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General information[]
Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ability Photopaint | ? | ? | 4 | $29.99 | Proprietary |
ACD Canvas | ? | ? | X | $349.99 | Proprietary |
Adobe Photoshop | ? | ? | CS3 / 10 | $599.00 | Proprietary |
Alias SketchBook Pro | ? | ? | 2 | $179.00 | Proprietary |
ArtRage | ? | ? | 2.0 | $19.95 Full version $0 Free version |
Proprietary |
Brush Strokes Image Editor | ? | ? | 2 | $20.00 Full version $0 Version 1 |
Proprietary |
CinePaint | ? | ? | 0.18 | Free | GPL |
CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro | ? | ? | 4.3 | $39.00 | Proprietary |
Corel Painter | ? | ? | 9.1 | ? | Proprietary |
Corel Paint Shop Pro | ? | ? | 10 | $99.00 | Proprietary |
Corel Photo-Paint | ? | ? | 9 | $289.00 $299.00 |
Proprietary |
Deluxe Paint | ? | ? | 5 | ? | Proprietary |
GIMP | ? | ? | 2.2.10 | Free | GPL |
GIMPshop | ? | ? | 2.2.8 | Free | GPL |
GraphicConverter | ? | ? | 5.7.3 | $30.00 | Proprietary |
Kolourpaint | ? | ? | 1.4.1 | Free | GPL |
Krita | ? | ? | 1.4.2 | Free | GPL |
MacPaint | ? | ? | 2.0 | ? | ? |
Macromedia Fireworks | ? | ? | 8 | $299.00 | Proprietary |
Microsoft Office Picture Manager | ? | ? | 2003 | ? | Proprietary |
Microsoft Paint | ? | ? | ? | Free | Proprietary |
Microsoft Photo Editor | ? | ? | ? | ? | Proprietary |
mtPaint | ? | ? | 2.10 | Free | GPL |
OpenCanvas | ? | ? | 4 | $54.55 $72.73 |
Proprietary |
QFX | ? | ? | 8 | $399.00 | Proprietary |
Paint.NET | ? | ? | 2.6 | Free | MIT License |
Picasa | ? | ? | 2.1 | Free | Proprietary |
PicMaster | ? | ? | 3.95 | $29.90 | Proprietary |
Pixel image editor | ? | ? | 1.0 | $32.00 | Proprietary |
Pixia | ? | ? | 3.3 | Free | GPL |
Tux Paint | ? | ? | 0.9.15 | Free | GPL |
Ulead PhotoImpact | ? | ? | 11 | $89.99 | Proprietary |
Ultimate Paint | ? | ? | 2.88 | $34.95 | Proprietary |
WinImages | ? | ? | 7.5 | $99.95 | Proprietary |
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 | GNU/Linux | BSD | Unix | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ability Photopaint | yes | no | no | no | no |
ACD Canvas | yes | yes | no | no | no |
Adobe Photoshop | yes | yes | no | no | no |
Alias SketchBook Pro | yes | yes | no | no | no |
ArtRage | yes | yes | no | no | no |
Brush Strokes Image Editor | yes | no | no | no | no |
CinePaint | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro | yes | no | no | no | no |
Corel Painter | yes | yes | no | no | no |
Corel Paint Shop Pro | yes | no | no | no | no |
Corel Photo-Paint | yes | no | no | no | no |
Deluxe Paint 1 | no | no | no | no | no |
GIMP 2 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
GIMPshop | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
GraphicConverter | no | yes | no | no | no |
Kolourpaint | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
Krita | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
MacPaint | no | yes | no | no | no |
Macromedia Fireworks | yes | yes | no | no | no |
Microsoft Office Picture Manager | yes | yes | no | no | no |
Microsoft Paint | yes | no | no | no | no |
Microsoft Photo Editor | yes | no | no | no | no |
mtPaint | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
OpenCanvas | yes | no | no | no | no |
QFX | yes | no | no | no | no |
Paint.NET | yes | no | no | no | no |
Picasa | yes | no | no | no | no |
PicMaster | yes | no | no | no | no |
Pixel image editor 3 | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Pixia | yes | no | no | no | no |
Tux Paint | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Ulead PhotoImpact | yes | no | no | no | no |
Ultimate Paint | yes | no | no | no | no |
WinImages | yes | no | no | no | no |
Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix |
Note 1: Deluxe Paint only runs on AmigaOS, Atari ST and MS-DOS.
Note 2: GIMP also supports SkyOS.
Note 3: Pixel image editor also supports OS/2, MorphOS, BeOS, and QNX.
Features[]
Selection editing | Layers | Histogram | Scripting | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ability Photopaint | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ACD Canvas | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Adobe Photoshop | yes | yes | yes | yes 4 |
Alias SketchBook Pro | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ArtRage | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Brush Strokes Image Editor | ? | ? | ? | ? |
CinePaint | yes | yes | ? | yes |
CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Corel Painter | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Corel Paint Shop Pro | yes | yes | ? | ? |
Corel Photo-Paint | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Deluxe Paint | ? | ? | ? | ? |
GIMP | yes | yes | ? | yes |
GIMPshop | yes | yes | ? | yes |
GraphicConverter | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Kolourpaint | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Krita | ? | ? | ? | ? |
MacPaint | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Macromedia Fireworks | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Microsoft Office Picture Manager | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Microsoft Paint | no | no | no | no |
Microsoft Photo Editor | ? | ? | ? | ? |
mtPaint | ? | ? | ? | ? |
OpenCanvas | ? | ? | ? | ? |
QFX | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Paint.NET | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Picasa | ? | ? | ? | ? |
PicMaster | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Pixel image editor | ? | yes | ? | ? |
Pixia | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Tux Paint | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Ulead PhotoImpact | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Ultimate Paint | ? | ? | ? | ? |
WinImages | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Selection editing | Layers | Histogram | Scripting |
Note 4: Only macros, no real scripting.
Color spaces[]
RGB | Indexed | Grayscale | CMYK | HDR | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ability Photopaint | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ACD Canvas | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Adobe Photoshop | yes | yes | yes | yes | ? |
Alias SketchBook Pro | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ArtRage | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Brush Strokes Image Editor | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
CinePaint | yes | ? | yes | ? | yes |
CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Corel Painter | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Corel Paint Shop Pro | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Corel Photo-Paint | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Deluxe Paint | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
GIMP | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
GIMPshop | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
GraphicConverter | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Kolourpaint | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Krita | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
MacPaint | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Macromedia Fireworks | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Microsoft Office Picture Manager | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Microsoft Paint | yes | ? | ? | no | no |
Microsoft Photo Editor | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
mtPaint | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
OpenCanvas | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
QFX | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Paint.NET | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Picasa | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
PicMaster | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Pixel image editor | yes | ? | ? | yes | yes |
Pixia | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Tux Paint | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Ulead PhotoImpact | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Ultimate Paint | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
WinImages | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
RGB | Indexed | Grayscale | CMYK | HDR |
Bitmap file formats: Import[]
BMP | GIF | JPEG | JPEG 2000 | MNG | PNG | TIFF | PSD | PSP | XCF | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ability Photopaint | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ACD Canvas | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
Adobe Photoshop | yes | yes | yes | yes 5 | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Alias SketchBook Pro | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ArtRage | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Brush Strokes Image Editor | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no |
CinePaint | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | ? | ? | yes |
CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
Corel Painter | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Corel Paint Shop Pro | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Corel Photo-Paint | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Deluxe Paint | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
GIMP | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
GIMPshop | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
GraphicConverter | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes 6 |
Kolourpaint | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | no | no | no |
Krita | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | partial 7 | no | no |
MacPaint | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Macromedia Fireworks | yes | yes | yes | yes 8 | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Microsoft Office Picture Manager | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | partial 9 | no | no | no |
Microsoft Paint | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no |
Microsoft Photo Editor | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no |
mtPaint | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no |
OpenCanvas | yes | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes 10 | no | no |
QFX | yes | yes | yes | no | no | ? | yes | yes | no | no |
Paint.NET | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no |
Picasa | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
PicMaster | yes | no | yes | no | no | yes | yes | ? | ? | ? |
Pixel image editor | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | ? | ? |
Pixia | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Tux Paint | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Ulead PhotoImpact | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
Ultimate Paint | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no |
WinImages | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
BMP | GIF | JPEG | JPEG 2000 | MNG | PNG | TIFF | PSD | PSP | XCF |
Note 5: Requires an optional plug-in from the installation disc.
Note 6: Requires Mac OS X or later with installed Image Magick application of the Fink package or any other distribution.
Note 7: PSD is only supported up to version 6, from version 7 on, the Photoshop file format is closed.
Note 8: QuickTime plug-in required.
Note 9: Only viewing and editing of the first page.
Note 10: Only in openCanvas 4 Plus, not in regular openCanvas 4.
Bitmap file formats: Export[]
BMP | GIF | JPEG | JPEG 2000 | MNG | PNG | TIFF | PSD | PSP | XCF | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ability Photopaint | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ACD Canvas | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Adobe Photoshop | yes | yes | yes | yes 5 | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Alias SketchBook Pro | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ArtRage | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Brush Strokes Image Editor | yes | yes | yes | no | no | no | yes | no | no | no |
CinePaint | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | ? | ? | yes |
CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
Corel Painter | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Corel Paint Shop Pro | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Corel Photo-Paint | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Deluxe Paint | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
GIMP | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
GIMPshop | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
GraphicConverter | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Kolourpaint | yes | no | yes | yes | no | yes | no | no | no | no |
Krita | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | partial 7 | no | no |
MacPaint | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Macromedia Fireworks | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Microsoft Office Picture Manager | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | partial 9 | no | no | no |
Microsoft Paint | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no |
Microsoft Photo Editor | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no |
mtPaint | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | no | no | no |
OpenCanvas | yes | no | yes | no | no | yes | no | yes 10 | no | no |
QFX | yes | yes | yes | no | no | ? | yes | yes | no | no |
Paint.NET | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no |
Picasa | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
PicMaster | yes | no | yes | no | no | yes | yes | ? | ? | ? |
Pixel image editor | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | ? | ? |
Pixia | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Tux Paint | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Ulead PhotoImpact | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
Ultimate Paint | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | no | no | no | no |
WinImages | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
BMP | GIF | JPEG | JPEG 2000 | MNG | PNG | TIFF | PSD | PSP | XCF |
Links[]
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