Likelihood to Recommend Krita is well suited for digital painting and drawing. It has a wide variety of brushes and tools that allow for a lot of flexibility and control when creating artwork. Krita is also good for creating textures and patterns. It has a wide variety of filters that can be applied to images to create interesting effects. Krita is also good for retouching photos and for creating digital illustrations.
Read full review If you're in a situation where you're regularly creating content for a website, social media page, or even printed materials, Pixlr is a great option! It allows you to create something simple from scratch (with just a solid background and text) or something more complex (with multiple pictures, layers, fonts, shadowing, etc.). It's our go-to method for creating content. If you're someone who isn't very tech savvy, the learning curve for using Pixlr effectively could be discouraging. The interface is intuitive, but there's a lot to it
Read full review Pros A wide variety of brushes A lot of customizations, for making a lot of textures and effects A number of filters and tools you can easy use Free Read full review Enables the user to use a range of fonts even in foreign languages Is relatively easy to learn Is cost-effective Read full review Cons The brushes could be made more realistic and responsive The user interface is not always intuitive, and it can be difficult to find the tools you need The software can be quite resource-intensive, and it can sometimes be slow to respond to input Read full review So far, I haven't found anything I don't like in Pixlr; I like everything from its price to how it works. Read full review Alternatives Considered I will not compare it with Adobe of
Affinity Photo . This is more for photo editing and is a paid tool. The better comparison would be
PaintTool SAI (still a paid one.) Krita and
PaintTool SAI are both digital painting applications. Krita is free and open source, while
PaintTool SAI is a paid application. Both applications have their strengths and weaknesses. Krita has a wide variety of features, including support for layers, filters, and brushes. It also has a wide selection of brush presets, and users can create their brushes. Krita is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
PaintTool SAI is a simpler application with fewer features than Krita. It does not support layers or filters and has a more limited selection of brushes. However, it is faster and more lightweight than Krita.
PaintTool SAI is available only for Windows. So even for a free tool, Krita would win in my book.
Read full review Canva is a similar program using for creating content. I've tried out their suite as well but always end up coming back to Pixlr because of ease of use, and my familiarity with the product. They continue to make upgrades to the product and have always had what we feel we need to make top-notch looking graphics for our organization.
Read full review Return on Investment Its low cost and wide range of features make it an excellent value for the money. Its ease of use means that even non-artists can produce high-quality art assets. This has saved me time and money in producing assets for my games, resulting in a higher return on investment. Read full review Pixlr has enabled us to design beautiful graphics in the local Cambodian language Read full review ScreenShots