Pinta
Pinta is a free, open-source bitmap image editor for macOS that helps you draw, retouch photos, and make simple layered graphics.
What is Pinta?
Pinta is a native bitmap image editor for macOS that helps users draw, paint, annotate screenshots, and edit photos without the complexity of a full professional graphics suite. It is designed for people who want straightforward image editing tools for everyday creative work, school projects, diagrams, and quick visual touch-ups. Pinta supports layers, which makes it easier to separate text, shapes, and image elements while editing. It also includes a history system for undoing changes, along with common tools for selecting, cropping, resizing, and applying effects or adjustments. The app is available for macOS as well as other desktop platforms, which can be helpful in mixed-platform workflows. Pinta is published by Cameron White and is best suited to users who want a lightweight graphics editor for simple to intermediate image work.
Key features
- Draw and paint images with familiar selection and brush tools
- Edit photos and screenshots with crop, resize, rotate, and adjustment tools
- Work with layers to organize image elements separately
- Undo and review changes through a full edit history
- Apply visual effects and image enhancements to selected areas or full images
- Save and export artwork for common everyday image-editing workflows
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Pinta is a legitimate image-editing app, and the access it needs is generally limited to the files and folders you choose to open or save. It does not normally require unusual system privileges for basic drawing and photo editing. As with any graphics app, be mindful when opening files from unknown sources and keep backups of important images before making major edits.
Recommendation: Keep Pinta if you use it for drawing, screenshot annotation, or basic photo editing on your Mac. If you no longer need it, you can remove the app normally; doing so may also leave behind small settings or cache files that are only useful if you plan to reinstall it later.
Common paths
/Applications/Pinta.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.ximian.pinta
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.ximian.pinta.plist
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