Open-source free program like the desktop photo shop software

Asked By Hunter Chasee 80 points N/A Posted on - 12/08/2012

I looked at the pricing of Adobe Photoshop versions in the Adobe site. I only have this small project on image editing. What I need is an open-source free program like the desktop photo shop software. Could someone provide me with a good photo editor software with the likes of photo shop? Where could I download it  for free?

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Answered By Sanders Danny 0 points N/A #149894

Open-source free program like the desktop photo shop software

Hey,

Here are some free alternatives to Adobe Photoshop – 

• Seashore – http://seashore.sourceforge.net/The_Seashore_Project/Download.html
• Inkscape – https://inkscape.org/en/release/0.92.2/

My favorite amongst these is Gimp. Gimp is very close to Photoshop in term of tools and quality. Moreover, Gimp has a large user community. You can also find a tutorial on the official site. 

https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/

Best of luck.

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Sanders Danny

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Answered By Allen Kenneth 20 points N/A #149895

Open-source free program like the desktop photo shop software

Hello Hunter,

Here are some alternative software for Adobe Photoshop. Download link is given within the short description.

1. Gimp

   Gimp have the ability to work across several platforms (Windows,Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, Sun OpenSolaris) and perhaps one of the best alternatives freeware out there. Download it here: https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

    

2. Paint.Net

   Support Windows only. It has a growing community of users, with lots of tutorials and plug-ins.

   Download it here: https://www.getpaint.net/download.html

    

3. Pixia

   This free photo editor supports some basic tools used in Photoshop including layers, masks etc.

    

4. Inkscape

   Inkscape is an open-source vector graphics editor identical to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, or Xara X. What sets Inkscape differ from them, is its effect to use Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), an open XML-based W3C standard, as the native format.

    

5. Xara Xtreme

   Xara Xtreme is supporting Linux. This is a powerful, common purpose graphics software for Unix platforms.

    

6. ChocoFlop

   ChocoFlop is an image editor software supporting Mac OS X, based on the CoreImage technology. It is currently in beta stage and available freely. 

Hope this info will help you. Regards!

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Answered By Yvonne C Atherton 10 points N/A #149896

Open-source free program like the desktop photo shop software

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