Adobe Photoshop has been the dominant power in artwork design and editing for decades; it is the most used among industry professionals.
Rarely is there any suggested, ‘real’ alternative to it.
However, financial barriers and the lack of a user-friendly environment of the tools become reasons for the search for entirely free alternatives.
In addition to monetary issues, some people do not like to follow the crowd and have the desire to switch to other alternatives to the image editor with the desired effects.
If you are one of these people, then keep reading for a selection of free alternatives to Photoshop.
It is essential to us that the collection of tools presented here meets all the expectations of desired characteristics, and that it goes even further so that the chosen tool works as well as (or better than) Photoshop.
1 — Gimp
GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program.
It is a software distributed free of charge for tasks like photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
