For many years, one of the best free alternatives to commercial image editing suites such as Photoshop and Corel Draw is GIMP, an acronym for the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It’s a cross-platform open source tool that can perform virtually the same operations as paid software.

You can use GIMP to both retouch images and create new ones. The brushes that the application has are, among other things, brushes, pencils, clone stamps and airbrushes. The functionality of GIMP is almost the same as the current image editor. Layer system, alpha channel, operation history, selection and conversion tools, masks, gradients and more. You can also use GIMP to convert images between formats, batch files, create vector images, and edit animated graphic formats. In addition, you can use plugins to extend the functionality of your program. There are over 100.

GIMP works with almost all current image formats such as BMP, GIF, JPEG, MNG, PCX, PNG, PSD, PS, PDF, TIFF, TGA, SVG and XPM. In addition, its fragmented interface is especially useful because you can change the layout of the floating window to your liking at any time, or go back to your traditional system to get closer to Adobe’s tools.