NPS Image Editor is a modern multi-layer image editor with classic charm. It is perfect for pixel art, screenshots, drawing, and light photo editing. This is the cross-platform version for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, and Android.
BETA: Many small fixes emphasizing macOS and Linux
macOS DMG image
Release date: August 30, 2026Release notes for this version
- Drawing
- Added Lanczos resizing
- Fix multi-pointer bug that left an un-removable drawing operation at the end of the undo history
- Fix marching ants for text tool
- UI
- Short wide mode: add Layers button on the bottom and Colors button at the top to swap between color and layer options
- Fixed toolbar wrapping in script editor
- Splash screen color space fix
- More popout dialog support
- Allow choosing which dialogs to pop out by default (Tools -> Options -> Window Settings)
- Font loading - better progress handling, don't flash loading indicator multiple times
- Added sRGB vs P3 mode for UI color
- Fix wrapping for welcome screen template editor
- Updated error text for large documents
- Performance
- Better handling of large documents
- Linux
- Fix theme propagation to all windows
- Updated "pop out" icon to match title bar
- Fix drag and drop (still no welcome screen drag, but it won't try to open mid-drag)
- Flatpak screenshots
- macOS
- Dark theme and translucency fixes
- Fixed dangling Help menu
- Fix popout dialogs trying to grab foreground when clicking on the main editor
- Fix crash when dragging image onto welcome screen
- Better camera prompt
- Android
- Fix navigation bar colors