Paint.NET 3.5.3 Fileforum Pick

4.7 out of 5 stars 4.7 (1463 votes)

(February 7, 2010)

Windows 7/Vista/XP / Open Source / 5,547,466 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
    Mystenes

    Reviewing 3.5.3 (Feb 9, 2010)

    Changes and fixes since v3.5.2:

    * Fixed DirectDraw Surface (.dds) file format support for CPUs which do not have SSE2 (Pentium III, Athlon XP)
    * Fixed an issue with the File->Save dialog related to file type plugins that were only written for opening (importing).
    * Fixed some crashes which were supposed to be "out of memory" errors.
    * Fixed a race condition with the New Image, Canvas Size, and Resize dialogs. If you typed extremely fast you could cause a crash by typing a negative number and immediately pressing OK or Enter.
    * Fixed a File->Save dialog issue in Win7/Vista where it could ask you about overwriting the wrong file.

  2. 3 out of 5 stars
    JustForMyMemory

    Reviewing 3.5.3 (Feb 9, 2010)

    i prefers GIMP for more advanced features.

    Paint.NET should be included in Windows so long ago as "basic paint program", but Microsoft did not.

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    rstat1

    Reviewing 3.5.2 (Jan 20, 2010)

    Wouldn't use anything else. Plus its dependence on .NET is a non-issue since .NET is kind of embedded in windows now and has been for a while.

  4. 3 out of 5 stars
    nugro

    Reviewing 3.5.2 (Jan 5, 2010)

    changelog?

    While this is a great program on its own, I question the usefulness of it.
    I have this, GIMP, and your standard MS Paint on Win 7.
    I ended not using this, cause if I want to do something serious, GIMP is more powerful despite the horrendous UI and MS Paint if it's just a printscreen and small quick text placement is more than enough.

    And then we have Photofiltre which is also as good (or more) as this and faster cause no .Net dependency.

    3 stars for now.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    roj

    Reviewing 3.5.2 (Jan 4, 2010)

    DudeBoyz:

    First of all, .NET is the NOW of application development. Not the future, the NOW. Accept it and move on.

    Secondly, The GIMP is pure and utter garbage, rendered that way by a pathetic excuse for an interface that was designed by propeller-headed weenies FOR propeller-headed weenies - not humans. It is the equivalent of dropping a 442 engine block into a Lada. No one I know who uses Photoshop (including several professional graphics artists) would replace it with that ersatz.

    This program has both power and usability (something the GIMP cannot spell the "U" in) and is developed in a very credible application framework that is now standardized since two major Windows releases. It continues to grow, evolve and (again unlike the GIMP) enjoy interface enhancements. While no Photoshop replacement, it can easily hold its own against the GIMP or Paint Shop Pro.

    FIVE stars.

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