Graphics programs and professional photo editors are not only always paid, but they are often very expensive. Just think that the best known of these software, Adobe Photoshop, can be used today with a subscription of 20 or 30 Euros per month, which becomes a high and prohibitive cost for those who want to learn or who want to do occasional jobs. Fortunately, in the panorama of photo editors, there is an app that goes against the trend and even if it includes all the advanced Photoshop tools, it is offered for free without even the need to download and install anything.
Photopea is a unique photo editing web application that works on Windows PC, Mac, Linux or Chromebook, like Photoshop, but free and that works inside the web browser . Both the interface and its list of functions are familiar to anyone who has used Photoshop and even if it does not have all the features of the Adobe photo editor, Photopea is powerful enough and full of functions so as to be considered the number one free photo editing, even if it is not a program to be installed.
To use Photopea for free, just connect to the photopea.com website and then click below on the example image of the editor.
Even if you can start without registering an account, it is still advisable to create a free one on Photopea to be able to use the tool without limitations and with all the settings that synchronize online, so you can use it on any PC without losing customizations and options. The first option to be changed is definitely the language option, by pressing the More button at the top of the window and choosing Language : Italiano . By staying in the More or More menu, you can change the theme to have a different graphical interface and then press the button to install Photopea, so you can save the site as a Chrome app .
Photopea's free account offers full functionality of the online program, with unobtrusive advertisements. If you want to remove the advertisements, you can switch to the premium account for 9 Euros per month.
Like Photoshop, Photopea supports PSD files and then also GIMP ( XCF ) files and CorelDraw ( CDR ) format. You can then save each project as a PSD file or using standard image formats such as JPG, PNG and SVG. You can use Photopea to make changes to photos, improve them and also to use vector and raster tools without having to download anything (for vector graphics it is really a rare case of a free program).
The appearance of the interface, as you can immediately notice, is exactly similar to that of Adobe Photoshop, almost with the same menus and tool names. Those who have already worked with Photoshop in the past will therefore find it easy to find their way around and find all the photo and image editing functions.
You can make global changes such as adjusting the saturation or brightness of an image and also make more specific changes, such as removing the background from an image. The program works very well with PSD files and with support for editing layers. The buttons on the left allow you to select parts of the image, delete, crop, add text, add boxes and much more. On the right is the level editing tool and history to undo the changes and go back. At the top there is the menu with all the image correction tools, filters, editing tools and those for setting the image, dimensions and adjustments.
From the File menu you can open a New file and choose a ready-made template to start a new image or you can open files from your computer or online images via URL. Also from here you can export the image and save it on the PC and also publish the edited photos on the IMGUR site for quick sharing.
What is most striking about Photopea, in addition to its resemblance to Photoshop, is that everything remains in the browser and does not require a download or installation at all. Even when it is "installed" on Chrome (as seen above), it is not necessary to download anything and the app remains inside the browser even if the modification work is saved on the used computer (in fact there is no cloud server in Photopea).
Even if a professional user will probably not replace Photoshop with Photopea, this free app becomes the best ever for those who want to learn, for occasional users, those who make changes to photos and images not for paid jobs and also for professionals when they need to work a PSD file on a computer not them, wherever they are, without having to install Photoshop.
While Photopea is currently the number one free photo editor like Photoshop, if it should disappear or become paid in the future, there are also other valid alternatives, listed in two different posts of this blog:
- Photoshop online and similar apps to retouch photos and edit images
- Best free Photoshop alternative graphics programs
Photopea is a unique photo editing web application that works on Windows PC, Mac, Linux or Chromebook, like Photoshop, but free and that works inside the web browser . Both the interface and its list of functions are familiar to anyone who has used Photoshop and even if it does not have all the features of the Adobe photo editor, Photopea is powerful enough and full of functions so as to be considered the number one free photo editing, even if it is not a program to be installed.
To use Photopea for free, just connect to the photopea.com website and then click below on the example image of the editor.
Even if you can start without registering an account, it is still advisable to create a free one on Photopea to be able to use the tool without limitations and with all the settings that synchronize online, so you can use it on any PC without losing customizations and options. The first option to be changed is definitely the language option, by pressing the More button at the top of the window and choosing Language : Italiano . By staying in the More or More menu, you can change the theme to have a different graphical interface and then press the button to install Photopea, so you can save the site as a Chrome app .
Photopea's free account offers full functionality of the online program, with unobtrusive advertisements. If you want to remove the advertisements, you can switch to the premium account for 9 Euros per month.
Like Photoshop, Photopea supports PSD files and then also GIMP ( XCF ) files and CorelDraw ( CDR ) format. You can then save each project as a PSD file or using standard image formats such as JPG, PNG and SVG. You can use Photopea to make changes to photos, improve them and also to use vector and raster tools without having to download anything (for vector graphics it is really a rare case of a free program).
The appearance of the interface, as you can immediately notice, is exactly similar to that of Adobe Photoshop, almost with the same menus and tool names. Those who have already worked with Photoshop in the past will therefore find it easy to find their way around and find all the photo and image editing functions.
You can make global changes such as adjusting the saturation or brightness of an image and also make more specific changes, such as removing the background from an image. The program works very well with PSD files and with support for editing layers. The buttons on the left allow you to select parts of the image, delete, crop, add text, add boxes and much more. On the right is the level editing tool and history to undo the changes and go back. At the top there is the menu with all the image correction tools, filters, editing tools and those for setting the image, dimensions and adjustments.
From the File menu you can open a New file and choose a ready-made template to start a new image or you can open files from your computer or online images via URL. Also from here you can export the image and save it on the PC and also publish the edited photos on the IMGUR site for quick sharing.
What is most striking about Photopea, in addition to its resemblance to Photoshop, is that everything remains in the browser and does not require a download or installation at all. Even when it is "installed" on Chrome (as seen above), it is not necessary to download anything and the app remains inside the browser even if the modification work is saved on the used computer (in fact there is no cloud server in Photopea).
Even if a professional user will probably not replace Photoshop with Photopea, this free app becomes the best ever for those who want to learn, for occasional users, those who make changes to photos and images not for paid jobs and also for professionals when they need to work a PSD file on a computer not them, wherever they are, without having to install Photoshop.
While Photopea is currently the number one free photo editor like Photoshop, if it should disappear or become paid in the future, there are also other valid alternatives, listed in two different posts of this blog:
- Photoshop online and similar apps to retouch photos and edit images
- Best free Photoshop alternative graphics programs
