{"id":4306,"date":"2015-03-16T07:43:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T20:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2015-03-16T07:43:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T20:43:37","slug":"free-alternative-to-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/free-alternative-to-photoshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Free alternative to Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gimp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4307\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gimp-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"gimp\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gimp-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gimp-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gimp-82x55.jpg 82w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gimp-75x50.jpg 75w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/gimp.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>If you\u2019re looking to touch up photos or create an artistic masterpiece from scratch you can\u2019t go past <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/au\/products\/photoshop.html\" target=\"_blank\">Adobe Photoshop<\/a>. \u00a0It\u2019s the tool of choice for many industry professionals and amateurs alike but it does come at a price that not everyone can afford.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that there\u2019s a handful of good free alternatives to Photoshop and at the top of the list is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gimp.org\" target=\"_blank\">GIMP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This image manipulation can be \u00a0used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program or just to convert image formats&#8230;but the main point is that it\u2019s completely free to download.<\/p>\n<p>GIMP is available for Mac and PC (and other platforms) &#8211;\u00a0Visit<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gimp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.gimp.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking to touch up photos or create an artistic masterpiece from scratch you can\u2019t go past Adobe Photoshop. \u00a0It\u2019s the tool of choice for many industry professionals and amateurs alike but it does come at a price that not everyone can afford. The good news is that there\u2019s a handful of good free alternatives to Photoshop and at<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/free-alternative-to-photoshop\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[824],"tags":[60,1143,1142,1141],"class_list":["post-4306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-free-software","tag-photo-editor","tag-photo-manipulation","tag-photoshop"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Free alternative to Photoshop - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/free-alternative-to-photoshop\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Free alternative to Photoshop - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you\u2019re looking to touch up photos or create an artistic masterpiece from scratch you can\u2019t go past Adobe Photoshop. \u00a0It\u2019s the tool of choice for many industry professionals and amateurs alike but it does come at a price that not everyone can afford. 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