Saturday, February 03, 2007

Paint.NET image editing software

Paint.NET is free image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.

It started development as an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple tool for photo and image editing.

It isn’t a replacement for Photoshop but it has more than enough features for most peoples needs. I particularly like the feature that turns your photographs into an oil painting.

You can download it from the Paint.Net website.

4 comments:

killerfanthose said...

It still comes with a ton of powerful features like layers, adjustments, and user-created plugins, but is simple enough that Paint.net is (at least in our opinion) the simplest option on the list. complete newcomers can grasp it immediately. The features are across the top, and filters are accessible from a drop-down menu.
Some of the special effects are pretty cool: sharpen, blur, distort, emboss, etc. You can even get some Instagram-esque vintage effects in there for good measure. We don’t want to waste too much time on this one. It’s got a lot of features, an easy interface, and a simple layout. If you’re struggling with others on this list, then stick with the easiest option.

koki said...

It still comes with a ton of powerful features like layers, adjustments, and user-created plugins, but is simple enough that Paint.net is (at least in our opinion) the simplest option on the list. complete newcomers can grasp it immediately. The features are across the top, and filters are accessible from a drop-down menu.
Some of the special effects are pretty cool: sharpen, blur, distort, emboss, etc. You can even get some Instagram-esque vintage effects in there for good measure. We don’t want to waste too much time on this one. It’s got a lot of features, an easy interface, and a simple layout. If you’re struggling with others on this list, then stick with the easiest option.

killerfanthose said...

It still comes with a ton of powerful features like layers, adjustments, and user-created plugins, but is simple enough that Paint.net is (at least in our opinion) the simplest option on the list. complete newcomers can grasp it immediately. The features are across the top, and filters are accessible from a drop-down menu.
Some of the special effects are pretty cool: sharpen, blur, distort, emboss, etc. You can even get some Instagram-esque vintage effects in there for good measure. We don’t want to waste too much time on this one. It’s got a lot of features, an easy interface, and a simple layout. If you’re struggling with others on this list, then stick with the easiest option.

reshma said...

"It still comes with a ton of powerful features like layers, adjustments, and user-created plugins, but is simple enough that Paint.net is (at least in our opinion) the simplest option on the list. complete newcomers can grasp it immediately. The features are across the top, and filters are accessible from a drop-down menu.
Some of the special effects are pretty cool: sharpen, blur, distort, emboss, etc. You can even get some Instagram-esque vintage effects in there for good measure. We don’t want to waste too much time on this one. It’s got a lot of features, an easy interface, and a simple layout. If you’re struggling with others on this list, then stick with the easiest option."