Top free and paid Adobe Photoshop alternatives

Photoshop is so pervasive nowadays that, similar to Google, it has turned into a verb, so 'to Photoshop' has wound up noticeably shorthand for altering a picture. This may give the feeling that Adobe has the market sewn up with its Creative Cloud bundles – however that is not really the situation. 

Best Photoshop alternatives 

1) GIMP

GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks.

• Platform: Linux, Windows, Mac 
• Price: Free

2) Pixelmator Pro

Pixelmator Pro is a powerful, beautiful, and easy to use image editor packed full of innovations

• Platform: Mac 
• Price: $59.99

3) Pixlr

Pixlr Editor is a robust browser photo editor, for all your editing needs. Have full control over your images, including layers and effects.

• Platform: iOS, Android, web app 
• Price: Free

4) Paint.net

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows.

• Platform: Windows 
• Price: Free

5) SumoPaint

Browser based online image editor and drawing application. Community and sharing features for registered users. Requires Flash.

• Platform: Browser or iPad 
• Price: Free (basic), $4/mo (Pro)

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