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Highflare

Highflare is an open-source alternative to Photoshop focused on photo editing and graphic design. It offers layers, masks, drawing tools, filters and other standard image editing features for raster and vector graphics.
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Highflare: Open-Source Photo Editing & Graphic Design

Highflare is an open-source alternative to Photoshop focused on photo editing and graphic design. It offers layers, masks, drawing tools, filters and other standard image editing features for raster and vector graphics.

What is Highflare?

Highflare is an open-source, cross-platform raster and vector graphics editor. It can be used as a free alternative to premium software like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator for tasks like photo manipulation, compositing, and graphic design.

Key features of Highflare include:

  • Support for layers and masks
  • Drawing and painting tools like brushes, pencils, shape tools
  • Filters and adjustments like blur, sharpen, hue/saturation
  • Text tool with full typographic control
  • Vector tools for creating resolutions-independent graphics
  • Ability to open and export PSD and other common image formats
  • Extendable via plugins
  • Completely free and open-source

While not as fully-featured as Photoshop, Highflare is under active development and offers a capable set of image editing tools for photographers, designers, illustrators and artists looking for an affordable or free alternative. Its wide file format compatibility makes it easy to open and edit images from other programs as well.

Highflare Features

Features

  1. Non-destructive editing
  2. Layer-based editing
  3. Masking
  4. Advanced selection tools
  5. Filter effects
  6. Vector drawing
  7. Batch processing
  8. Scripting
  9. Plug-in support

Pricing

  • Open Source

Pros

Free and open source

Similar workflow to Photoshop

Cross-platform availability

Constant development and updates

Large community support

Cons

Limited native RAW support

No CMYK color mode

No font/text support

Steep learning curve for beginners

Lacks some advanced Photoshop features

Official Links

Official Website
https://www.highflare.com

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