Paintastic vs Pixelmator

Paintastic — Paintastic is a free, open-source digital painting software for Windows. It has a simple and intuitive interface aimed at beginners, with basic tools for painting, sketching, and illustration.

Pixelmator — Pixelmator is a powerful, fast, and easy-to-use image editing app for Mac. It offers a wide range of professional-grade tools for image editing, painting, retouching photos, designing graphics and mor

Paintastic offers Basic painting and drawing tools, Layers and layer management, Customizable brushes, Basic selection and transformation tools, Support for common image formats like JPEG, PNG, BMP, while Pixelmator provides Full-featured image editor, Non-destructive editing, Layer-based workflow, Selection tools, Painting & drawing tools.

Paintastic stands out for Free and open source, Simple and easy to use, Good for beginners; Pixelmator is known for Powerful feature set, Intuitive interface, Fast performance.

Feature	Paintastic	Pixelmator
Overall Score	N/A	N/A
Primary Category	Photos & Graphics	Photos & Graphics
Pricing	Open Source	Subscription

Product Overview

Paintastic

Description: Paintastic is a free, open-source digital painting software for Windows. It has a simple and intuitive interface aimed at beginners, with basic tools for painting, sketching, and illustration.

Pixelmator

Description: Pixelmator is a powerful, fast, and easy-to-use image editing app for Mac. It offers a wide range of professional-grade tools for image editing, painting, retouching photos, designing graphics and more.

Key Features Comparison

Paintastic Features

• Basic painting and drawing tools
• Layers and layer management
• Customizable brushes
• Basic selection and transformation tools
• Support for common image formats like JPEG, PNG, BMP
• Intuitive user interface aimed at beginners
• Keyboard shortcuts

Pixelmator Features

• Full-featured image editor
• Non-destructive editing
• Layer-based workflow
• Selection tools
• Painting & drawing tools
• Retouching tools
• Effects & filters
• Batch processing
• Automation
• Third-party plugin support

Pros & Cons Analysis

Paintastic

Pros

• Free and open source
• Simple and easy to use
• Good for beginners
• Lightweight and fast

Cons

• Limited features compared to advanced software
• Windows only
• Lacks advanced tools like filters
• Small community and documentation

Pixelmator

Pros

• Powerful feature set
• Intuitive interface
• Fast performance
• Great value for money
• No subscription required

Cons

• Mac only
• Limited RAW file support
• No lens correction tools
• Less community support than Photoshop

Pricing Comparison

Paintastic

• Open Source

Pixelmator

• Subscription