Paint.NET 3.5.5 Fileforum Pick

4.7 out of 5 stars 4.7 (1488 votes)

(April 25, 2010)

Windows 7/2003/2008/Vista/XP / Open Source / 5,569,599 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
    us3r

    Reviewing 3.5.5 (Apr 27, 2010)

    Paint.NET v3.5.5 - Download, released on April 25th, 2010
    This update fixes a bug when saving 8-bit images, improves layer composition and Gaussian Blur performance, and is now updated to support the new .NET Framework 4.0 in some cases.

    * Fixed the bug where saving as 8-bit PNG/GIF/BMP wasn't always working, usually with larger images.
    * Improved the performance of the Gaussian Blur effect by 30-40%.
    * Improved the performance of all the layer blending modes by 15-30%.
    * Improved the performance of zooming with the mouse wheel on dual-core Intel Atom systems.
    * Updated to support .NET 4.0 if no other version of .NET is installed.
    * Reduced download size from 4.8MB down to 3.5MB.
    * Fixed a small error in the Chinese translation.

    Please note that the system requirements have been updated. For Windows XP, you must now have Service Pack 3 (SP3) installed; SP2 is no longer supported. For Windows Vista, you must now have Service Pack 1 installed.

  2. 3 out of 5 stars
    frankwick

    Reviewing 3.5.5 (Apr 26, 2010)

    I am a pro photo and this is not a Photoshop replacement for me. However, this tool is great for people who don't need a full-blown photoshop. If you use Photoshop Elements, then you should consider this tool. Paint.net is MUCH easier to use than the GIMP.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

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