Other Image Editors - Part 1

Many other editing applications also support PNG. All of the known ones are in the following list, with the version number of the latest release (as of early 1999) given wherever possible.

ArtEffect

Version 2.6, Haage & Partner Computer. Available for Amiga; read/write support for PNGs; full (32-bit) alpha support.

http://www.haage-partner.com/ae_e.htm

Becasso

Version 1.1, Sum Software. Available for BeOS PPC/x86; read/write support for PNGs; full (32-bit) alpha support; no gamma support.

http://www.sumware.demon.nl/products/becasso/

Canvas

Version 6.0, Deneba Software. Available for 32-bit Windows and Mac PPC; read/write support for PNGs. Emphasizes extensive support for transparency, alpha channels, and anti-aliasing, but the demo version does not allow images to be saved, so its level of PNG transparency support (if any) is not known.

http://www.deneba.com/dazroot/prodinfo/canvas6/info.html

ColorWorks:WEB

Version 4, SPG. Available for 32-bit Windows; read/write support for PNGs.

http://www.spg-net.com/product2.html

CorelDRAW

Version 8, Corel. Available for 32-bit Windows and Mac PPC; read/write support for PNGs.

http://www.corel.com/products/graphicsandpublishing/draw8/

CorelXARA

Version 1.5, Xara. Available for 16- and 32-bit Windows; read/write support for PNGs.

http://www.xara.com/noframes/corelxara/

Enhance

Version 4.0, MicroFrontier. Available for Mac 68k/PPC; read/write support for PNGs; no gamma support.

http://www.microfrontier.com/products/enhance40/

FreeHand Graphics Studio

Version 8.0.1, Macromedia. Available for 32-bit Windows and Mac PPC; read/write support for PNGs; full (32-bit) alpha support.

http://www.macromedia.com/software/freehand/

HoTMetaL PRO

Version 5.0, SoftQuad. Available for 32-bit Windows (version 3.0 was available for 16-bit Windows); read/write support for PNGs. This is actually an HTML editor, but versions 3.0 and later incorporate an image editor as well. In version 5.0, the bundled image application is Ulead's PhotoImpact 3.02 SE.

http://www.sq.com/products/hotmetal/

Illustrator

Version 8.0, Adobe. Available for 32-bit Windows and Mac PPC; read/write support for PNGs.

http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/illustrator/

Image Composer

Version 1.5, Microsoft. Available for 32-bit Windows; read/write support for PNGs; full (32-bit) alpha support. This was originally known as Altamira Composer and was bundled with FrontPage 98; it appears to have been superseded by PhotoDraw 2000.

http://www.microsoft.com/imagecomposer/

ImageFX

Version 3.2, Nova Design. Available for Amiga; read/write support for PNGs.

http://www.novadesign.com/fxinfo.htm

MediaStudio Pro

Version 5.2, Ulead Systems. Available for 32-bit Windows; read/write support for PNGs.

http://www.ulead.com/mspro5/

NetStudio

Version 1.0, NetStudio. Available for 32-bit Windows; read/write support for PNGs.