Free and public domain pixel-based image editing, painting, and graphics creation software for Macintosh.
Even if you can't spend a lot, you can still enjoy a functional, well-designed image editor. This software is free or shareware, which means it's developed by individuals and can't be purchased in a retail store.
ImageWell is a handy dandy "Swiss Army Knife" image editor for Mac. It offers lots of essential features in a small, tidy package. To begin using ImageWell, just drag and drop an image right onto the ImageWell window. The most commonly used features are right there in the main window -- you can rename the image, rotate it, adjust the size and compression amount, add a watermark, and more.
ArtRage is a fun, easy to use program that's great for experimenting with digital art, especially if you also own a pressure sensitive graphics tablet. The free version is a great way to see what digital painting and drawing is like, but for the small upgrade price, you'll no doubt want to move up to the full version.
Featured Download - Create psychedelic images with spirals and lines that appear to be moving. Freeware.
"Beautiful Dorena is a free, experimental paint program for Macintosh. It contains a myriad of practical and impractical picture creation tools and features. If you have a video camera you can hook it up to your computer and fun painting with live video. It also has a fictional back-story about its creation and a built-in soundscape. Beautiful Dorena was made by the original creator of Kid Pix."
This is an older version of Compositor, image to art software for Macintosh. This version is offered free with no limitations.
GIMP is the popular open source image editor originally developed for Unix. Here's where you can download the latest Macintosh release and get news about its development.
"Image Tricks is a free image editing application that allows you to use Mac OS X Tiger Core Image filters. With the program you can easily edit and apply various effects and filters to your photos and images."
This public domain image processor from the National Institutes of Health supports TIFF, PICT, PICS and MacPaint files, and offers tools to acquire, edit, enhance, analyze, and animate images.
Free pixel editor for Mac OS X. (scroll down after the page loads)
"Seashore is an open source image editor for Cocoa. It features gradients, textures and anti-aliasing for both text and brush strokes. It supports multiple layers and alpha channel editing. It is based around the GIMP's technology and uses the same native file format."
