Paint.NET
Free, easy-to-use photo editor with support for layers
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If you need something more powerful than Microsoft Paint but not as complex as Photoshop, Paint.NET is what you're looking for.
This nicely designed image editor features the simple interface everyone loves to have in applications, but at the same time offers a surprisingly wide array of tools and options you would only expect to find in large graphic suites.
Paint.NET lets you work on several images simultaneously, has support for layers, keeps an action history that lets you undo any changes, and includes a variety of drawing tools (brushes, geometrical shapes). You'll also find several special filters and effects that can turn your image into an oil painting or a pencil drawing in just one click.
That said, don't expect Paint.NET to be some kind of free Photoshop alternative. If you use the Adobe app to work on your images, you'll surely miss many tools in Paint.NET. For everyone else though, this is a perfect tool for daily simple image editing.
Paint.NET sits somewhere between a basic editor and a complex graphic suite, featuring a nicely designed interface and a bunch of handy tools for quick photo optimization and retouching.
Recent changes
- This update fixes some broken shortcut keys for the View -> Actual Size command.
- Fixed: Ctrl+Shift+A now works again as a shortcut for View -> Actual Size (broken in 3.5.9)
- Fixed: Ctrl+0 still works for View -> Actual Size even if 10 or more images are open (broken in 3.5.9, it would switch to the 10th image)
- Nicely designed interface
- Support for layers
- Easy to use
- Includes a handful of filters and effects
- Not as complete as other major graphic suites
"A Powerful Yet Simple And Easy To Use Paint Program"
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Anyone who wants a free powerful paint program that is simple and easy to use should give Paint.NET a try. I find it more powerful and easier to use that TheGimp. But some feel TheGimp is more like Photoshop. My advice is try both and see which is your favorite since both are free and both are open source. For those of you who just want basic editing features and don't like to install a lot of software might be better of going with an online service tool like Picnik. The only true drawbacks to Paint.NET is it needs for .NET Framework to be installed first to run as well as the fact the load up time can be rather slow. All and all it's a very good and feature rich paint program that's worth trying. Just remember you will need .NET Framework installed to use Paint.NET
- Simple And Easy To Use
- Feature Rich
- Free
- Needs .NET Framework To Run
- Can Be Slow To Load
- For Basic Editing One Might Prefer Picnik
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- Date:
- 12 Jul 2010
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Not installing
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My favorite photo editing program, now in Windows 8!
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