Pixel-Based Image Editing and Painting Software for Macintosh
Pixel-based image editing and painting software for Macintosh. These are full-featured, all-purpose image editors that allow you to create and edit bitmap or raster images and photos. They offer tools for painting, retouching, color correcting, and much more.
Guide Top Picks: Advanced Photo Editors for Macintosh
When choosing a photo editor for professional or business use, you need flexibility, stability, and an intuitive interface which provides a streamlined workflow. Here are my picks for Macintosh image editors that best fit these requirements.
When choosing a photo editor for professional or business use, you need flexibility, stability, and an intuitive interface which provides a streamlined workflow. Here are my picks for Macintosh image editors that best fit these requirements.
Guide Top Picks: Beginner Photo Editors for Macintosh
I've selected what I feel are the best picks for Macintosh photo editors that provide a suitable balance between flexibility and ease of use.
I've selected what I feel are the best picks for Macintosh photo editors that provide a suitable balance between flexibility and ease of use.
Guide Top Picks: Budget Photo Editors for Macintosh
These products provide most of the core image editing functions at a price that is quite reasonable. In this category, prices range from free to about $100 US for Macintosh software.
These products provide most of the core image editing functions at a price that is quite reasonable. In this category, prices range from free to about $100 US for Macintosh software.
Adobe Photoshop (Win/Mac)
Adobe Photoshop is the industry leader in high-end professional image editing.
Adobe Photoshop is the industry leader in high-end professional image editing.
Adobe Photoshop Elements (Win/Mac)
Photoshop Elements is Adobe's photo-editing application designed for amateur photographers, digital imaging enthusiasts, and small business users. This product replaces Adobe Photoshop LE and Adobe PhotoDeluxe, both discontinued.
Photoshop Elements is Adobe's photo-editing application designed for amateur photographers, digital imaging enthusiasts, and small business users. This product replaces Adobe Photoshop LE and Adobe PhotoDeluxe, both discontinued.
ArtRage 2 Painting Software for Windows and Mac
ArtRage is an inexpensive, fun, and easy-to-learn program for experimenting with digital art in Windows, Tablet PC or Mac OS. The user interface is absolutely gorgeous and designed for ultimate ease of use. Children and adults alike will have a ton of fun painting and drawing with art tools that act and interact just like real-world paint, pens, pencils, crayons, and even glitter!
ArtRage is an inexpensive, fun, and easy-to-learn program for experimenting with digital art in Windows, Tablet PC or Mac OS. The user interface is absolutely gorgeous and designed for ultimate ease of use. Children and adults alike will have a ton of fun painting and drawing with art tools that act and interact just like real-world paint, pens, pencils, crayons, and even glitter!
Corel Painter (Win/Mac)
In addition to image editing tools, Painter includes a wide array of natural media painting tools and drawing tools that allow you to create effects that can't be achieved in other image editors.
In addition to image editing tools, Painter includes a wide array of natural media painting tools and drawing tools that allow you to create effects that can't be achieved in other image editors.
Alias Sketchbook Pro (Win/Mac)
Alias Sketchbook Pro is an innovative freehand drawing and painting program designed specifically for Tablet PC and graphics tablet users on Windows and Macintosh. If you've been frustrated or overwhelmed by the complexity of other artistic software, Sketchbook Pro is a great way to sketch out ideas, annotate images, and explore computer-based drawing.
Alias Sketchbook Pro is an innovative freehand drawing and painting program designed specifically for Tablet PC and graphics tablet users on Windows and Macintosh. If you've been frustrated or overwhelmed by the complexity of other artistic software, Sketchbook Pro is a great way to sketch out ideas, annotate images, and explore computer-based drawing.
Rainbow Painter (Mac)
Featured Download - Paint and photo retouching software featuring up to 8 image layers with alpha channels, a mask layer and more than 50 effects and tools. Shareware. $20 US.
Featured Download - Paint and photo retouching software featuring up to 8 image layers with alpha channels, a mask layer and more than 50 effects and tools. Shareware. $20 US.
ArcSoft PhotoStudio (Win/Mac)
Photo editing, retouching, enhancement, and special effects with features including multiple undo/redo, layers, editable text, and batch processing.
Photo editing, retouching, enhancement, and special effects with features including multiple undo/redo, layers, editable text, and batch processing.
Color It! (Mac)
Complete image editing package for Mac that is affordable and easy to learn. Features GIF animation, image cataloging, export clipping paths, image correction, plug-in support, image mapping, and more.
Complete image editing package for Mac that is affordable and easy to learn. Features GIF animation, image cataloging, export clipping paths, image correction, plug-in support, image mapping, and more.
CompareSoft ComparePhoto (Win/Mac)
"ComparePhoto is an image editing and graphic design application that can be used to edit digital pictures, design web graphics, or compose layouts for print. It includes advanced image editing and color correction tools, an automated effect scripting engine, and a high-performance back end for professional blurs, edits, crops, scales, and more."
"ComparePhoto is an image editing and graphic design application that can be used to edit digital pictures, design web graphics, or compose layouts for print. It includes advanced image editing and color correction tools, an automated effect scripting engine, and a high-performance back end for professional blurs, edits, crops, scales, and more."
Compositor (Mac)
"Compositor is a full featured image editing and image to art application... Compositor is programmed by an artist for artists. Or those who simply want to create and edit images. Easy enough for the newbie, advanced enough for the power user."
"Compositor is a full featured image editing and image to art application... Compositor is programmed by an artist for artists. Or those who simply want to create and edit images. Easy enough for the newbie, advanced enough for the power user."
Enhance (Mac)
Advanced image editing featuring layers, tablet support, image cataloging, image mapping, correction, plug-in support, and more.
Advanced image editing featuring layers, tablet support, image cataloging, image mapping, correction, plug-in support, and more.
LightZone (Win/Mac)
LightZone is an image editor for photographers. "Based on photographic principles and the Zone System method, LightZone is a more natural and intuitive approach for photo retouching, allowing you to focus on what to do with your images rather than how to do it."
LightZone is an image editor for photographers. "Based on photographic principles and the Zone System method, LightZone is a more natural and intuitive approach for photo retouching, allowing you to focus on what to do with your images rather than how to do it."
Manga Studio (Win/Mac)
"Manga Studio... provides all the essential tools you need to create professional, ready-to-publish pages from start to finish! Manga Studio offers an intuitive interface, and delivers the best suite of ready-to-use screen tones, content and special manga and comic effects for hobbyists, experienced artists and professionals."
"Manga Studio... provides all the essential tools you need to create professional, ready-to-publish pages from start to finish! Manga Studio offers an intuitive interface, and delivers the best suite of ready-to-use screen tones, content and special manga and comic effects for hobbyists, experienced artists and professionals."
Painting (Mac)
Simple but powerful image editing and painting tool for the Mac. Offers pressure sensitive tablet support, QuickTime 3 effects, anti-aliased text, and more.
Simple but powerful image editing and painting tool for the Mac. Offers pressure sensitive tablet support, QuickTime 3 effects, anti-aliased text, and more.
PhotoEdit (Mac)
"Easy Photo and Paint Tool for OS X - Powerful image editing and painting tools that go beyond basic photo enhancement."
"Easy Photo and Paint Tool for OS X - Powerful image editing and painting tools that go beyond basic photo enhancement."
PhotoEdit (Mac)
Photo editor with effects and filters, mask editing, painting toools, and more.
Photo editor with effects and filters, mask editing, painting toools, and more.
PhotoLine32 (Win/Mac)
Photoline32 offers tools and features for pixel and vector based editing, batch processing, filters, layers, transparency, pressure sensitive tablet support, and more. Shareware $69 US.
Photoline32 offers tools and features for pixel and vector based editing, batch processing, filters, layers, transparency, pressure sensitive tablet support, and more. Shareware $69 US.
PhotoRetouch Pro (Mac)
Professional photo retouching software and ICC generator designed for digital photography and prepress professionals. Features calibration/profiling, CMYK separation, automatic correction, paint-on correction, gamma/curves, lossless file enlargement up to 4 times, selective color correction, and image quality analysis.
Professional photo retouching software and ICC generator designed for digital photography and prepress professionals. Features calibration/profiling, CMYK separation, automatic correction, paint-on correction, gamma/curves, lossless file enlargement up to 4 times, selective color correction, and image quality analysis.
Pixel (Multi-platform)
"Pixel is a RGB, CMYK and HDR image editing, photo retouching and manipulating program available for many operating systems formerly known as Pixel32. It is available for Windows, Linux, Linspire, MacOSX, BeOS, Zeta, QNX, MorphOS, FreeBSD, eComStation, OS/2, SkyOS and even old plain DOS, for both x86 and PowerPC architectures."
"Pixel is a RGB, CMYK and HDR image editing, photo retouching and manipulating program available for many operating systems formerly known as Pixel32. It is available for Windows, Linux, Linspire, MacOSX, BeOS, Zeta, QNX, MorphOS, FreeBSD, eComStation, OS/2, SkyOS and even old plain DOS, for both x86 and PowerPC architectures."
Presto! ImageFolio (Win/Mac)
"ImageFolio is a comprehensive multimedia image-processing program. It enables you to process photographs, graphics, and drawings captured from scanners, VCRs, a laser discs, digital cameras, video capture boxes and any other location that the computer can capture images from."
"ImageFolio is a comprehensive multimedia image-processing program. It enables you to process photographs, graphics, and drawings captured from scanners, VCRs, a laser discs, digital cameras, video capture boxes and any other location that the computer can capture images from."