Comparison of raster graphics editors
Appearance
This is a comparison of raster graphics editors sorted by availability.
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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 | |
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Ability Photopaint | Graphics editor with some advanced features | Ability Software | March 2001 | 4 | Non-free$29.99 | Proprietary |
Adobe Fireworks | Since ver. CS3 part of Adobe Creative Suite Web | Macromedia | 1998 | 9.01.x | Non-free$299.00 | Proprietary |
Adobe Photoshop | Professional image editor and graphics creation tool | John Knoll and Thomas Knoll | February 1990 | CS3 / 10.0 | Non-free$649.00, $999.00 (CS3 Extended) | Proprietary |
Alias SketchBook Pro | Image editor designed to be used with tablet PCs | Autodesk | 2004 | 2 | Non-free$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 | Non-free$39.00 | Proprietary | |
Corel Paint Shop Pro | Advanced image editor and graphics creator | Jasc Software | 1992 | X2 (12.00) | Non-free$99.99 | Proprietary |
Corel Painter | Graphics editor designed to create natural-looking artistic images | Mark Zimmer, Tom Hedges, John Derry | August, 1991 | 10 | Non-free$429.00 (full version) |
Proprietary |
Corel PHOTO-PAINT | Image editor and web-graphics creator with some advanced features | Corel Corporation | ? | X4/14 | Non-free$289.00 $299.00 |
Proprietary |
Cosmigo Pro Motion | Pixel editor designed after Deluxe Paint | Cosmigo | ? | 5.2 | Non-free$92 to $29.95 | Proprietary |
Deluxe Paint | Discontinued basic graphics editor | Dan Silva | 1985 | 5 | Non-free$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 | Non-free$349.99 | Proprietary |
ERDAS IMAGINE | Advanced remote sensing and GIS capability. Can handle multispectral images. |
Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging |
1980 | 9.1 | Non-free$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 | Non-free$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 | Non-free$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 | Non-free$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 | 3.31 | Free | MIT |
PC Paintbrush | Obsolete basic graphic creator/editor | ZSoft Corporation | 1984 | 5 | ? | Proprietary |
Photofinish | ZSoft Corporation | 1993 | 2 | Non-free89.99 | Proprietary | |
Photogenics | Image editor designed to create super HDRs at 32 bits | Idruna Software Inc. | 1995 | HDR 7.0 | Non-free$699.00[2] | Proprietary |
PhotoLine | Image and animation creator/editor | Computerinsel GmbH | 1995 | 14.02 | Non-free$76.74 (59 Euro) | Proprietary |
PhotoPerfect | Image editor with some advanced features | Arcadia Software AG & Joachim Koopmann Software | 2002 | 2.9 | Non-free$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 | ? | 2.7 | Free | Proprietary | |
PicMaster | Alexander Sabov | December 1999 | 3.96 | Non-free$29.90 | Proprietary | |
PixBuilder Photo Editor | WnSoft Graphic Software | June 2005 | 1.31 | Non-free$34.00 | Proprietary | |
Pixel image editor | Image editor based on Adobe Photoshop | Pavel Kanzelsberger | 1999 | 1.0 | Non-free$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 | Non-free$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 | Non-free$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 | Non-free$550 | Proprietary |
TwistedBrush Pro Studio | Advanced digital paint with realistic artist tools and graphics editing | Pixarra | July 23, 2003 | 15.10 | Non-free$129 | Proprietary |
Ulead PhotoImpact | Ulead Systems | ? | 12 | Non-free$89.99 | Proprietary | |
Ultimate Paint | Basic graphics editor based on Deluxe Paint | Joseph Ladanyi and Daniel Szabo | 1998 | 2.88 | Non-free$34.95 | Proprietary |
WinImages | Graphics editor with a focus on animation | Black Belt Systems | ? | 7.5 | Non-free$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 |
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 | |
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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 |
ReaSoft Image Converter | Yes | No | 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 |
Features
Selection editing | Layers | Histogram | Scripting | HDR | Retouching | Resizing | Noise removal | Lens correction | Sized Printing | Sharpening | Color correction | Image library | Plugin support [12] | |
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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 | Sharpening | Color correction | Image library | Plugin support [12] |
Color spaces
sRGB | Adobe RGB | Indexed | Grayscale | CMYK | LAB | HSV | |
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Ability Photopaint | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Partial (import only) | ||
ACD Canvas | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Adobe Photoshop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [20] |
Alias SketchBook Pro | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | ||
ArtRage | Yes | ? | No | No | No | ||
Artweaver | 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 [21] | Partial [21] |
Corel Painter | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | ||
Corel Photo-Paint | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Cosmigo Pro Motion | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Deluxe Paint | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ||
ERDAS IMAGINE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
GIMP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | partial [22] | No | Yes |
GIMPshop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | partial [22] | No | Yes |
GraphicConverter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Helicon Filter | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ||
iPhoto | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | ||
IrfanView | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | ||
JDraw | Yes | ? | No | Yes | ? | ||
Kolourpaint | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | ||
Krita | Yes | Yes | No | 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 | ? | No | No | No | ? | ? |
Microsoft Photo Editor | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Mootif | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ||
mtPaint | Yes | No | Yes | Partial | 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 | ||
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 | Yes | No | ||
PixBuilder Photo Editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
Pixel image editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pixia | Yes | ? | No | No | No | ||
Project Dogwaffle | Yes | ? | No | No | No | ||
QFX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Tux Paint | Yes | ? | 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 | |
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 | |
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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 [23] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Alias SketchBook Pro | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||
ArtRage | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ? | ||
Artweaver | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Partial | ? | ? | ? | ||
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 [24] | Yes | No | Yes | ||
Corel Painter | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes [25] | 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 | ||
Deluxe Paint[26] | No | ? | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ||
ERDAS IMAGINE | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Import | |
GIMP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
GIMPshop | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
GraphicConverter | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [27] | 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 | No | 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 | |
Krita | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial [28] | No | Yes | Import | Yes | |
MacPaint | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Adobe Fireworks | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||
Microsoft Office Picture Manager | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Partial [29] | No | No | No | Yes | ||
Microsoft Paint | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | 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 | ||
mtPaint | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
OpenCanvas | ? | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes [30] | No | No | ? | |
Paint.NET | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [31] | Yes | Partial [32] | 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 | ||
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 | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | 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 | |
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 | ? | ||
Tux Paint [33] | ? | Yes | No | Import | 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 | Yes | Import | No | Yes | ||
Ultimate Paint | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ||
WinImages | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 |
Notes and references
- ^ The latest version of iPhoto comes free with a Mac. iPhoto cannot be purchased separately, but is part of the iLife-suite which is available from Apple Computer for $99.
- ^ Photogenics' $699.00 price is for a floating license including both Windows and Linux. Version for Pocket PC is $53.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Deluxe Paint only runs on AmigaOS, Atari ST and MS-DOS.
- ^ GIMP also supports SkyOS.
- ^ Through X11 Cygnix
- ^ PC Paintbrush only runs on MS-DOS.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 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 Split to channels
- ^ a b Via the Separate plug-in
- ^ 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.
- ^ GraphicConverter requires Mac OS X or later with installed Image Magick application of the Fink package or any other distribution in order to support XCF.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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
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