The 9 best alternatives to Photoshop

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Adobe Photoshop

Photoshop has become such a ubiquitous brand that, much like Google, it has now become a verb. Instead of editing images, you Photoshop them. While Adobe must be enjoying the PR benefits of this, it might steer you away from trying other software and, although we are Photoshop fans, we humbly disagree with that school of thought.

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2

Affinity Photo

Affinity Photo is available for both Mac and Windows, and there's a separate version for iPad. If you're looking for an alternative to Photoshop, Affinity Photo is definitely worth investigating.

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3

Sketch

Designed to be an advanced editor with pro tools, Photopea bears a distinct resemblance to Photoshop and features most of the tools you'll need for everyday image work. It'll open most standard file formats such as JPG, PNG and RAW, and it'll accept Sketch, GIMP and even Photoshop PSD files.

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4

GIMP

GIMP offers a wide toolset, similar to Photoshop in many ways, and is a great option if you're looking for a no-cost image editor. The interface differs somewhat from Photoshop, but a version of GIMP is available that mimics Adobe's look and feel, making it easier to migrate over if you're ditching Photoshop.

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5

Pixelmator

Pixelmator has been around for a while now, but more recently the team released the Pixelmator Pro. While the previous tool used floating windows, the Pro version has a more usable single-window UI, and offers non-destructive image editing. The team have pared back the interface, which should make it easy to pick up – and there's a 'hidden interface' option you can activate if you just want to see your image, with no distractions.

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6

Pixlr

Pixlr is a free alternative to Photoshop that boasts more than 600 effects, overlays and borders. It also lets you do all the main things you'd expect from a basic photo editor, from cropping and re-sizing to removing red-eye and whitening teeth.

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CorelDRAW

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8

Paint.NET

Paint.net is a Windows-based alternative to the Paint editor that Microsoft shipped with versions of Windows. Don't let that put you off, though: it's a surprisingly capable and useful tool, available completely free of charge via Getpaint.net (there's also a paid-for version in the Windows store).

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9

Sumo Paint

The standard range of tools and adjustments you'd expect are all included. Brushes, pencils, shapes, text, cloning, gradients, etc are all quickly accessed from the Photoshop-esque floating toolbar. It can also open saved documents from your hard drive, making SumoPaint a perfectly viable option for editing and re-editing.

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10

Acorn

Image editing software Acorn debuted back in 2007 and has provided hobbyists and artists on a budget with a great, affordable alternative to Photoshop ever since. Features of the software include layer styles, non-destructive filters, curves and levels, blending modes and much more.

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