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Can I run Photoshop on my Chromebook?
No, not yet but according to this pcworld article, a full version of Adobe Photoshop is coming to those of you who own a Chromebook. I wouldn’t put too much faith on that, it might take some time before we see a stable version released and Adobe has yet to release an official statement regarding this matter. So in the meantime, the answer is no but lucky for you we have a great list of Photoshop app alternatives for you to try on your Chrome browser or your Chromebook laptop.
Update January 2020: You can now run Adobe Photoshop Express on your Chromebook! The full blown Photoshop version is coming soon and it should be available anytime now. We will of course update this post once it has been officially released.
#1. Use Canva
Canva on Chromebook
Canva is a graphic design platform that provides a user-friendly interface and a wide range of templates and tools for creating designs for various purposes. It offers a free version with limited features and a paid version with additional features and capabilities.
Canva can be used for creating a variety of designs including logos, posters, presentations, social media graphics, and more. It is a cloud-based platform, so users can access their designs from any device with an internet connection.
#2. Use Pixlr
Use Pixlr on Chrome
Pixlr presents a full featured photo editor direct in your Chrome browser, no download, no wait and it’s free.
It contains lots of the features that you normally see in desktop applications but just one click away. Jump in and start using this tool, no registration required and loads in matter of seconds. Some of the tools included are, red eye reduction, spot heal tool, drawing tools, clone tools, sharpen and blur tools and many more. Some of the filters include, mimic HDR, glamor glow, tilt-shift, Gaussian blur, vignette, noise and lots of more. The Adjustments include some advanced concepts like Levels, Curves, Cross process, Desaturate, Auto levels, Hue/Saturation and Brightness/Contrast. The editor is capable of open PSD files and paste from your clipboard, I also use it on my Ubuntu laptop and I haven’t missed Photoshop since!
#3. Use iPiccy Photo Editor
Install iPiccy on Chrome
iPiccy provides new, easy-to-use tools for modifying pictures, using advanced image processing. iPiccy offers the easiest user interface and workflow of any photo editing application, allowing users to easily pull images from any Web site or file folder. iPiccy includes an extensive variety of easy Web-based photo-editing tools such as Auto-fix, Rotate, Crop, Resize and Color adjustment and Sharpen – all in one place and in real-time. In addition, iPiccy can also be used to turn photos into creative masterpieces, with clever special effects like Liquify, painter, vignette, pencils, and many more
#4. Use Gimp App
Use Gimp on Chrome
GIMP is a raster graphics editor, primarily employed as an image retouching and editing tool. In addition to detailed image retouching and free-form drawing, GIMP can accomplish essential image editing tasks such as re-sizing, editing, and cropping photos, photo montages combining multiple images, and converting between different image formats. GIMP can also be used to create basic animated images in the GIF format. With its encyclopedic abilities, GIMP is widely considered to be the main functional drop-in replacement for Adobe Photoshop, with a similar feature set and a similar user interface. This application is powered by rollApp cloud service, simply login and you are ready to go!
#5. Use Fotor Photo Editor
Use Fotor Editor on Chrome
Fotor is another online photo editing & photo creatives made simple. Fotor’s free photo editing features including photo collage, photo frames, photo effects, photo retouching, color splash, tilt-shift, clip arts, text, photo cards, online HDR and more. It looks kind of basic, but give it a try, this is one of those ‘don’t judge a book by it’s over apps’.
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