Image editing software:

Anim8or 1.0

3D modeling and character animation program. review

Artweaver 6.0.4

simple freeware program for creative painting, i.e. Artweaver offers you all artistic effects which you need for your work. You can create sketches from photos and experiment with a wide range of brushes. The brush simulation is thereby so realistic as possible. review

Batch AutoCorrector 0.8

This program can correct contrast and restore natural colors of multiple images automatically. Now it is very easy to correct shots taken in poor lighting, at sunset etc. review

Behemot Editor 0.9.1

A graphics program which allows to model and render 3D objects and scenes. review

BG-ASCII 1.32

Interactive ascii graphic tool. It can create pictures made of ascii characters and save it as black and white plain text files or color html pages. review

ChemSketch 11.0

Chemical drawing and graphics software. 1 review

Creative Docs .NET 2.4.0

vector-based graphic design tool with support for rich text, ideal to quickly write short documents, manuals, posters, illustrations, schemas, plans, flow charts, and much more. review

Dia 0.97.2

Diagram creation program released under the GPL license. Dia is designed to be much like the commercial Windows program 'Visio'. It can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. 1 review

Digital camera enhancer 1.2

It does the job of noise reducing and automatic balance control. It works best if you have bad light condition (indoor, shadows etc..) and your image is somehow off. review

Dotgrid 12

a grid-based vector drawing software designed to create logos, icons and type. It supports layers, the full SVG specs and additional effects such as mirroring and radial drawing. It exports to PNG and SVG. review

exPhoto

image editing and retouching program. review

Falco Image Studio 4.0

graphics tool to create, edit and export images. Many image formats supported, unlimited undo/redo, layers, effect and more. review

FireAlpaca 2.10.1

totally free paint tool for both Windows and Mac. Fast, easy to use, lots of tools. If you still did not find the best Adobe Photoshop alternative, try this one. review

Flaming Pear free plugins

Photoshop plugins: ChromaSolarize, Tachyon, Ghost, Make Opaque, Vitriol, ColorSwap. 1 review

Fotografix 1.5

an image editor that can be used for image enhancement and graphic design. review

FreeCAD 9

Basic 3D CAD with advanced Motion Simulation capabilities. It is suitable for anyone interested in learning 3D CAD and Motion Simulation for free before using more sophisticated packages. review

GIMP 2.10.32

great cross-platform tool for image manipulation. review

GrafX2

a bitmap paint program inspired by the Amiga programs ​Deluxe Paint and Brilliance. Specialized in 256-color drawing, it includes a very large number of tools and effects that make it particularly suitable for pixel art, game graphics, and generally any detailed graphics painted with a mouse. review

GraphicsGale 2.09.02

powerful tool for spriting and pixel art. review

Icons8 Lunacy 6.4

a free graphic design software with built-in design resources. A native Windows app that opens, edits, and stores .sketch files. Currently in beta version. Works offline. 1 review

Image Analyzer 1.42.1

image editing, enhancement and analysis software with many function like resize, rotate, crop, warp, automatic brightness, contrast, gamma and saturation adjustment, red-eye removal and more. review

Inkscape 1.2.1

open source vector graphics editor. review

JPEG Lossless Rotator 10.1

free simple utility that rotates JPEG images without any loss in quality. Unlike many image editors, this utlity does not decode and encode back a JPEG image while rotating, that keeps quality of rotated images at the original's level. review

Krita 5.1.5

creative sketching and painting application based on KOffice technology. Whether you want to create art paintings, cartoons, concept art or textures. review

Lazpaint 7.2.2

cross-platform image editor with many tools and filters. review

Light Artist 1.5

lets you add realistic lighting effects and a touch of 3D to your images. You can add multiple light sources of different color and intensity, highlight any image areas and make dull and unexciting tints brighter. review

MediBangPaint 25.5

a free digital painting and comic creation software. review

Milton 1.9.1

opensource infinite canvas paint program. Draw with infinite detail on an infinite canvas. It feels raster-based but it works with vectors. Unlimited undo and redo, layers, review

mtPaint 3.30

simple painting program to help you create pixel art and manipulate digital photos. review

MyPaint 2.0.1

easy tool for digital painters, that can emulate traditional media like charcoal, pencils, ink, or paint. It supports graphics tablets made by Wacom, and many similar devices. review

Paint.NET 5.0.3

image and photo manipulation software for Windows. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and more. Beware: there is no text-editing layer in default install. You need to install a plugin. review

PDF Bundle 3.0

attach any file to your existing PDF document. review

PhotoDemon 9.0

a free, portable, open-source photo editing tool for Microsoft Windows. It comes with a built-in macro recorder and batch processor. review

PhotoFiltre 6.3.2

complete image retouching program. It allows you to do simple or advanced adjustments to an image and apply a vast range of filters on it. It is simple and intuitive to use, and has an easy learning curve. The toolbar, giving you access to the standard filters with just a few clicks, gives PhotoFiltre a robust look. review

Pinta 2.1.1

drawing/editing program modeled after Paint.NET. It's goal is to provide a simplified alternative to GIMP for casual users. review

Pixelitor 4.3.0

an open source image editor that supports layers, layer masks, text layers, filters, multiple undo etc. Similar UI as Photoshop. Requires Java. review

PixelToolbox 1.1

Complete solution for designing desktop graphics for the Windows operating system. Create, edit, and apply 1-bit patterns, wallpaper tiles, icons, and cursors - all from a single integrated environment. review

Pixia 6.61e

painting tool made exclusively for full color graphics with layers and masks functions. review

Polarr

simple but quite powerful tool for photo editing. review

RawTherapee 5.9

a powerful, cross-platform raw photo processing system. review

Red Eye Remover 2.0

program to automatically remove red eye from your images. Just select a rectangular area around the eye and the red pupil will be automatically detected and fixed. review

SunlitGreen Photo Editor 1.5

a free, simple and handy digital photo editing software program. It lets you view, resize, rotate, apply color corrections and effects to your photos in an easy way. review

Tux Paint 0.9.29

drawing program for young children. It has a simple interface and fixed canvas size, and provides access to previous images using a thumbnail browser. review

VCW VicMan's Photo Editor 8.1

graphics editor, which has an attractive and intuitive skin-based interface and a lot of powerful features, such as: selection by color, lasso, replacement of colour, deleting of objects, unique primitivization mechanism (visual tolerance), which saves alot of time on operations with multicolored images, various paintbrushes and pencils, text, gradient etc... It works with more than 30 image formats. review