This is a great site for photo editing and the software is supper.
Based on our record, GIMP seems to be a lot more popular than Paintstorm. While we know about 59 links to GIMP, we've tracked only 1 mention of Paintstorm. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
If she wants to expand and more than just mimic traditional paints there are even more programs she might want to consider, the king of the "generalist" softwares is Photoshop, my personal choice, but there are valid alternatives out there, starting from the free and open source Krita, to cheap but solid programs like Clip Studio Paint (especially good for comics/manga, but it can also do other stuff), Paintstorm... Source: over 2 years ago
Image Creative Commons (CC) BY-SA-NC 2005-2017, developed, designed and written by René K. Müller Graphics & illustrations made with Inkscape, Tgif, Gimp, PovRay, GD.pm Web-Site powered by FreeBSD & Debian/Linux - 100% Open Source. Source: about 1 year ago
Paint.NET for a familiar paradigm with nicer features. Pinta for an old school, simple Paint experience. Krita for more advanced drawing. Gimp for editing/manipulating photos. Source: about 1 year ago
If you don't want to pay for photoshop, check out the Gnu Image Manipulation Program at http://gimp.org which is free. It has most of what you'd want photoshop for. Source: about 1 year ago
As good as this suggestion is, without proper links and explanation it means nothing. GEGL is a type of plugins for GIMP, which can adjust the settings of already present effects and create new ones. The most notable ones are made by LinuxBeaver. Source: about 1 year ago
GIMP: FOSS alternative to Photoshop. Like Inkscape, it’s not directly related to UI, but might be handy. Source: over 1 year ago
Krita - Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to seaffordable art tools for everyone. Concept art. texture and matte painters, illustrations and comics.
Adobe Photoshop - Adobe Photoshop is a webtop application for editing images and photos online.
Corel Painter - Corel Painter is media painting software.
Clip Studio Paint - The artist's software for drawing and painting.
Affinity Photo - Affinity is the imaging and design suite for creative professionals exclusively for Mac.
PaintTool SAI - Learn to draw in different ways.