Paint.NET
Paint.net is a free and very capable image editing software for Windows. Great alternative to Photoshop for people that do not need all the stuff PS offers.
- Free • Proprietary
- Image Editor
- Photo Editor
- Digital Painting Tool
- Windows
- .NET Framework
What is Paint.NET?
Paint.NET is a 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 plugins.
The app is completely free through a direct download on the website, though there is a small fee involved for access to the app through Windows Store.
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- English
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- Image Editor
- Photo Editor
- Graphic Design
- Photo Editing
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Free tools (Software that can help you mostly in any field) • Academia & Skills • Photography • Apps for Productive WorkstationRecent user activities on Paint.NET
koloraros Upvoted a comment on GIMP as an alternative to Paint.NETThe #1 perk of paint.net is how lightweight and fast it is, it's intended as a competitor to Paint. GIMP is the complete opposite- it's a big, slow monster designed to compete with photoshop.
Riffy Diffy liked Paint.NET
Douze added Paint.NET as alternative(s) to PhotoEditor
Works great, easy to use, lots of features, can disable antialiasing when working with really low resolution images
I like the "move selected pixels" and "move selection" feature, I find only Paint.Net has them both.
Same as gimp dogshit alternative to photoshop.
It has been a good alternative for PS for a while but now due to limitation to Win10 and lack of any progress (there's still no simple way to manipulate selections or good out-of-box refills) it became almost a useless heavyware. Even a litter like gimp is better now.
It seems like decent software, and it's simple enough to be a decent replacement while also providing a good bit of additional functionality, but one of the most basic functions, resizing the canvas (cropping), which I use MS Paint for a lot, isn't as intuitive or quick/easy as it doesn't allow simply dragging the edges/corners.
And the forum is a joke and a waste of time. They are extremely insistent that you take the time to read all their rules before posting, yet they don't bother reading your post before responding. I registered and read all their rules just to make a request for this feature, and in the request I specifically mentioned that I'm aware it can be done in other ways, and even detailed the other ways, yet BOTH responses, including one by the dev, instructed me on how to do it IN A WAY I ALREADY SAID.
So I'll use it, and I'd recommend it as an alternative to MS Paint, but don't expect anything from it or the community/dev(s) and don't bother wasting your time on the forum. Just consider it as-is.
I like Paint.NET, because it's easy to use, but yet powerful.
Mandatory application, thanks for the good job!