LazPaint is a

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cross-platformLazPaint works on Linux, Windows and MacOS

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image editor Image editing encompasses the processes of altering images, whether they are digital photographs, traditional photo-chemical photographs, or illustrations. Traditional analog image editing is known as photo retouching, using tools such as ...

with raster and vectorial layers created with Lazarus. The software aims at being simpler than

GIMP GIMP ( ; GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and open-source raster graphics editor used for image manipulation (retouching) and image editing, free-form drawing, transcoding between different image file formats, and more specialized ...

,Review on about.com
/ref> is an alternative to

Paint.NET Paint.net (stylized as Paint.NET or paint.net) is a freeware raster graphics editor program for Microsoft Windows, developed on the .NET Framework. Paint.net was originally created by Rick Brewster as a Washington State University student project, ...

and is also similar to

Paintbrush A paintbrush is a brush used to apply paint or ink. A paintbrush is usually made by clamping bristles to a handle with a ferrule. They are available in various sizes, shapes, and materials. Thicker ones are used for filling in, and thinner o ...

. Rendering is done with antialiasing and gamma correction. It can read/write usual image formatsLazPaint File wiki
flat images: Bmp, Gif, Ico/Cur, Jpeg, Pcx, Png, Svg, Tga, Tiff, WebP, Xpm, Xwd; layered images: Lzp, Ora, Pdn, oXo, Psd; raw images: dng, cr2, nef, arw... and interoperate with other layered editors via

OpenRaster OpenRaster is a file format proposed for the common exchange of layered images between raster graphics editors. It is meant as a replacement for later versions of the Adobe PSD format. OpenRaster is still in development and so far is supported b ...

format. It also imports Paint.NET files (with their layer structure) and

Photoshop Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Inc. for Windows and macOS. It was originally created in 1988 by Thomas and John Knoll. Since then, the software has become the industry standard not only in ras ...

files (as flattened images). Also, it can import 3d objects in

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(.obj) format. There are complex selection functions, various filters and rendering of textures.

Colorspace

Colors are stored in sRGB colorspace but drawing functions take into account

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. There are many color manipulation functions such as shifting colors and colorizing.LazPaint review on rgdot.com
/ref> Since version 6, there is a curve adjustments function on RGBA channels and according to a corrected HSL colorspace.Review on chip.de
/ref> This correction takes into account the gamma factor and also perceived lightness according to the hue.

Vector shapes

Since version 7, shapes are stored with vectorial information. Thus they are editable after they have been drawn and are rendered again in case of layer transform. Layers are converted when needed to raster or vector. If a tool like the pen is applied, the layer is rasterized and vectorial information becomes unavailable. Filling can be a solid color, a gradient or a texture. It can apply to simple shapes, complex curves, text and shaded shapes.

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External links

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2011 poll on linuxquestions.org
(7th place out of 13 linux graphics application)
Chip magazine in Russian
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