Free Alternative to Adobe Photoshop

The photo-editing capabilities of Adobe Photoshop make it one of the most popular software to utilize when editing images. However, the price tag on the software can be prohibitive to many. At the hefty price of around $650, there are many people who are not willing to cough up such an amount, especially if they only utilize photo-editing programs to perform basic editing. Others still are not able to purchase the computer software program due to financial constraints.

However, you should not be overly worried if you find yourself in such a situation. There are numerous alternatives to Adobe Photoshop which are cable of performing the same functions and are free to use. They include: 

Paint.net

This is a free software that runs on windows. It emerged as a replacement of Microsoft’s paint but has grown in terms of its capabilities and support with numerous tutorials and plugins. It is capable of handling every day image manipulations as well as some of the more advanced operations like multiple layer manipulations.

Seashore

Seashore is a free image editing software for Max OS X’s. Its capabilities include multiple-layer editing, alpha channel editing as well as texture and gradient anti-aliasing in the case of brush strokes as well as text.

Pixlr

Pixlr is a browser based and as well as mobile and computer app based image editing that that can suffice to perform every day photo editing. The browser editor is more powerful than the above alternatives. However, it is important to note that there are some advanced editing tools on this solution that require an annual subscription of $15.  

Affinity Photo

This is another image-editor that created for OS X. This particular software is intended for professional user, thus it is has been developed to be fast and efficient while providing an advanced set of processing tools. Its inpainting tool enables some advanced image processing capabilities such as RAW processing.

Gimp

Gimp is a multi-platform image editing software that can works in Windows, OS and in Linux. Despite being open software, it is one of the most capable image processing softwares there is. However, it is not as user friendly as the other image processing software available, therefore, it takes some getting used to.

Picasa

Picasa is also another image editing software that is free for Windows and OS X operating systems. It has the basic tools required to edit your photos for social media uses, while the filters are able to do some few advanced editing jobs.