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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows XP
- Date added: September 03, 2008
- Total Downloads: 4,867,044
- Downloads last week: 30,273
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 849 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on November 07, 2008
If all you want is a quick image retouch, Photoshop is overkill. Paint.NET, on the other hand, is an open-source freeware editor with all the essentials, including tools to crop, rotate, resize images, adjust colors, and create collages.
Paint.NET supports common image formats--JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, and others--but not high-resolution RAW files. There are enough basic and intermediate effects and features to keep image-tweakers happy, though the red-eye removal tool is notably weak; those images may require manual attention.
Unlike most free image editors, Paint.NET supports layers and has an actions manager. The pleasing interface boasts semitransparent windows for ease of use.
Version 3 fixes many old quibbles, including a convenient thumbnail manager for handling multiple image editing, and improved program graphics. Paint.NET is far more advanced than Microsoft Paint, and given its free price, it's a must-have for anyone needing to fix images.
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Publisher's description
From dotPDN :Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plug-ins.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.36 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews of Paint.NET 3.36
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 849 votes
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Version: Paint.NET 3.36
Pros: instalnya ngak ribet
Cons: kurang menarik
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Version: Paint.NET 3.36
Pros: Easy, with tutorials, lots of free plugins(very useful), and basically very good for a free program.
Cons: It's only worthy with the right plugins and effects
Summary: Learning photoshop is even easier after knowing how to use Paint.NET :)
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Version: Paint.NET 3.36
Pros: Free. That's hard to beat for software that does a lot.
Cons: It wasn't as intuitive as I would have expected.
Summary: I had to ask how to use the Posterize function because I couldn't figure it out myself, including combing the help sections and googling for an answer.
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Version: Paint.NET 3.36
Pros: recommended for novice
Cons: lack alot of image editing features..
Summary: dont waste ur time.. just buy Photoshop.. u can do basic editing as well as advanced editing..
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Version: Paint.NET 3.36
"Annoying with updates I could not remove from list."
Pros: Did let me know of software that needed updating.
Cons: Certain software that could not update was unable to remove from list.
Summary: I removed this application from my computer because it was annoying with it popping up when I would start my PC with a list of software that would not update and I could not manage to remove these software from the list.
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