Paint.NET: Free Image Editing Software
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for Windows.
When you require a quick retouch Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro can be overkill. Paint.NET is the answer. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface, supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. Paint.NET is backed-up by an active community which provides help, tutorials, and a growing range of plugins.
The latest versions (since 3.5) have really addresses many performance quibbles and offers some interface tweaks for the Aero-theme users, but fans of the “dancing ants” may not like the gray-overlay changes made to the selection tools. Paint.NET is far more advanced than Microsoft Paint, and given its free price, it’s a great solution for those requiring simple image editing software.
Download & Install
You can get the free download from download.com – Paint.NET 3.5.4 but you’ll also need Microsoft’s .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installed on your machine.
Photoshop PSD Plugin
As the name suggests the Photoshop PSD plugin allow gives Paint.NET the ability to open any .psd file. Saving isn’t quite so simple, for that you’re best to stick with the native .pdn format. Lee Matthews has more – click here.
No Windows, No Problem
If you’re not a windows user and want to jump on the Paint.NET bandwagon there’s the Pinta Project. Written in C# Pinta uses GTK+ toolkit, Cairo library and some code from the original Paint.NET.
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Written on 4 March 2010 at 6.16 pm, by Keith Greer. "Paint.NET: Free Image Editing Software" was posted in Software with the tags free software, image, Software, Windows . Comments Off
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