Freeware Image Editor

Krita is a free and open source illustration and painting graphics software suite which performs quite nicely for those with a creative side. A review of Krita has also been published.
Download Krita 6.0.2.1 (from Image Editors)

95.8 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 (64-bit, 32-bit) / Vista / XP | Free

Editor's Note: Adobe has strangely released the CS2 Suite as a defacto freeware product. A review of Adobe Photoshop 9 CS2 has also been published.
Download Adobe Photoshop 9 CS2 9.0 (from Image Editors)

340 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

MediBang Paint Pro is a drawing and paint application which was designed mainly to accommodate comic and manga artists, offering a series of particularly useful features for the creation of panels and vignettes. A review of MediBang Paint Pro has also been published.
Download MediBang Paint Pro 29.1 ver. 2023.9.6 (from Image Editors)

47 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 (64-bit, 32-bit) / Vista / XP | Free

If you want to provide your child with a little bit of fun and perhaps introduce them to using a PC, then Tux Paint is the perfect program. A review of Tux Paint has also been published.
Download Tux Paint 0.9.35 (from Image Editors)

1 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP / NT | Free

SmoothDraw is a powerful drawing software for Windows that allows you to create detailed and realistic drawings with ease. A review of SmoothDraw has also been published.
Download SmoothDraw 2026 v27.0.0.121 (from Image Editors)

2.11 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 (64-bit, 32-bit) / Vista / XP | Free

Graphviz is open source graph visualization software..
Download Graphviz 15.1.0 (from Image Editors)

34.2 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

LibreSprite is a free and open source pixel art editor which is forked from the original ---- Aseprite ---- application which was originally a freeware option. A review of LibreSprite has also been published.
Download LibreSprite 1.1 (from Image Editors)

24.6 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

**** Paint. A review of Paint.NET has also been published.
Download Paint.NET 5.1.12 (5.112.9563.32325) (from Image Editors)

3.6 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

With the free image editing program FireAlpaca you can not only create works of art, but also animations..
Download FireAlpaca 2.16.0 (from Image Editors)

27.1 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free

Desktop publisher tools which actually include powerful features are often rather expensive, but Scribus breaks that mold with its free publishing program with many impressive features and tools. A review of Scribus has also been published.
Download Scribus 1.6.6 (from Image Editors)

66.8 MB | For Windows 7, Windows 8 / Vista / XP | Free