e-Paint User Reviews

• 2.0 stars

  "If PhotoShop and Paint had a baby..."

  September 14, 2009  |   By _Alistair

  Version: e-Paint 2.0a.31

  Pros

  -It's basic
  -Magnetic grid is pretty nifty.
  -Filters are nice

  Cons

  -It's nagware
  -Supports only 6 filetypes
  -It's basically a combination of PhotoShop and Paint
  -Functionality is very limited
  -The tools have awful quality (especially the airbrush tool)
  -The filters list is unruly
  -Can undo only once

  Summary

  From playing with the demo, I would not waste good money on this program. You can easily get better functionality with a combination of GIMP a and Paint. The filters are nice when you are working on pixel art, but you can easily find those in other free programs. The magnetic grid is pretty nifty, but once again, you can find it in free programs. One very major annoyance is that you can only undo once. As a pixel artist, this would irritate me to no end if I were to actually make a piece on it. Although this next one is a bit minor, I think it should still be mentioned. The shortcut for your undo is not the usual Ctrl+Z. It is Ctrl+U. Another qualm I had was the polygon tool. If you are making something with it and you decide you don't want to make the object, you can't just press Esc to exit the tool. Supporting only six filetyps is not helping the program, either. One other major gripe is that it's nagware. Everytime you close the program, the annoying Register Me!-type window pops up. Not only does it pop up, but there is audio that actually goes with it! One final thing is that the color palette is hidden from sight. It took me a couple of minutes of searching through the program to find it.
  
  Overall, I wouldn't use this program if I were offered money to, and they expect people to pay for this garbage. Don't bother with it. It's actually quite counter-productive.

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