Photocraft

 

 The last few days I've been playing with Photocraft, a sort of Photoshop clone, this free software has gone up I think 4 versions since I downloaded the early version.

I'm still playing with the last version (haven't had time to update it)  So far I have to say I'm impressed.  It's one of the better free offerings.  Yes Gimp has been around ages and works fine, but Photocraft has the advantage of an almost identical interface to Photoshop, which makes it simpler to use if your a Photoshop user.

Given that this is still in development, there are a few niggles, but the core editing is working fine.  Also it's worth remembering they are updating almost every day.  In a few weeks this has the potential to be even better.

Now to be fair there are a number of free offerings, Gimp I've mentioned, Raw Therapee, Rapid raw, Darktable, Photo Demon and many others.  Some are easy, some are insanely complicated with interfaces designed by a sadist.

Out of these Photocraft and Photo Demon stand out as easy, for me Photocraft wins, it's so like Photoshop which I'm used to it's a piece of cake. 

Is it better than Photoshop?  the short answer is not yet, but it's close, and considering it's free.....