comparison of vector graphics editors
- Comparison of 3D computer graphics software
References
- ^ http://blog.getpaint.net/2009/11/06/a-new-license-for-paintnet-v35/
- ^ http://www.getpaint.net/license.html
- ^ 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, no download or documentation remain on the website. Third-party shareware vendors online still sell licensed versions of Project Dogwaffle software.
- ^ File Formats supported by SView5
- ^ Deluxe Paint only runs on AmigaOS, Atari ST and MS-DOS.
- ^ GIMP also supports SkyOS.
- ^ Through X11 Cygnix
- ^ a b MacPaint was developed for the "Classic" Mac OS.
- ^ Limited support using Mono
- ^ Photogenics also runs on Pocket PCs.
- ^ Up to version 5
- ^ Pixel image editor also supports OS/2, MorphOS, BeOS, SkyOS, QNX and DOS.
- ^ Up to version 3.59; free distributable
- ^ a b External plug-ins may allow the program to perform some tasks, such as noise reduction or lens distortion, that could not otherwise be done.
- ^ 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.
- ^ There are two: the main page and the swap page.
- ^ Via the GIMP HDR plug-in
- ^ 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.
- ^ Although Helicon Filter does not support actual scripting, it is capable of storing and reusing sequences and settings of edits.
- ^ iPhoto can be scripted using Automator and AppleScript.
- ^ IrfanView has basic retouching capabilities via the Paint plugin, that is bundled by default with the application.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Zoner Photo Studio 11 supports one temporary layer.
- ^ Zoner Photo Studio does not actually support scripting, but it can store and reuse sequences of filters with preset parameters (Batch Filter).
- ^ Photoshop requires an optional plug-in from the installation disc to support the HSV color space.
- ^ a b c Split to channels
- ^ a b Via the Separate plug-in
- ^ ICC profiles can be attached to RGB images arbitrarily (e.g. CMYK or HSV)
- ^ Photoshop requires an optional plug-in from the installation disc to support JPEG 2000.
- ^ No layer modes support
- ^ Corel Painter does not support TIFF with LZW compression.
- ^ Deluxe Paint (and almost every other paint package) for versions 3.0 and later of AmigaOS can load and save any file format for which a datatype is registered on the system.
- ^ Writes single page images only.
- ^ a b Many RAW images can be imported, but are reduced to 8 bit per colour channel.
- ^ PSD is only supported in Krita up to version 6, from version 7 on, the Photoshop file format is closed.
- ^ Microsoft Office Picture Manager and Paint.NET only support TIFF for viewing and editing of the first page.
- ^ a b MS Paint doesn't support transparency in GIF or PNG
- ^ A compilation option, requires OpenJpeg library.
- ^ PSD is supported only in openCanvas 4 Plus, not regular openCanvas 4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ The free plug-ins needed for JPEG 2000, PSD, and XCF support can be found on Paint.NET's website.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Review of online image editors
- Graphic Editor Cross-Reference List - an extensive features, tools, and commands comparison-list of 3 popular editors: PhotoShop, Paint Shop Pro, and PhotoLine 32
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