Free tool to Create/Edit PNG Images?

+19 A:

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). It's free, open source and runs on Windows and Linux (and maybe Mac?).

Greg 2008-10-08 13:54:40

and is almost as powerful as paintshop

DanJ 2008-10-08 13:58:41

+1 for The GIMP! Fantastic software.

Shog9 2008-10-08 13:59:27

Paintshop??? It's almost as powerful as Photoshop actually ;-) And it runs on Mac, so not very lovely.

Mecki 2008-10-08 14:11:05

+28 A:

Paint.NET will create and edit PNGs with gusto. It's an excellent program in many respects. It's free as in beer and speech.

Ryan 2008-10-08 13:54:43

awesome product too.

Chris Lively 2008-10-08 13:55:04

Agreed. Paint.NET rocks.

Phill Sacre 2008-10-08 13:55:54

I like it in general, but there are some gigantic holes in it, such as a lack of a magic eraser (!!!).

Will 2008-10-08 14:01:24

I'm not sure what you mean by "magic eraser," but try using the recolor tool and recoloring to transparent.

Ryan 2008-10-08 14:03:13

Your link is wrong, you want http://www.getpaint.net/

Kip 2008-10-08 14:07:32

I'm pretty sure that the term (at least) "Magic Eraser" is an Adobe trademark. Whether or not they've patented the concept (and are willing to fight for it) is another matter.

James Curran 2008-10-08 14:56:07

Paint.Net is awesome, I'd use this over anything else (that's free)

Miles 2008-10-08 15:06:17

I'd use it over anything else that is not free, as it's easier to use than any commercial tool I've ever used

Carl 2008-10-08 15:44:16

Best there is for simple image manipulation - the lasso tool and the implementation of layers (to build shadows / transparency) is just short of fantastic

rshimoda 2008-10-08 18:11:13

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ImageMagick and GD can handle PNGs too; heck, you could even do stuff with nothing but gdk-pixbuf. Are you looking for a graphical editor, or scriptable/embeddable libraries?

ephemient 2008-10-08 15:38:36

+1 A:

Inkscape is a vector drawing program that exports PNG images. So, you end up editing SVG documents and exporting them to PNGs. Inkscape is good if you're starting from scratch, but wouldn't be ideal if you just want to edit existing PNGs.

Note--Inkscape is open source and available for free on multiple platforms.

Jim 2008-10-08 16:24:54

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If you're looking for free software with the look-and-feel of Photoshop, try GIMPshop.

Ates Goral 2008-10-08 16:26:55

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Also Inkscape lets you save as XAML :)

Jason Roberts 2010-02-16 09:47:22

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