Looking for a good photoshop alternate

I’ve looked everywhere and I can’t anything any suggestions?

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Photopea. There will barely be a learning curve because it's designed to be exactly like photoshop.

I use Affinity photo. Great program, and has a very affordable pay once model, no subscription crap.

Photopea -- online, but can be used as a PWA. One of the best! Answering here, as well. Saw your other post.

There is Darktable and Digikam too. Little different direction.
- Yes but it does have some editing and metadata management features. Personal opinion is everyone should start with a photo manager and then only use another program if you need more. On Linux Shotwell is another photo manager and Digikam is cross platform. I know my wife uses just Shotwell. She has never needed more. I use Digikam because it is a little more powerful and flexible but less elegant. My wife is into photos... me not as much too.

I'm quite fond of Paint.net on Windows, especially with the boltbait plugin pack.
It's powerful, easy to use and if it cannot do something, there are tons of user developed plugins.

How extensive of editing are we talking? If you just need some of the more basic features, there is Paint.NET which is surprisingly useful for a lot more than you'd think. Definitely not as feature-rich as Photoshop though.
- Mostly basic stuff I am not really experienced in photo editing and I’m trying to practice and learn

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