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.
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Our users have written 41 comments and reviews about Paint.NET, and it has gotten 1519 likes
- Developed by dotPDN LLC
- Proprietary and Free Personal product.
- One time purchase (perpetual license) that cost about $7.
- Average rating of 4.3
- 163 alternatives listed
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.
I like Paint.net, but it bothers me very much, that it is not possible to select and to move a text object and change the font size. You can only select areas with pixels, not text objects. From the moment, when a text has been created, you can edit it only as an area with pixels, not as a text with changeable size, letters and changeable text position. The manipulation of text fields is a big weak point of Paint.net.
If the developers would improve this weak point, or if someone does not use texts in pictures, Paint.net would be on of the best picture editing applications.
There is now an add-on to the latest version specifically for text editing and changing. It's also easy to move, change or resize text if you remember to put it in a different layer, and save the project as a pdn file so it can be changed later. If you compress the layers into a jpg, it is then much harder to change.
Reply written over 9 years ago
Could you specify a link to a description and download of this add-on? Can it be installed with Paint.net portable?
Reply written over 9 years ago
http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/TextTool.html
I recommend you simply use a separate layer for text. That way you can simply delete the layer and add new text in whatever color, format, etc. you like. Save the project WITH THE LAYER in it as PDN if you feel you will edit this later. ALSO save as your preferred format (.jpg etc)but be aware you can't edit text in a flat (single layer) format like that, you will have to use the saved pdn file. This is similar to "that other" image manipulation software, just different file names for different programs that work similarly)
Be aware also latest version is paint.net 4.0.6 which is likely to have quite a few new features! (No, I haven't tried it yet)
[Edited by fixitmanarizona, December 13]
Reply written almost 6 years ago
It should be possible to select some letters of a text with shift + > or shift + end and cut off the selected text.
The developers should improve this big weak point. So it is uncomfortable to use paint.net .
Reply written almost 6 years ago
Simple, easy to use program that should be quite capable of handling many photo editing tasks. If you need more, there is always Krita and GIMP.
It used to be a good "Photoshop Lite", but since moving to .NET 5 the install is now a whopping 400MB (Photoshop CS6 is 500). Soon it will be .NET 6 and possibly even bigger? I no longer have a reason to keep both programs.
i love how the way of making my photo make people really like me!
covers 99% of typical image editing tasks. I use it everywhere anytime. And it's free. Amazing!