Can I run Microsoft Paint on Mac? Or are there any similar programs for macOS? MacOS and Windows users sometimes argue about who has the best third-party software library.

Introduction Paint programs—when we talk about them some people may interpret them generally as a raster or bitmap editor, or wrongly as vector-graphic drawing software. Even though they have some similarities, paint programs are really a different class of product. If we talk about raster or bitmap programs, like GIMP or GIMPshop for instance, they give users ability to apply artistic filter effects to photos and transform them to look like works of art and save images composed of connected dots; whereas about vector programs like Inkscape, they give users flexibility to work on images composed of connected lines and scalable to any size without effecting image quality. Paint programs even though work like bitmap programs, in general sense they are software that is supposed to give traditional painting medium feel and effects. On the right is an example of what an artist can do with a paint program. (Image source: ). Paint programs are a choice for many and can be used by newbies because generally there is no steep learning curve.

To start working on them you only need a little imagination. My idea about a good paint program is that it is easy to use even to novice users, gives feel of natural painting on a digital canvas, supports graphics tablets with pressure sensitivity and is able to save in a small file size without taking up much space. It's a plus point if it also supports animation, booklet pages or both to fulfill needs of artists who at one time or another dream of doing a comic book or cartoon animation.

These programs are really an awesome piece of art. I hope one of these will surely satisfy the inner artist in you. Graphics card for 2010 mac pro.

Not easy to use for newbies, no details are available. Online Paint and Drawing Apps There are various online services available which allow users to paint and draw. The main problem with almost every online service is various limitations, watermarks and privacy.

Some support no watermarks and private output but not all. Although it is almost impossible to list them all, here are some of them which I was able to find and test (in random order). (Please read their TOS before trying). •: It is a light weight and free online paint app with lots of good tools and features like undo/redo, paint tool, stroke modifier, eraser, colour pickup, zoom view, pan view, mask, stroke pressure adjuster, diffusion adjuster, size and fade adjuster, and opacity tuner.

Also it supports basic, HSL and RGB colour groups. It includes almost everything a user expects from a basic painting tool and it gives user freedom to save and even print the creation. •: It is again a great online paint app available for free. Its interface gives a very fresh and professional feel and the tools it is packed with also come with a new approach. The tools I am talking about include mostly traditional ones like brush, text, crop, marquee, eraser, fill, stamp, colour picker, shape, Gradent, Pattern, Swatch (which includes solids, Gradients and Patterns), and a new useful but uncommon tool Spirograph. The new thing here is these tools offer more settings, like in Text tool it offers 'message, size and stroke'; similarly in Eraser it offers settings like 'diameter, hardness, flow and opacity' and in Spirograph it offers settings like 'Inner/outer size, diameter, speed, and resolution'.

Most importantly it supports a history feature which is very useful for serious art. This new approach attracted my attention and while writing this review I am still experimenting with it. And believe me it's FUN!!!:D •: The tools and features match with this app's name. They are huge and sumo, and yes I am talking about the free version. It is not a basic paint program but an advance paint and drawing tool for serious artists.

Some of the important tools and features of SumoPaint (free) are layers, lasso, magic wand, move tool, ink tool, gradient fill tool, pie tool, simple/rounded/bulky start tools, symmetry tool, line/curve tool, blur/smudge tools, crop/transform/rotate tools, undo/redo, layer eraser, opacity, diameter, fill, mode, mode value, slides, shape trails, zome/info, colour picker, swatches. Also it is packed with some advance options like File, Edit, Image, Select, Layer, Adjustment, Filters, view, and help. It matches with today's professional commercial programs and the user can access it from anywhere with the help of the Internet. It is purely meant for artists. •: It is again a nice app with some advance tools, options and features. Tools like lasso, magicwand, loupe, web, airbrush, various shapes, hand, undo/redo, etc., and options such as size, opacity, radius, mode, blendmode, fill, zoom, info pan, colour pan, layers, etc., make it an advance paint app and a good choice for many. It also has rich menus like Queeky, File, Edit, selection, Layers, Adjustments, Filters, View help, etc.