Editing PNG (section)

=== Bitmap graphics editor support for PNG ===
{{Main|Comparison of raster graphics editors}}

The PNG format is widely supported by graphics programs, including [[Adobe Photoshop]], [[Corel]]'s [[Corel Photo-Paint|Photo-Paint]] and [[Corel Paint Shop Pro|Paint Shop Pro]], the [[GIMP]], [[GraphicConverter]], [[Helicon Filter]], [[ImageMagick]], [[Inkscape]], [[IrfanView]], Pixel image editor, [[Paint.NET]] and [[Xara Photo & Graphic Designer]] and many others (including online graphic design platforms such as [[Canva]]). Some programs bundled with popular [[operating system]]s which support PNG include [[Microsoft]]'s [[Microsoft Paint|Paint]] and [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[Photos (Apple)|Photos]]/[[iPhoto]] and [[Preview (macOS)|Preview]], with the GIMP also often being bundled with popular [[Linux]] distributions.

[[Adobe Fireworks]] (formerly by [[Macromedia]]) uses PNG as its native file format, allowing other image editors and preview utilities to view the flattened image. However, Fireworks by default also stores metadata for layers, animation, vector data, text and effects. Such files should not be distributed directly. Fireworks can instead export the image as an optimized PNG without the extra metadata for use on web pages, etc.{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}}