Online Free Tools
Image Editing and Paint Tools
Photopea
Photopea is an alternative to Adobe Photoshop. It is a web-based raster and vector graphics editor used for image editing, making illustrations, web design, or converting between different image formats. It is compatible with multiple web browsers, including Opera, Edge, Chrome, and Firefox. This web-based software is compatible with Photoshop’s PSD as well as JPEG, PNG, DNG, GIF, SVG, PDF, and other image file formats. While browser-based, Photopea stores all files locally, and does not upload any data to a server.
Photopea is an advanced image editor, which can work with both raster and vector graphics. You can open and edit any image file. It is a free online editor that supports various file formats such as PSD, XCF, Sketch, XD, and CDR formats. (Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, Sketch App, Adobe XD, and CorelDRAW).
Darktable
Darktable is a free open source image editor with a powerful RAW files converter, tools and features similar to Lightroom. This is an ideal variant for color correction and work with dozens of photos.
Inkscape
Inkscape is an open source photo editor for vector illustrations similar to Adobe Illustrator. Vector graphics are not based on a grid of pixels, like raster graphics used in GIMP and Photoshop. Instead, vector graphics consist of lines and polygons arranged in a shape. Inkscape is a free vector graphics editor to create both artistic and technical illustrations. People often use this free photo editing software to design logos and banners and generally do any tasks related to vector graphics. You can scale and visualize them with different resolutions without quality loss. Inkscape supports Scalable Vector Graphics standard, as well as a complete set of tools for converting, complex tasks and high-resolution rendering. The evident disadvantage is a small number of tools for image color correction.
DigiKam
DigiKam is a powerful photo manager, organizer and image editor that was created for Linux but is also available for Windows and Mac. You can import images in various ways, organize them into albums, and view and search in your collection by location, time, tags, and people. You can use this open source photo editor to experiment with different tools: create panoramas and calendars, then export selected images and share them online. DigiKam allows you not only to find images by name or tag—the search option helps you find images that are similar to others. Although the program is designed to manage your images more than to retouch them, in some cases, it has more useful functions than the specialized programs.
RawTherapee
RawTherapee is a photo editor designed for photo managing and basic image editing. This is an open source photo editing app with weaker functions and tools similar to Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. Unlike other photo editing apps, it supports RAW files. There are many tools for color correction, reducing noise, rotating, adjusting exposure, enhancing or reducing shadows and light, regulating tone settings, vignetting, processing EXIF-data, cropping, adjusting white balance, etc. There is a batch mode if you need to work with many pictures at once.
Krita
Krita is an open source painting and brushing software tool which is very useful to create draft drawings and frames for virtual comics and cartoons. It is one of the most advanced painting and brushing software on the internet. It has advanced tools such as brush stabilizing and wrap-around. Krita is fully OpenGL enhanced which helps in drafting graphics for bigger projects. It also has a drawing and virtual assistant for extra help to the designer. Krita is widely used in the East Asian animation industry for things such as Anime and virtual comic books. You can always make your drafts extra colourful and detailed with the help of Krita.
GIMP
GIMP is a free and open source web designing software that provides original artwork creation. The artists can have the power and flexibility to transform images into truly unique creations. This free website design tool can provide high-quality image manipulation. GIMP manages the tasks related to photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring.
Graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, and other artistic people can create design elements, icons, and scripted images with the help of GIMP.
Icon Editing Tools
Greenfish icon editor pro
Greenfish Icon Editor Pro (GFIE Pro) is a powerful open source image editor, especially suitable for creating icons, cursors, animations and icon libraries.
- Open source (GPL v3), yet has a clean and intuitive user interface
- Professional features: layers and high-quality filters
- Supports editing animated cursors and managing icon libraries
- Not just for icons: GFIE is also a general purpose image editor
- Has a portable version – about 24 MB unzipped, just unpack it to your USB drive and use it anywhere
X-Icon Editor
X-Icon Editor is an HTML5 application (based on <Canvas>) that allows you to create high resolution icons that lets your sites shine with IE9 and above. With X-Icon Editor you can quickly get your site ready with a large icon which will be available for pinned sites and the new tab page. Create your own site icon today!
Animation Tools
Krita
Krita is an open source painting and brushing software tool which is very useful to create draft drawings and frames for virtual comics and cartoons. It is one of the most advanced painting and brushing software on the internet. It has advanced tools such as brush stabilizing and wrap-around. Krita is fully OpenGL enhanced which helps in drafting graphics for bigger projects. It also has a drawing and virtual assistant for extra help to the designer. Krita is widely used in the East Asian animation industry for things such as Anime and virtual comic books. You can always make your drafts extra colourful and detailed with the help of Krita.
Pencil 2D
Pencil 2D is a very simplistic 2D animation software. The UI and design are very minimal and convenient to use, making it simple from beginners to professionals alike. A very important feature of Pencil 2D is that it is cross-platform which is very rare among animation software. Pencil 2D too is majorly based on a Bitmap framework, perfect for intricate animation. Hand-drawn animations are the most widely created animations on Pencil 2D and Pencil 2D allows you to animate your creations frame-by-frame along with adding vectors to it. Pencil 2D is one of the most widely used animation software on the Internet.
Synfig Studio
Synfig Studio is very popular among comic and cartoon creators. It’s majorly a 2D animation software but can add that minor 3D aesthetic to your animation. Vector Tweening is a major feature of Synfig Studio which enables seamless frame to frame integration. It’s completely based on a Bitmap Art frame which enables minor tweaking of colour bits. Though it might appear quite basic from the offing but Synfig Studio does have an array of advanced features as well making it a complete package for 2D animators. If you are a virtual comic or cartoon creator, Synfig Studio should be your Go-to software.
Blender
Blender is one of the most advanced animation software tools on the internet and it is extremely popular among animators as it is completely free to use along with being open source. Blender has all the features and functions you would want in any animation software and gives its paid and premium competitors a run for their money. Blender can be used to create an array of animations and simulations for anything from movies to games. In short, Blender is probably one of the most complete animation software out there and a must-have for any animator.
GIMP
GIMP is a free and open source web designing software that provides original artwork creation. The artists can have the power and flexibility to transform images into truly unique creations. This free website design tool can provide high-quality image manipulation. GIMP manages the tasks related to photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring.
Graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, and other artistic people can create design elements, icons, and scripted images with the help of GIMP.
Web Designing Tools
openElement
openElement is the free website design software for creative professionals. This powerful and intuitive web authoring program provides tools to build a reliable, compliant website. This software supports all the latest technology (like HTML5, CSS3).
This free web design tool can maximize productivity by simplifying tasks and optimizing workflow. This tool helps in providing efficiency in the web creating process. Custom elements can be effortlessly modified and created with openElement. OpenElement can optimize your site for better user experience and a higher position in search results.
Brackets
Brackets is an open source web design software that can design in the browser effortlessly. Brackets software is crafted for web designers and front-end developers. You will find this open source website design tool light-in-weight yet compelling.
The software helps in creating new pages or sites and provides a simple interface to web designers. With live preview functionality, the user can connect to the web browser in real-time. It is an excellent tool for coding exercises.
GIMP
GIMP is a free and open source web designing software that provides original artwork creation. The artists can have the power and flexibility to transform images into truly unique creations. This free website design tool can provide high-quality image manipulation. GIMP manages the tasks related to photo retouching, image composition, and image authoring.
Graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, and other artistic people can create design elements, icons, and scripted images with the help of GIMP.
GrapesJS
GrapesJS is an open-source, multi-purpose, Web Builder Framework which combines different tools and features with the goal to help you (or users of your application) to build HTML templates without any knowledge of coding. It’s a perfect solution to replace the common WYSIWYG editors, which are good for content editing but inappropriate for creating HTML structures.
HTML Builder Tools
GrapesJS
GrapesJS is an open-source, multi-purpose, Web Builder Framework which combines different tools and features with the goal to help you (or users of your application) to build HTML templates without any knowledge of coding. It’s a perfect solution to replace the common WYSIWYG editors, which are good for content editing but inappropriate for creating HTML structures.
Data visualization Tools
Google Charts
Google’s chart tools are powerful, simple to use, and free. You can choose from a variety of charts and configure an extensive set of options to perfectly match the look and feel of your website. By connecting your data in real time, Google Charts is straightforward infographic maker for your website.
ChartsBin
ChartsBin is a web-based data visualization tool that will allow everyone to quickly and easily create rich interactive visualizations with their own data. You can then share your interactive visualizations with others by embedding them in websites, blogs or sharing via Facebook or Twitter. We’re focused on building the most exciting and engaging destination for statisticians, and computer scientists in the world.
Information Graphics (Infographics) Tools
Canva
Canva is a powerful online design tool (and infographic maker) that allows you to create a variety of designs even if you do not have any design knowledge.
Canva provides a huge range of templates for you to pick from based on your exact design need — from birthday cards for a friend to a lesson plan for a class to social media banners, ad graphics, and many more. And of course, infographics.
Google Charts
Google’s chart tools are powerful, simple to use, and free. You can choose from a variety of charts and configure an extensive set of options to perfectly match the look and feel of your website. By connecting your data in real time, Google Charts is straightforward infographic maker for your website.
ChartsBin
ChartsBin is a web-based data visualization tool that will allow everyone to quickly and easily create rich interactive visualizations with their own data. You can then share your interactive visualizations with others by embedding them in websites, blogs or sharing via Facebook or Twitter. We’re focused on building the most exciting and engaging destination for statisticians, and computer scientists in the world.
