Features
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License:
Free
- Editor's Rating:
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
4,185,342
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Additional Requirements:
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
September 03, 2008
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Publisher's description of Paint.NET
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. Version 3.36 includes unspecified updates.
Editor's review of Paint.NET
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- "Don't 'shop it - Paint.NET it!"
- Version reviewed: Paint.NET 3.36
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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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 802 votes
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Version: Paint.NET 3.36
Pros: I like the way we can apply pictures to pictures
Cons: No frames to choose from and you can't use animations.
Summary: I like the product because it's very easy to resize pictures/objects
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Version: Paint.NET 3.36
Pros: Free, it is a simplification of Adobe PE6.
Cons: .You need to install the .NET framework.
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Version: Paint.NET 3.36
"Great option fro casual users."
Pros: Free, and with plg-in programs has all the features of very expensive programs.
Cons: have not found any yet.
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Version: Paint.NET 3.36
"Excellent program; just what I was looking for"
Pros: Free, that's the main thing. It does everything that I need to do with photos.
Cons: I haven't noticed any to date; I only needed a program that would allow me to do some minor editing and this does that and more.
Summary: Great
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Paint.NET 3.36
"This is the best free program out there, wonderful!"
Pros: It was very easy to learn, I've found so many helpful tips and homemade videos from various users on how to do different things with this program. Anytime I need to do anything with a photo, Paint.net is the place I turn to!!
Cons: Red eye removal is a bit tricky, but after a couple of years using it, I've found ways to work around that. The plug ins should be included in the original download, lots of people don't really know how much is out there for Paint.net.
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