PhoXo 8.4.0

PhoXo is very much like many other image editors, with a couple of extra features that make it more attractive. While Photoshop or GIMP lets a user create whatever they want with the right amount of expertise, there are a ton of features in those programs that are simply too complex for most users to work with. 

PhoXo is designed for people with less experience in graphic editing. It contains just a couple of drawing tools and photo enhancement effects, but less for people who want to really push graphic design to the max. Setting the program up takes minimal effort, as the installer skips a lot of questions and just gets right to business. The interface itself looks like an enhanced version of Microsoft Paint, and two panels will also pop up with frames and clip arts. These give easy ways to improve the picture that can be used by anyone.

This tool offers support for BMP, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, TGA, ICO, and PSD. This program also has its own properietary format, oXo, which can only be accessed by this program. Outside of that, this program does precious little unique. It  comes with basic drawing utilities like pen and paint, erasers, selection tools, and more. It also comes with a bevy of effects that enhance the picture, like blur, darkness, opacity, offset, color, saturation, and whatnot. That makes this program more effective than Paint, but still pales in comparison to Photoshop.

Should you be looking for a nice middle ground in terms of function and complexity, PhoXo is a good, free alternative.