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For many designers, Photoshop is the only graphics program that will ever cut it. But while Photoshop unquestionably offers a lot, it’s by no means the only software capable of getting the job done.

对于许多设计师来说，Photoshop是唯一可以将其剪切的图形程序。 但是，尽管Photoshop无疑提供了很多功能，但它绝不是唯一能够完成工作的软件。

Most of you have heard about GIMP (or maybe even use it) as a Photoshop alternative. There are at least a dozen more desktop alternatives for Windows, Mac, or Linux.

你们大多数人都听说过GIMP (甚至可能使用它)作为Photoshop的替代品。 Windows，Mac或Linux至少还有十几种台式机替代品。

But today, I want to talk about growing band of increasingly impressive web-based, OS-independent Photoshop alternatives. I do need to state that these programs are not complete replacements for all Photoshop functionality.

但是今天，我想谈一谈越来越多的基于Web的，独立于操作系统的Photoshop替代产品的增长。 我需要声明这些程序不能完全替代所有Photoshop功能 。

So, if they aren’t a complete replacement, why bother?

因此，如果它们不是完整的替代品，为什么还要麻烦？

Firstly, if you examine your workflows, you’ll likely find that you use the same 5% of functions 95% of the time.

首先，如果检查工作流程，您可能会发现您95％的时间使用了5％的相同功能。

Cut, paste, crop, layers, text tool, opacity, color adjustments, masks and lasso selections probably covers off a large percentage of what you do.

剪切，粘贴，裁剪，图层，文本工具，不透明度，颜色调整，蒙版和套索选择可能会掩盖您所做的大部分工作。

Secondly, if you’re like many of us, you probably operate two, three or even possibly more computers, both at home and at work. Inevitably, some are older and less powerful units.

其次，如果您像我们中的许多人一样，则可能在家中或在办公室中操作两台，三台甚至更多台计算机。 不可避免地，有些单位比较老旧，功能较弱。

Installing a fully-fledged, resource-intensive graphics apps on each machine may be neither smart, nor even possible — either from a financial or performance perspective.

从财务或性能的角度来看，在每台计算机上安装功能完善的资源密集型图形应用程序可能既不明智，也不可行。

Thirdly, if we’re already storing and sharing our files across the cloud (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc), it makes a lot of sense to share functionality the same way. For many tasks, our browser can effectively become our new desktop.

第三，如果我们已经在云中(Dropbox，Google Drive等)存储和共享文件 ，则以相同方式共享功能非常有意义。 对于许多任务，我们的浏览器可以有效地成为我们的新桌面。

In this article, I’ll review a handful of the best browser-based graphics alternatives for doing just that.

在本文中，我将回顾一些最佳的基于浏览器的图形替代方法。

1. Pixlr (1. Pixlr)

Pixlr is a genuine GIMP, and arguably, even Photoshop competitor. It’s fast, free, and really offers a lot. You can use it to edit your existing images or create image from scratch.

Pixlr是真正的GIMP，甚至可以说是Photoshop的竞争对手。 它快速，免费，并且确实提供了很多功能。 您可以使用它来编辑现有图像或从头开始创建图像。

When you create a new image, you can choose from preset image sizes (some of which are the standard banner sizes) but you can’t set the resolution. Pixlr supports JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, and PXD (their own layered format).

创建新图像时，可以从预设图像尺寸(其中一些是标准横幅尺寸)中进行选择，但是无法设置分辨率。 Pixlr支持JPG，PNG，BMP，TIFF和PXD(它们自己的分层格式)。

The size, resolution, and format limitations are not that much of an issue, if you work with Web graphics. I repeat, Pixlr is not meant as a Photoshop replacement. It is good enough to create a banner or a Web image but definitely not an option for print.

如果使用Web图形，则大小，分辨率和格式限制不是问题。 我再说一遍，Pixlr并不是要替代Photoshop。 创建横幅或Web图像就足够了，但是绝对不是打印的选择。

Pixlr interface looks familiar because it is similar to the interface of a desktop graphics program – with menus at the top, a toolbox on the right, and floating windows on the left.

Pixlr界面看起来很熟悉，因为它类似于桌面图形程序的界面–顶部是菜单，右边是工具箱，左边是浮动窗口。

In the toolbox you will find tools that are present in any desktop graphics program. The tools are not an exact match of the tools in Photoshop or GIMP but you have what you need.

在工具箱中，您将找到任何桌面图形程序中存在的工具。 这些工具与Photoshop或GIMP中的工具并不完全匹配，但是您拥有所需的工具。

Pixlr has quite a lot of options for work with layers, for image adjustment, and filters. Again, these are not necessarily an exact match of what you will find in Photoshop or GIMP.

Pixlr有很多用于图层，图像调整和滤镜的选项。 同样，这些不一定与您在Photoshop或GIMP中找到的完全匹配。

Two other points that need mentioning are that the interface of Pixlr comes in multiple languages, and it even has a mobile version as well.

需要提及的另外两点是Pixlr的界面有多种语言，甚至还有移动版本。

Impressive indeed.

确实令人印象深刻。

2. Sumopaint (2. Sumopaint)

Sumopaint is another real competitor to famous desktop apps. Its functionality is comparable to the basic functionality (without the plugins) you will find in Photoshop or GIMP.

Sumopaint是著名桌面应用程序的另一个真正竞争对手。 它的功能可与您在Photoshop或GIMP中找到的基本功能(不带插件)相媲美。

Similarly to Pixlr, with Sumopaint you can start a new image or open an existing one. As for formats, the free version supports only the native SUMO format, as well as PNG and JPG.

与Pixlr相似，使用Sumopaint可以启动新图像或打开现有图像。 至于格式，免费版本仅支持本机SUMO格式以及PNG和JPG。

But for web graphics, this is just fine for most cases.

但是对于Web图形，这在大多数情况下都很好。

The Sumopaint interface is very similar to Photoshop — the key difference being that the free version has ads.

Sumopaint界面与Photoshop非常相似，主要区别在于免费版本带有广告。

In order for the comparison between the 5 Web-based programs to be fair, I’ll only compare the free version of Sumopaint. This has fewer features than the Pro (a cost effective $9 lifetime license) or the Pro Plus ($19 lifetime license) versions, but even the free version has a remarkable feature-set.

为了公平地比较这5个基于Web的程序，我将仅比较Sumopaint的免费版本。 它的功能要比Pro(经济有效的9美元终身许可证)或Pro Plus(19美元的终身许可证)版本少，但即使是免费版本也具有非凡的功能。

I am not going to list all the features of the program. Instead, here are some screenshots of its Toolbox and some of the menus.

我不会列出该程序的所有功能。 相反，这是其工具箱和某些菜单的一些屏幕截图。

There you can find some great tools, including a Symmetry tool that doesn’t even have an obvious equivalent in Photoshop or GIMP.

在这里，您可以找到一些很棒的工具，包括Symmetry工具，它甚至在Photoshop或GIMP中都没有明显的等效工具。

All in all, Sumopaint is a great program for web graphics. For the majority of common design tasks it will likely be a feasible replacement for GIMP or Photoshop.

总而言之，Sumopaint是用于Web图形的出色程序。 对于大多数常见的设计任务，它可能是GIMP或Photoshop的可行替代品。

3. Photoshop Express (3. Photoshop Express)

Photoshop Express is a free graphics program from Adobe. As you might expect, it’s a very trimmed down version of Photoshop, but its combination of Adobe familiarity with ‘free’ no doubt proves very tempting for many users.

Photoshop Express是Adobe提供的免费图形程序。 如您所料，它是Photoshop的精简版，但Adobe熟悉程度与“免费”相结合无疑对许多用户而言都非常诱人。

In comparison to Pixlr and Sumopaint, Photoshop Express is a poor relative. Firstly, you can work with JPEG only. Secondly, you can’t create a photo from scratch – unless you don’t upload an empty one.

与Pixlr和Sumopaint相比，Photoshop Express是一个可怜的亲戚。 首先，您只能使用JPEG。 其次，您不能从头开始创建照片-除非您不上传空白照片。

Thirdly, it has a fraction of the functionality.

第三，它只有一部分功能。

Ironically, the interface of Pixlr and especially Sumopaint is more similar to Photoshop than the interface of Photoshop Express, so if you are used to the Photoshop interface, you might find yourself searching for basic stuff.

具有讽刺意味的是，Pixlr(尤其是Sumopaint)的界面比Photoshop Express的界面更类似于Photoshop，因此，如果您习惯使用Photoshop界面，则可能会发现自己正在寻找基本内容。

On the other hand, Photoshop Express is so feature-limited, that it can’t take long to search and understand the entire application.

另一方面，Photoshop Express的功能如此有限，以至于搜索和理解整个应用程序不会花很长时间。

Most of the functionality is concentrated in the left frame (where usually the Toolbox is). Here you have two tabs – Edit and Decorate. Edit contains options such as Crop, Resize, Red-Eye, Touchup, basic adjustments, such as White Balance, Sharpen, etc., and effects such as Crystalize, Pixelate, etc.

大多数功能集中在左侧框架(通常是“工具箱”所在的位置)。 在这里，您有两个标签-编辑和装饰。 “编辑”包含诸如“裁切”，“调整大小”，“红眼”，“修饰”之类的选项，诸如白平衡，“锐化”之类的基本调整以及诸如“晶化”，“像素化”之类的效果。

The Decorate tab contains options for Text, Bubbles, Frames, etc.

装饰选项卡包含文本，气泡，框架等选项。

This is all you get from Photoshop Express, and it seems to be pitched more firmly at home and small office photo-retouchers, than anyone manipulating imagery for a living.

这就是您从Photoshop Express获得的所有东西，它比在家中以影像为生的人在家庭和小型办公室照片修饰器上的定位更牢固。

Certainly not a comprehensive Photoshop or GIMP stand-in, but still useful for basic tasks, if you are comfortable with a JPEG only output.

当然，它不是一个全面的Photoshop或GIMP替代品，但如果您对仅JPEG输出感到满意，它仍然对基本任务很有用。

4.卢纳皮克 (4. Lunapic)

Lunapic is one more free, ad-supported graphic editor with lots of options. Its interface is a blend of web app and GIMP/Photoshop, but this isn’t very confusing.

Lunapic是又一个免费的，受广告支持的图形编辑器，具有许多选项。 它的界面是Web应用程序和GIMP / Photoshop的混合体，但这并不是很令人困惑。

In terms of features, it has plenty of them – both features that are standard for a desktop graphics program, and features many other, if any, editors have.

就功能而言，它有很多功能-两者都是台式机图形程序的标准功能，还具有许多其他编辑器具备的功能。

For instance, with Lunapic you can encrypt/decrypt images or save them to your computer, Imgur, email, Tumblr, Picasa, Facebook, Web, etc. These are handy for Web graphics and are nice to have even though you might not use them very often.

例如，使用Lunapic，您可以加密/解密图像或将其保存到计算机，Imgur，电子邮件，Tumblr，Picasa，Facebook，Web等。这些对于Web图形非常方便，即使您可能不使用它们也很高兴常常。

The Lunapic toolbox is a little… peculiar, containing options such as Cut, Copy, Paste, or Print. While most other graphic editors don’t tend to treat these options as ‘tools in a toolbox’, I must admit it’s convenient to have them there.

Lunapic工具箱有些特殊……包含剪切，复制，粘贴或打印等选项。 尽管大多数其他图形编辑器并不倾向于将这些选项视为“工具箱中的工具”，但我必须承认将它们放在那里很方便。

It’s a similar story with the menus.

菜单也是如此。

You have the same commands you know from GIMP/Photoshop, but they live in strange places, like Crop, Resize, or Scale in the Edit menu.

您可以从GIMP / Photoshop中获得相同的命令，但是它们生活在奇怪的地方，例如“编辑”菜单中的“裁剪”，“调整大小”或“缩放”。

Of course, this isn’t the end of the world, but if you are used to the way menu items are arranged in GIMP/Photoshop, this will be a little confusing at first.

当然，这还不是世界末日，但是如果您习惯了GIMP / Photoshop中菜单项的排列方式，那么一开始会有些困惑。

One more difference between the menus of Lunapic and the menus in GIMP/Photoshop is that Lunapic offers (probably) more functionality than the base versions of GIMP and Photoshop.

Lunapic菜单与GIMP / Photoshop中的菜单之间的另一不同之处在于，Lunapic提供(可能)比GIMP和Photoshop基本版本更多的功能。

Of course, you might never need these functionality, but it’s nice to know they are there.

当然，您可能永远不需要这些功能，但是很高兴知道它们在那里。

Just have a look at just some of the options you have available!

看看 只是您可以使用的一些选项！

To be honest, I couldn’t sample all the options in the menus – this will require a day or two – but from my testing, it was all very impressive.

老实说，我无法对菜单中的所有选项进行采样-这将需要一两天的时间-但从我的测试来看，这一切都非常令人印象深刻。

You can even edit videos with Lunapic, not to mention the numerous animation options. All in all, Lunapic is a fascinating editor, and I dare say in some aspects it’s even better than GIMP/Photoshop.

您甚至可以使用Lunapic 编辑视频 ，更不用说众多动画选项了。 总而言之，Lunapic是一位引人入胜的编辑，我敢说，在某些方面，它甚至比GIMP / Photoshop还好。

5. FotoFlexer (5. FotoFlexer)

FotoFlexer is a free program with plenty of options. They promote themselves as the world’s most advanced online image editor, though I wouldn’t say this — especially when I compare it to the other editors on the list.

FotoFlexer是一个免费程序，具有很多选项。 他们将自己提升为世界上最先进的在线图像编辑器，尽管我不会这么说，尤其是当我将其与列表中的其他编辑器进行比较时。

For me personally FotoFlexer is not a true contender for GIMP/Photoshop replacement and this is not just because it has the interface of a Web application, rather than a desktop graphics program.

对我个人而言，FotoFlexer并不是GIMP / Photoshop替代品的真正竞争者，这不仅仅是因为它具有Web应用程序的接口，而不是桌面图形程序的接口。

For a designer, who is used to the interface of GIMP/Photoshop, this Web-app interface is confusing. What is more, they don’t follow the standard menu convention – i.e. Smooth and Sharpen are under Beautify.

对于习惯了GIMP / Photoshop界面的设计师而言，此Web应用程序界面令人困惑。 而且，它们不遵循标准的菜单约定-即“平滑”和“锐化”位于“美化”之下。

Of course, if everything else works OK, then the interface issue just becomes a minor glitch in the beginning. However, FotoFlexer has ads and is also a little slow.

当然，如果其他所有操作都正常，那么界面问题一开始只是小问题。 但是，FotoFlexer带有广告，而且速度有点慢。

Of course, these don’t have to be deal-breakers, and since it does have good options for basic image editing and beyond, for many design tasks, it’s a choice.

当然，这些不一定非得事，而且由于它在基本图像编辑等方面确实有不错的选择，因此对于许多设计任务来说，这是一个选择。

Here are the FotoFlexer menus to get an idea of what it can do.

以下是FotoFlexer菜单，以了解其功能。

There are some good options and you can do really a lot with FotoFlexer, but I couldn’t pitch it as a genuine Photoshop/GIMP replacement.

有很多不错的选择，您可以使用FotoFlexer进行很多工作，但是我无法将其作为真正的Photoshop / GIMP替代产品。

结论 (Conclusion)

Pixlr, Sumopaint, and Lunapic are all unusually rich in features and can comfortably compete with Photoshop and GIMP for many day-to-day graphics projects. Sure, they don’t replicate every features of Photoshop and GIMP, but they offer more than enough for advanced design tasks.

Pixlr，Sumopaint和Lunapic均具有异常丰富的功能，可以轻松地与Photoshop和GIMP竞争许多日常图形项目。 当然，它们不能复制Photoshop和GIMP的所有功能，但是它们提供的功能足以满足高级设计任务的需要。

They are viable alternatives and depending on what your design tasks are, could well be a replacement of the basic versions of GIMP and Photoshop.

它们是可行的选择，并且根据您的设计任务，很可能会替代GIMP和Photoshop的基本版本。

One aspect that I personally can’t go without is the GIMP/Photoshop plugin infrastructure, but if basic functionalities are to be compared, for web graphics, Pixlr, Sumopaint, and Lunapic could all make me ditch my dependency on the desktop.

我个人不能缺少的一个方面是GIMP / Photoshop插件基础结构，但是如果要比较基本功能，则对于Web图形，Pixlr，Sumopaint和Lunapic都可以让我放弃对桌面的依赖。

Photoshop Express and FotoFlexer certainly have fewer features and more limitations, but can perform a range of relatively complex graphics tasks.

Photoshop Express和FotoFlexer当然具有较少的功能和更多的限制，但是可以执行一系列相对复杂的图形任务。

However, their limited functionality would rule them out of anything beyond the most basic design tasks.

但是，它们的功能有限会把它们排除在最基本的设计任务之外。

I’ve been amazed at what can be accomplished in a modern browser today.

我为今天的现代浏览器所能完成的工作感到惊讶。

Even if it’s just when you visit your parents or friends, give these apps a test drive.

即使只是在您拜访父母或朋友时，也请试一下这些应用程序。

翻译自: https://www.sitepoint.com/5-free-web-based-photoshop-alternatives/