Photopea is a browser based advanced image editor, which can work with both raster and vector graphics. You can use it for simple tasks, such as resizing images, as well as complex tasks, such as designing webpages, creating illustrations, processing photographs and more. Has a workflow very similar to Photoshop.
Free Photo Editing & Design Software Alternatives
Free Photo Editing & Design Software Alternatives
Photoshop Alternatives
Photopea
GIMP
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image retouching and editing, free-form drawing, resizing, cropping, photo-montages, converting between different image formats, and more specialized tasks. [Via Wikipedia]
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Useful Tutorials for GIMP
- Beginner photo editing >
- JPEG File Compression for the web >
- GIMP quality 85, subsampling 1×1,1×1,1×1 is approximately the same as Photoshop save for web 60, which we use for most images.
- PNG files for the Web >
Illustrator Alternatives
Gravit
Gravit Designer is a full featured free vector design app right at your fingertip. It is available for different platforms including Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome and the Web.
Vectr
Vectr is a free graphics software used to create vector graphics easily and intuitively. It’s a simple yet powerful web and desktop cross-platform tool to bring your designs into reality.
Inkscape
Free, open-source vector graphics editor similar to Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Freehand, or Xara X. What sets Inkscape apart is its use of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), an open XML-based W3C standard, as the native format.
Color Palette Tools
Adobe Color Tools
- Kuler > Color Wheel Palette Generator
- Explore Palettes > Palettes and Photos
Google Color Tools
- Color Tool > Test color for UX and accessibility
- Materia Design > Color System and Information
Color Palette Generators
- Coolors > Press the spacebar for random palette, then hover over colors to adjust.
- Palettable > Like/Dislike Interface
- Khroma > AI tool based on colors you love
- Color Space > Generates many palettes off one color
- Colourcode > Can export to SASS
- Paletton > Older but sometimes useful
Generate from Photo
- Canva > Simple photo upload to generate
- Pictaculous > Mailchimp’s generator, also suggests similar palettes from ColourLovers
- Colors Pallete Generator > Light, Mid, and Dark Palettes from photo
- Palettr > Choose theme, photo chosen from keyword to generate palette
Color Palette Galleries
Other Color Resources
- Designspiration > See how others use similar colors to your palette
- Cohesive Colors > Helps make palette more cohesive