Are you looking for an image editor that is powerful, complete and free? This little-known application, without installation or registration, should satisfy you.
In the field of publishing and graphic design, Adobe undoubtedly dominates the market with its star Photoshop application. But in recent years, the company has made a series of very questionable decisions, all contrary to the interests of its users, for example by imposing a compulsory and particularly expensive subscription to access its software, without the possibility of purchasing licenses. for life.
And very recently, the firm has just attracted the wrath of its clients by announcing that, from now on, all the images, drawings and creations made with its tools would be used to train its artificial intelligence models, just that. Fortunately, there are several serious competitors to the Adobe ogre and even completely valid free alternatives. Among them, an application little known to the general public particularly stands out: Photopea.
Photopea is a complete, powerful and completely free image editor. First originality, it is accessible online and works directly in a simple web browser. It requires no installation, no registration and works on all types of devices: computer, tablet or phone. Unlike a traditional online service, Photopea runs entirely inside the browser, no files or images leave the device, ensuring the privacy of your creations. In addition, the application works offline: once Photopea is loaded, you can disconnect from the Internet and continue working without losing any functions.
In terms of functions, Photopea goes much further than a smartphone’s photo editing application and has little to envy of Photoshop. All the modification tools of an image editor worthy of the name are present: resize or crop a photo, modify the colors, contrast and brightness, apply complex filters, add or delete elements, the possibilities of edition are very extensive.
But Photopea also goes well beyond simple photo editing and is true graphic design software. The application allows you to work with an unlimited number of layers and offers numerous drawing, text, effects and path tools that allow you to tackle the creation of complex works such as posters, flyers or even web pages.
Photopea is also highly compatible with other graphic creation tools, such as Photoshop or Sketch, because it supports the most popular file formats. Finally, it allows you to connect to several online storage services, such as Google Drive or Dropbox, in order to directly import your images to work easily on your different devices. This completely free application therefore constitutes an excellent editing and graphic creation tool, which will cover a large part of the needs of most users, novices and experts alike.