Paint.NET Alternatives

Paint.NET is described as 'Free image editor for Windows, offering layer support, plugins, special effects, and portable use without installation. Lightweight and ad-free' and is a leading digital painting tool in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Paint.NET for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Paint.NET alternative is Krita, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Paint.NET are GIMP, Adobe Photoshop, Affinity and Photopea.

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Paint.NET alternatives are mainly Image Editors, but if you're looking for Digital Painting Tools or Photo Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android, Mac, Linux, Online, iPhone, Android Tablet and Windows. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Paint.NET.
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  1. Sumo Paint icon

    Sumo Paint

     74 likes

    Sumo Paint is a powerful image editor with a long-standing history as a fully capable Photoshop clone in the browser. Being designed for the browser, it's accessible on practically any system and loads much faster than most comparable desktop tools while still providing core...

    110 Sumo Paint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  2. PaintFE icon

    PaintFE

     5 likes

    A fast, lightweight raster image editor for Windows. Features layers, blend modes, GPU-accelerated filters, gradients, mesh warp, brushes, selection tools, adjustments, animated GIF/APNG support, and a built-in Rhai scripting engine. Single portable executable, no install required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Pixia

     12 likes

    Pixia is a freeware bitmap graphics editor program for Windows, created by Isao Maruoka. It was originally designed for the anime/manga community but has also been used in other branches of art.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  7. Artweaver icon

    Artweaver

     59 likes

    Artweaver is a simple Freeware program for creative painting, i.e. Artweaver offers you all artistic effects which you need for your work.

    99 Artweaver alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    • European Union flagEU
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  10. showFoto icon

    showFoto

     13 likes

    You can use it to view your photographs and improve them. Showfoto is the standalone image editor of the digiKam project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • KDE
    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU
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  11. KolourPaint icon

    KolourPaint

     43 likes

    KolourPaint is a simple painting program to quickly create raster images. It is useful as a touch-up tool and for simple image editing tasks.

    42 KolourPaint alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • Mac
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    • European Union flagEU
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  12. Pixeluvo icon

    Pixeluvo

     13 likes

    Pixeluvo is a beautifully designed photo and image editor for PC. It supports everything from simple color and contrast tweaks, cropping and resizing, to complex photo montage with multiple layers, masks and effects.

    31 Pixeluvo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  13. Umoupen icon

    Umoupen

     1 like

    Umoupen is a fully featured drawing and animation app for artists who want it all, sketching, frame-by-frame animation, storyboarding, comic/notebook features, endless raster and vector canvases, extensive import (most image types, MP4, SVG, FLA) and export (PNG, GIF, MP4)...

    37 Umoupen alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Mac
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  14. PixaFlux icon

    PixaFlux

     12 likes

    PixaFlux is a node based image processing application. PixaFlux creates and edits images in a non destructive way, using a node graph to organize the workflow without restrictions of size, position or color mode.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    PixaFlux converting an image to Lab color mode and applying a curve adjustment node.
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  15. Photo Variants icon

    Photo Variants

     15 likes

    Photo Variants is innovative photo editing software for Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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