Is Photoshop Free on Windows?

Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Inc. for Windows and macOS. It was originally created in 1988 by Thomas and John Knoll.Since then, the software has become the industry standard not only in raster graphics editing, but in digital art as a whole. The software's name has thus become a generic trademark, leading to its usage as a verb (e.g. "to Photoshop an image", "photoshopping" and "Photoshop job")

Adobe Photoshop is a paid software, however, there are some free alternatives that offer similar features and can be used for Windows.

GIMP

GIMP is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows and more operating systems. It is free software, you can change its source code and distribute your changes.

Pros:

  • A wide variety of plugins are available
  • It has high-end features
  • It is frequently updated

Cons:

  • The user interface might be confusing for beginners
  • There is a learning curve associated with it

In conclusion, Adobe Photoshop is not free on Windows; however, there are some free alternatives that offer similar features.

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