PhotoCraft

PhotoCraft

ArtCraft
Seashore

Seashore

Robert Engels
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About

PhotoCraft is a free, open-source raster image editor for photographers, digital artists, designers, and other creative users. It provides layers, masks, adjustment layers, layer styles, text, vector tools, and brushes in a native desktop application, with a WebAssembly build that can be hosted separately. Users can make non-destructive edits with adjustment layers and live-preview filters, select subjects and objects on-device, and refine masks locally. The editor opens and saves layered PSD and PSB documents, supports smart objects and smart filters, and includes color-management tools for RGB, CMYK, Lab, and grayscale documents at 8-, 16-, and 32-bit depths. PhotoCraft is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux, and is distributed as free, open-source software.

About

The best version ever, so smooth. Apple Silicon support! Fully functional, in-app purchases allow people to support the project. This is an easy-to-use but powerful image editor. It supports "layers". Imagine GIMP/Photoshop "light", most of the features non-professionals need to create awesome images. This incredible software is originally the amazing work of Mark Pazolli and many others (see the credits in the user guide). Make sure you have enough free memory. Images take a lot of memory! If you are looking for a free, easy-to-use, image editing application with "layers", this is the one. Seashore was designed to provide basic image editing tools for non-professional users. The project was started by Mark Pazolli in 2003, “borrowing some ideas, resources and source code, as the developer originally put it. Seashore has also been using the version of the XCF file format from ca. 2003 as its native one. It should be able to handle any native Cocoa format.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

Photographers, digital artists, designers, and other users who need layered raster-image editing.

Audience

Enthusiasts and non-professionals seeking a solution to edit and create images

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Not Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

Free
Free to download and use; open source. No subscription is required.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

Free
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 3.0 / 5
ease 4.0 / 5
features 1.0 / 5
design 5.0 / 5
support 1.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • It had a nice familiar UI. It looks like Photoshop. That's the goal, and they achieved that. It's a good design.
  • What I like most is that it feels familiar immediately. The layout, tools, shortcuts, layers, masks, adjustment layers, and PSD workflow are close enough to traditional professional image editors that there is almost no learning curve. The performance is another big plus. PhotoCraft is written natively in Rust and uses the GPU instead of wrapping everything in Electron, so the whole app feels much more lightweight than I expected.

Cons

  • Everything else. It's barely more useful than MS Paint, and only because it has layers. You're better off with basically any other free raster editor with an actual developer behind it.
  • The main downside is that it is still early alpha. There are still some tools, advanced typography features, generative AI capabilities, and plugin compatibility on the roadmap, so it is not a complete Photoshop replacement yet.

Training

Documentation Not Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Not Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

ArtCraft
getartcraft.com/apps/photocraft

Company Information

Robert Engels
Founded: 2003
United States
seashore.sourceforge.net/support.html

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Categories

Graphic Design Supported
Photo Editing Supported

Categories

Photo Editing Supported

Integrations

Adobe Photoshop Not Supported
GIMP Not Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Supported

Integrations

Adobe Photoshop Supported
GIMP Supported
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Not Supported
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