Thread: Free Photoshop Alternatives

As above free software recommended, GIMP is the best ones. You can try this software and compare with Photoshop.

I've never used Photoshop, so I don't know what would be a good comparison. I started, years ago, with FXFoto - it was simple to use and even the free version had most of the features I needed. Been using GIMP for about a year now and still, occasionally, go back to FXFoto for some functions.

I miss the one that used to be bundled with MS Office. I could fly with that thing and it had seriously nice functions, but it didnt like XP when it came in and they discontinued it.

Been using INKSCAPE lately.
Free, and it seems to be full featured... tho I havent figured out some pretty easy functions yet so it isnt a snap to pick up. I did note there are some tutorials on Youtube for it and that helps. Here's their self-descrip of the software:

An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.

Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development.

If you want to try it... see Inkscape. Draw Freely. .