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Image Editor Alternatives

Users recommend free alternatives to MS Paint and Photoshop, such as Paint.NET, Krita, and Photopea, for raster graphics editing and digital painting.

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nimrody • Mar 8, 2023 • View on HN

Not sure what's your use case, but for me photopea.com made paint.net redundant. Definitely worth checking out.

redindian75 • Sep 8, 2023 • View on HN

you should try Infinite Painter, the gestures and customizable UI alone is worth it.

nonethewiser • May 6, 2025 • View on HN

That's great. Is there something like this for MS Paint?

rightbyte • Dec 25, 2022 • View on HN

Have you tried "Paint.net"?

rqs • Jan 19, 2018 • View on HN

Photoshop?https://krita.orgAlso https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14899155

coldcode • Jan 30, 2014 • View on HN

Pixelmator instead of Photoshop for me.

anewguy9000 • Nov 22, 2020 • View on HN

have you tried krita? imo its worlds ahead

wruza • Sep 27, 2022 • View on HN

I advise you to try Paint.NET, it’s a free and modern reincarnation of Paint Shop Pro, which was a true killer.

esperent • Jul 29, 2020 • View on HN

Have you tried www.photopea.com? It's a Photoshop clone.

Nition • Jun 27, 2024 • View on HN

Photopea is very close to Photoshop in a broswer. It's amazing really.