Paintastic vs Pixlr

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.

Pixlr — Pixlr is a free online photo editor that allows users to edit images in the browser. It has basic editing features like cropping, resizing, filters, text, and drawing tools. Pixlr is good for simple i

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 Pixlr provides Image editing tools like crop, resize, rotate, Filters and adjustments like brightness, contrast, saturation, Drawing tools like brush, pencil, eraser, Text tools with font selection, Layers for non-destructive editing.

Paintastic stands out for Free and open source, Simple and easy to use, Good for beginners; Pixlr is known for Free to use with no account required, Runs fully in web browser, Intuitive and easy to use interface.

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

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.

Pixlr

Description: Pixlr is a free online photo editor that allows users to edit images in the browser. It has basic editing features like cropping, resizing, filters, text, and drawing tools. Pixlr is good for simple image edits without needing to install desktop software.

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

Pixlr Features

• Image editing tools like crop, resize, rotate
• Filters and adjustments like brightness, contrast, saturation
• Drawing tools like brush, pencil, eraser
• Text tools with font selection
• Layers for non-destructive editing
• Ability to open and edit PSD files
• Integration with Flickr for storing images

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

Pixlr

Pros

• Free to use with no account required
• Runs fully in web browser
• Intuitive and easy to use interface
• Decent selection of basic editing tools
• No need to install desktop software

Cons

• Lacks more advanced editing features
• Advertisements displayed in free version
• Limited export options
• No batch editing
• Lower image quality than desktop editors

Pricing Comparison

Paintastic

• Open Source

Pixlr

• Not listed