| Description | Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Latest Stable Release Date | List Price | Software license |
| Ability Photopaint | Graphics editor with some advanced features | Ability Software | | 4 | | | |
| ACDSee | | | | 19 | | | |
| ACDSee Pro | | | | 9 | | | |
| ACDSee Ultimate | | | | 9 | | | |
| Acorn Image Editor | Image editor and graphics creator for macOS | Flying Meat Inc. | | 5.6.2 | | | |
| Adobe Fireworks* | Alternative to Photoshop targeted at web designers, discontinued after CS6 | Macromedia | | CS6 / 12.0 | | Discontinued | |
| Adobe Photoshop | Professional image editor and graphics creation tool | Adobe Systems | | CC 2020/ 21.1.3 | | | |
| Adobe Photoshop Elements | Raster graphics editor for entry-level photographers, image editors and hobbyists | | | 14.0 | | | |
| Adobe Photoshop Lightroom | Photo editor | Adobe Systems | | 8.2 | | | |
| Affinity Photo | Professional image editor for Windows, macOS and iOS | Serif Europe | | 1.8.2 | | | |
| Autodesk SketchBook Pro | Paint and drawing toolset for use with digitized pen tablets & tablet computers | Autodesk | | 2016 | | | |
| Artipic | Image editor for Windows and macOS | Artipic AB | | 2.6 | October 30, 2017 | | |
| ArtRage | Digital paint program for tablet computers | Ambient Design | | 6 | | | |
| Artweaver | Emulates physical painting experience on a computer | Boris Eyrich | | 7.0.4 | | | |
| Bibble* | Photo editor and organizer with camera raw file support | Bibble Labs | | 5.2 | | | |
| Bloom | Procedural node-based image editor | Sad Cat Software | | 1.0.467 | | | |
| Brush Strokes Image Editor | Image editor like Windows Paint | Paul Bird | | 2.0 | | | |
| Capture One | Professional raw converter and image editor | Phase One | | 12 | | | |
| Chasys Draw IES | Image Editor with layers, animation, icon edit, super-res, batch and camera raw | John Paul Chacha | | 4.56.01 | November 12, 2018 | | |
| CinePaint | Moving picture, photo and graphics editor | Robin Rowe | | 1.0-4 | | | |
| CodedColor PhotoStudio Pro | An bitmap graphics editor and image organizer for Windows pc | 1STEIN Corp. | | 6.2 | | | |
| Corel PaintShop Pro | Advanced image editor and graphics creator | Jasc Software | | X7 | | | |
| Corel Painter | Made to create natural-looking artistic images | Mark Zimmer, Tom Hedges, John Derry | | 15.1.0.740 | | | |
| Corel PHOTO-PAINT | Professional image editor and graphics creator with advanced features | Corel Corporation | | X7/17 | | | |
| darktable | Photography workflow application and raw developer | Johannes Hanika | | 3.0.0 | | | |
| Deluxe Paint* | Discontinued basic editor | Dan Silva | | 5.2 | | | |
| Deneba Canvas | Graphics editor and creator supporting both raster graphics and vector graphics.It also work on GIS data. | Jorge Miranda, Joaquin de Soto, Manny Menendez | | 14 | | | |
| DigiKam | Free photo organizer and image editor | Renchi Raju, Gilles Caulier | | 6.4.0 | | | |
| Digital Photo Professional | Photo organizer and image editor from Canon | Canon Inc. | | 4.2.10 | | | |
| Erdas Imagine | Advanced remote sensing and GIS ability;
handles multispectral images | ERDAS, Inc. | | 2016 | | | |
| Fatpaint | Full featured web-based graphic design and photo editing application | Mersica Inc. | | 1.99.55 | | | |
| Fotografix | Freeware, portable image editor | L. Madhavan | | 1.5 | | | |
| F-Spot | Image viewer and organizer for GNOME | Ettore Perazzoli | | 0.8.2 | | | |
| G'MIC | Free command line software for 2D or 3D image processing and visualization | David Tschumperlé | | 2.8.3 | | | |
| GIMP | Free image editor and graphics creator | Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis | | 2.10.18 | | | |
| GimPhoto | Modification of the free and open-source graphics program GNU Image Manipulation Program, with the intent to be a free alternative to Adobe Photoshop. | Ek Kian | | 24.1 | | | |
| GIMPshop | GIMP with a GUI similar to Adobe Photoshop | Scott Moschella | | 2.2.11 | | | |
| GNU Paint | Free and open-source raster graphics editor | Andy Tai | | 0.3.3 | | | |
| GrafX2 | GrafX2 with a GUI similar to Deluxe Paint | Sunset Design | | 2.7 | | | |
| GraphicConverter | Image viewer, converter, organizer and editor capable of importing around 200 and exporting 80 different image file types. Compatible with many Photoshop plug-ins | Thorsten Lemke | | 10 | | | |
| GraphicsMagick | Commandline image converter and editor | GraphicsMagick Group | | 1.3.34 | | | |
| gThumb | Image viewer and organizer for the GNOME desktop environment | Paolo Bacchilega | | 3.8.3 | | | |
| HDR PhotoStudio | HDR with human vision imaging model | Unified Color | | 2.15.37 | | | |
| Helicon Filter | Advanced image editor with a simplified tabbed interface | Helicon Soft Ltd. | | 5.0.28 | | | |
| ImageJ | Image processing program developed at the National Institutes of Health. | Wayne Rasband | | 1.46m | | | |
| ImageMagick | Command line software suite for displaying, converting, and editing raster image files | ImageMagick Studio LLC | | 7.0.9-23 | | | |
| iPhoto* | Image organizer and basic editor for macOS; replaced by Photos | Apple Inc. | | 9.6 | | | |
| IrfanView | Image and video viewer with basic editing functions | Irfan Skiljan | | 4.44 | December 20, 2016 | | |
| Iridient Developer | Powerful raw image conversion application designed and optimized for macOS | Iridient Digital | | 3.0.3 | | | |
| KolourPaint | | KDE | | 19.12.1 | | | |
| Krita | Digital painting oriented free and open-source raster graphic editor with vector support. KDE/Calligra based. | KDE | | 4.2.8 | | | |
| LazPaint | Free multiplatform layered image editor | circular | | 7.0.7 | | | |
| LiveQuartz | Basic multi-layer photo editor | Romain Piveteau | | 2.8 | December 1, 2018 | | |
| MacPaint* | Obsolete basic editor | Bill Atkinson | | 2.0 | | | |
| Microsoft Office Picture Manager* | Basic image editor | Microsoft | | 14.0 | | | |
| Microsoft Paint | Basic graphic creator and editor packaged with Microsoft Windows operating systems | Microsoft | | 6.1 | | | |
| Microsoft Photo Editor* | Obsolete basic image editor for Windows | Microsoft | | 3.01 | | | |
| mtPaint | pixel art and photo editing application | Mark Tyler | | 3.40 | | free | |
| MyPaint | Digital painting application | Martin Renold | | 2.0.0 | | free | |
| OpenCanvas | | Portalgraphics | | 4 | | | |
| paint.net | Freeware image editor and graphics creator based on the.Net framework | Rick Brewster, et al. | | 4.0.19 / 3.5.11 | October 2, 2017 | | |
| Paint Tool SAI* | Simple and lightweight painting software | Systemax Software | | 1.2.5 | | | |
| PC Paintbrush* | Obsolete basic editor | ZSoft Corporation | | 5 | | | |
| Pencil2D | 2D graphical animation software. | Pascal Naidon | | 0.6.4 | | | |
| Phatch | Editor for batch processing digital graphics and photographs. | Stani Michiels | | 0.2.7 | | | |
| Photogenics | Made to create 32-bit HDRs | Idruna Software Inc. | | HDR 7.0 | | | |
| PhotoLine | Image editor with advanced features | Computerinsel | | 20.53 | 2018 | €59 | |
| PhotoPerfect* | Image editor with some advanced features | Arcadia Software AG, Joachim Koopmann Software | | 2.9 | | | |
| Photos | Image organizer and basic editor for macOS; replaced iPhoto from OS X 10.10.3 onwards | Apple Inc. | | 1.0 | | | |
| Photo Raster | Advanced online photo editor | David Levinsky | | 0.9 | | | |
| Picasa* | Efficient image organizer with basic editing tools, other image effects | Google | | 3.9.141.259 | | Discontinued | |
| PicMaster | Has 300 filter effects, slide show, poster printing, mosaics, true 3D, more | Alexander Sabov | | 4.03 | | | |
| Pinta | Mid-level Free and Open Source raster graphics editor, based on Paint.Net | Jonathan Pobst | | 1.6 | | | |
| PixBuilder Photo Editor | | WnSoft Graphic Software | | 1.31 | | | |
| Pixelmator | Image editor and graphics creator for macOS | Pixelmator Team ltd. | | 3.0 | | | |
| Pixen | Pixel art and sprite editor for macOS | Open Sword Group | | 3.8 | | | |
| Pixia | Originally designed for Anime/Manga art. | Isao Maruoka | | 4.70d | | | |
| PMview | Fast image viewer with basic editing functions | Peter Nielsen | | 3.80 | | | |
| Project Dogwaffle | Dan Ritchie retired but others continue active development | Dan Ritchie | | 2011 | | | |
| QFX | Mature and complete image editing package | Ron Scott | | 8 | | | |
| Rawstudio | Raw image processor. | Anders Brander & Anders Kvist | | 2.0 | | | |
| RawTherapee | Powerful free and cross-platform raw image editor, for developing raw photos from digital cameras. | Gabor Horvath | | 5.8 | | | |
| Seashore | Basic counterpart to GIMP, using its XCF format; full support for a few graphics formats | Mark Pazolli | | 2.5.7 | | | |
| Serif PhotoPlus | Complete editor and photo organizer suite; similar features and menus to other software from Serif; available as economy version or in bundle with clipart, effects, public domain image library; made for easy use | Serif | | X8 | | | |
| Shotwell | Image organizer for GNOME | Yorba Foundation | | 0.31.0 | | | |
| Tux Paint | Drawing program for young children. | Bill Kendrick | | 0.9.23 | | | |
| TVPaint | 2D animation software | Herve ADAM | | 9.5.11 | | | |
| UFRaw | Raw image format processor | Udi Fuchs | | 0.22 | | | |
| Ulead PhotoImpact* | | Ulead Systems | | 12 | | | |
| Ultimate Paint* | Basic graphics editor based on Deluxe Paint | Joseph Ladanyi, Daniel Szabo | | 2.88 | | | |
| WinImages | Animation-centric | Black Belt Systems | | 7.5 | | | |
| Xara Photo & Graphic Designer | Graphic design program including photo editing and vector illustration tools | Xara | | 9 | | | |
| XnView | Cross-platform image viewer used for converting, organising and editing graphical & video files. | Pierre-emmanuel Gougelet | | 2.20 /0.64 | | | |
| XPaint | Simple Drawing program for Unix/X11 with Xaw3d widgets | David Koblas, Torsten Martinsen, Jean-Pierre Demailly | | 2.10.2 | | | |
| Zoner Photo Studio | All-in-one editor package | Zoner Inc. | | 11.0 build 8 | | | |
