Comparison of raster graphics editors

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This is a comparison of raster graphics editors sorted by availability.

1 List
2 General information
3 Operating system support
4 Features
5 Color spaces
6 File support
7 Notes and references
8 See also
9 External links

[edit] List

Proprietary software

Freeware

Free and open source software

cosmigo Pro Motion
ERDAS IMAGINE
GraphicConverter
Helicon Filter Home/Pro
iPhoto
LView Pro
Manga Studio
Microsoft Digital Image (formerly Microsoft Picture It!)
Microsoft Office Picture Manager
Microsoft Paint
Naked light
OpenCanvas

Historical (discontinued titles)

Graphics Magician (DOS)
HALO desktop imager (Windows 3.1)
IMAGEPRO-PLUS (Windows 3.1)
Kid Pix
mProces
KoalaPainter
Live Picture
MacPaint
Microsoft Image Composer (formerly Altamira Composer)
Microsoft Photo Editor

[edit] General information

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

	Description	Creator	First public release date	Latest stable version	Cost (USD)	Software license
Ability Photopaint	Graphics editor with some advanced features	Ability Software	March 2001	4	$29.99	Proprietary
Adobe Fireworks	Since ver. CS3 part of Adobe Creative Suite Web	Macromedia	1998	9.01.x	$299.00	Proprietary
Adobe Photoshop	Professional image editor and graphics creation tool	John Knoll and Thomas Knoll	February 1990	CS3 / 10.0	$649.00, $999.00 (CS3 Extended)	Proprietary
Alias SketchBook Pro	Image editor designed to be used with tablet PCs	Autodesk	2004	2	$179.00	Proprietary
ArtRage	Graphic creator and editor designed for tablet PCs	Andy Bearsley and Matt Fox-Wilson	2004	2.5	$25.00 (full version)	Proprietary
Artweaver	Image editor designed for a natural painting experience on the computer	Boris Eyrich	August 2005	0.4.8.1	Free	Proprietary
Brush Strokes Image Editor	Image editor like Windows Paint	Paul Bird	2004	1.0	Free	Proprietary
CinePaint	Moving picture, photo and graphics editor	Robin Rowe	July 4, 2002	0.22	Free	GPL
CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro		1STEIN Corp.	2001	5.1	$39.00	Proprietary
Corel Paint Shop Pro	Advanced image editor and graphics creator	Jasc Software	1992	X2 (12.00)	$99.99	Proprietary
Corel Painter	Graphics editor designed to create natural-looking artistic images	Mark Zimmer, Tom Hedges, John Derry	August, 1991	10	$429.00 (full version)	Proprietary
Corel PHOTO-PAINT	Image editor and web-graphics creator with some advanced features	Corel Corporation	?	X4/14	$289.00 $299.00	Proprietary
Cosmigo Pro Motion	Pixel editor designed after Deluxe Paint	Cosmigo	?	5.2	$92 to $29.95	Proprietary
Deluxe Paint	Discontinued basic graphics editor	Dan Silva	1985	5	$149.99	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	$349.99	Proprietary
ERDAS IMAGINE	Advanced remote sensing and GIS capability. Can handle multispectral images.	Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging	1980	9.1	$2,200 (Essentials), $7,700 (Professional)	Proprietary
GIMP	Free image editor and graphics creator	Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis	January 1996	2.4.5	Free	GPL
GIMPshop	GIMP designed to have a GUI similar to Adobe Photoshop	Scott Moschella	?	2.2.11	Free	GPL
GraphicConverter	Image viewer capable of importing and exporting many image file types	Thorsten Lemke	1992	5.7.3	$30.00	Proprietary
Helicon Filter	Advanced image editor with a simplified tabbed interface	Helicon Soft Ltd.	August 2004	4.83	Free to $75	Proprietary
iPhoto	Image organizational tool and basic editor for Mac OS X	Apple Computer	2002	6.0.2	Free ^[1]	Proprietary
IrfanView	Image and video viewer with basic editing functions	Irfan Skiljan	1996	4.00	Free	Proprietary
JDraw	Graphics editor designed to edit individual pixels	J-Domain	2003	1.1.5	Free	GPL
Kolourpaint		KDE	2004	1.2.2	Free	GPL
Krita		KDE	2005	1.6.3	Free	GPL
MacPaint	Obsolete basic graphic creator/editor	Bill Atkinson	1984	2.0	$19.00	Proprietary
Microsoft Office Picture Manager	Basic image editing tool	Microsoft	?	?	Included with Microsoft Office	Proprietary
Microsoft Paint	Basic graphic creator and editor packaged with Microsoft Windows operating systems	Microsoft	1985	6.0	Included with Microsoft Windows	Proprietary
Microsoft Photo Editor	Obsolete basic image editor for Windows	Microsoft	?	3.01	Included with Microsoft Office	Proprietary
Mootif	Online Java image editor with a few functions	mootif.com	May, 2006	1.0	Free	Proprietary
mtPaint		Mark Tyler	September, 2004	3.20	Free	GPL
OpenCanvas		Portalgraphics	?	4	$54.55 $72.73	Proprietary
Paint.NET	Free image editor and graphics creator based on the .Net framework	Rick Brewster, et. al.	May 6, 2004	3.22	Free	MIT
PC Paintbrush	Obsolete basic graphic creator/editor	ZSoft Corporation	1984	5	?	Proprietary
Photofinish		ZSoft Corporation	1993	2	89.99	Proprietary
Photogenics	Image editor designed to create super HDRs at 32 bits	Idruna Software Inc.	1995	HDR 7.0	$699.00^[2]	Proprietary
PhotoLine	Image and animation creator/editor	Computerinsel GmbH	1995	14.02	$76.74 (59 Euro)	Proprietary
PhotoPerfect	Image editor with some advanced features	Arcadia Software AG & Joachim Koopmann Software	2002	2.9	$59.99	Proprietary
Photo Toolkit	Very simple in use and mostly automatic image editor	VicMan Software Inc.	2007	1.7	Free	Proprietary
Picasa	Efficient image organization tool with basic editing tools and other image effects	Google	?	2.7	Free	Proprietary
PicMaster		Alexander Sabov	December 1999	3.96	$29.90	Proprietary
PixBuilder Photo Editor		WnSoft Graphic Software	June 2005	1.31	$34.00	Proprietary
Pixel image editor	Image editor based on Adobe Photoshop	Pavel Kanzelsberger	1999	1.0	$32.00	Proprietary
Pixia		Isao Maruoka	1998	3.3	Free	Proprietary
Project Dogwaffle	Author retired from computer programming ^[3]	Dan Ritchie	1997 (?)	4.0 (1.2 available as freeware)	$97.00 (full version)	Proprietary
QFX	Obsolete Early image editor to support 1024x768 truecolor graphics	Ron Scott	~1990	8	$399.00	Proprietary
Seashore	Basic counterpart to GIMP, using its XCF format; full support for a few graphics formats	?	June 2007	0.1.9	Free	GPL
Serif Photo Plus (Studio Pack)	Complete graphics editor and photo organization suite.	Serif		11	$79.99	Proprietary
Tux Paint		Bill Kendrick	June 16, 2002	0.9.16	Free	GPL
TVPaint	2D animation software	Herve ADAM	June 16, 1991	8.5.10	$550	Proprietary
TwistedBrush Pro Studio	Advanced digital paint with realistic artist tools and graphics editing	Pixarra	July 23, 2003	15.10	$129	Proprietary
Ulead PhotoImpact		Ulead Systems	?	12	$89.99	Proprietary
Ultimate Paint	Basic graphics editor based on Deluxe Paint	Joseph Ladanyi and Daniel Szabo	1998	2.88	$34.95	Proprietary
WinImages	Graphics editor with a focus on animation	Black Belt Systems	?	7.5	$99.95	Proprietary
Zoner Photo Studio	All-in-one editor package.	Zoner Inc.	?	9.0 build 7	$84.95 (full version)	Proprietary
	Description	Creator	First public release date	Latest stable version	Cost (USD)	Software license
WebCanvas	On-line Collaborative Painting	WebCanvas dot-com Ltd	22/Feb/2008	1.0 Beta	Free	Proprietary
	Description	Creator	First public release date	Latest stable version	Cost (USD)	Software license

[edit] Operating system support

The operating systems on which the editors can run natively (without emulation), 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
Ability Photopaint	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
ACD Canvas	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Adobe Photoshop	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Alias SketchBook Pro	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
ArtRage	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Artweaver	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Brush Strokes Image Editor	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
CinePaint	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Corel Paint Shop Pro	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Corel Painter	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Corel Photo-Paint	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Cosmigo Pro Motion	Yes	?	?	?	?	No
Deluxe Paint ^[4]	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
ERDAS IMAGINE	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
GIMP ^[5]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes ^[6]
GIMPshop	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
GraphicConverter	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Helicon Filter	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
iPhoto	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
IrfanView	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
JDraw	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Kolourpaint	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Krita	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
MacPaint	No	No	No	No	No	No
Adobe Fireworks	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Office Picture Manager	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Paint	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Microsoft Photo Editor	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Mootif	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
mtPaint	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
OpenCanvas	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Paint.NET	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PC Paintbrush ^[7]	No	No	No	No	No	No
Photo Explosion	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Photofinish	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Photogenics ^[8]	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes^[9]
PhotoLine	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
PhotoPerfect	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Photo Toolkit	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Picasa	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
PicMaster	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PixBuilder Photo Editor	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Pixel image editor ^[10]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes(MorphOS)
Pixia	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Project Dogwaffle	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
QFX	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Seashore	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Tux Paint	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
TVPaint	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes ^[11]
TwistedBrush Pro Studio	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Ulead PhotoImpact	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Ultimate Paint	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
WinImages	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Zoner Photo Studio	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	BSD	Unix	AmigaOS

[edit] Features

	Selection editing	Layers	Histogram	Scripting	HDR	Retouching	Resizing	Noise removal	Lens correction	Sized Printing	Sharpening	Color correction	Image library	Plugin support ^[12]
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
Alias SketchBook Pro	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?
ArtRage	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Artweaver	Yes	Yes	No	Yes ^[13]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	Yes	No	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	?	?	?	?	?
Deluxe Paint	No	Partial ^[14]	Partial	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
ERDAS IMAGINE	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
GIMP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial ^[15]	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	?	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?
Helicon Filter Home/Pro	Partial	No ^[16]	Yes	No ^[17]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
iPhoto	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Partial	No	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
IrfanView	No	No	?	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	?	No	?	?	Yes
JDraw	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	?	?
Kolourpaint	Yes	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mootif	Partial	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Partial	No	No	?	No	No
mtPaint	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
OpenCanvas	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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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 ^[18]	No	Partial	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
PicMaster	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
PixBuilder Photo Editor	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Pixel image editor	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	Yes	?	?
Pixia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Project Dogwaffle	?	Only in commercial version	Yes	Partial	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes
QFX	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Tux Paint	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
TVPaint	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Zoner Photo Studio	Yes	No	Yes	No ^[19]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Selection editing	Layers	Histogram	Scripting	HDR	Retouching	Resizing	Noise removal	Lens correction	Sized Printing