Paint.NET 3.5.1 Fileforum Pick

4.7 out of 5 stars 4.7 (1432 votes)

(November 20, 2009)

Windows 7/Vista/XP / Open Source / 5,534,461 downloads

Paint.NET is 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. The programming language used to create Paint.NET is C#, with a small amount of C++ for installation and shell-integration related functionality.

Paint.NET is freeware, but the team is accepting donations here.

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  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    emanresU deriseD

    Reviewing 3.5.1 (Nov 21, 2009)

    The professional appearance and functionality this project is taking on give me the "about to go shareware" feeling... I hope I'm wrong.

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    thartist

    Reviewing 3.5.1 (Nov 21, 2009)

    Much faster and way more beautiful than 3.36, and very well balanced in features for the medium-complexity tasks sector it targets. It doesn't lack a thing for the tasks i want to accomplish, but for being a program thought for home users, it could add some more artistic filters by default to toy with. An absolute pleasure to use.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    mjm01010101

    Reviewing 3.5.1 (Nov 20, 2009)

    New: For Windows 7, added taskbar progress reporting for long running operations (effects, adjustments, Image->Resize, save, install)
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    · Made some corrections to the French translation
    · Running setup with /auto will no longer launch Paint.NET when it’s done
    · Fixed an issue where Paste into New Image would refuse an image on the clipboard, even if regular Paste would take it
    · Fixed a race condition with Edit->Paste and Image->Resize whereby it would take up 100% CPU and take between 1 minute to 1 hour to finish
    · Fixed an issues with Copy/Paste where it would leave an extra line of transparent pixels on the left, top, right, and/or bottom edges
    · Fixed lag with the paintbrush tool that was being seen on some systems
    · Fixed some issues with the paintbrush and eraser tool being misaligned when zoomed in
    · Fixed a crash that would happen at (seemingly) random times, such as after drawing with the paintbrush tool, on some systems
    · Fixed a minor and obscure rendering glitch with the Move Selected Pixels tool
    · Fixed an issue with glass over Remote Desktop or Windows 7 Virtual PC
    · Fixed a minor glitch whereby the "Unsaved Changes" confirmation dialog could never finish rendering the image thumbnail if one of the Move tools was active

  4. 5 out of 5 stars
    VilainChien

    Reviewing 3.50 (Nov 10, 2009)

    One of the best freeware to edit photos.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    schuler

    Reviewing 3.50 (Nov 10, 2009)

    good program

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