Paint.NET 3.36

Publisher's Description:

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.

Latest Changes:

• Improved: Effect rendering should be a little faster now
• Changed: Implemented some changes to the "Add Noise" effect that were suggested by a forum member
• Changed: The canvas background color is now always #c0c0c0
• Changed: The auto-updater should now correctly detect .NET 3.5 and newer, which will help to save bandwidth when Paint.NET v4.0 is released (it will require .NET 3.5)
• Fixed: Paint.NET now works on a system that has the .NET 3.5 SP1 "Client Profile" installed
• Fixed: When zoomed in and the cursor is to the top-left of the image (negative coordinates), the ruler is now highlighted in the correct area. Fixed: The effect rendering system no longer sets the "Tag" property on the configuration dialog
• Fixed: Some incorrectly authored plugins would cause a crash when loading their support details (author, copyright, etc.)
• Fixed: There was a bug in the color wheel for IndirectUI that caused it to show the wrong values at initialization
• Fixed: There was a performance problem for effects that used the IndirectUI color wheel control
• Fixed: In some rare cases, Paint.NET would crash while shutting down
• Fixed: When using the "Fixed Ratio" feature of the Rectangle Selection tool, it would crash if 0 was specified for both the width and height

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Latest User Reviews:

Reviewer:	twood	Sep 12, 2008
Version:	3.36
It's a good program for users who have no image editting experience. small download and install makes it powerful for its size, although. Not as powerful an application as I need. so it gets a 4/5.
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Reviewer:	myboy	Sep 12, 2008
Version:	3.36
Good but still missing some things such as re-editable text and re-editable nubs on the lines/curves. Once you save, that's it. Oh, it doesn't feather the selection (although there is a 3rd party plugin for it) and the paint brush only has one shape.
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Reviewer:	Galifray	Aug 27, 2008
Version:	3.36
It's a good, strong program, but it has some flaws that have not been fixed. On slower systems, like mine, it can take ten or more seconds to open images, regardless of the image's size. The program simply hangs with a busy cursor until it's finally ready. This is a real annoyance when I'm attempting to open several images at once, or I've pasted content into a new image.
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Reviewer:	Metshrine	Aug 27, 2008
Version:	3.36
This is one of those programs which, if changed to commercial status, I would gladly pay for just because of the years of free use I have been given out of this program. I cannot rate this higher than a 5 on bn, but it deserves much higher. Use it, you won't regret it
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Reviewer:	shdwstar	Jul 29, 2008
Version:	3.35
This is one of the best open source graphics programs out there. I wrote a more detailed review for it at http://mzk.gofreeserve.c...s.php?lng=en&pg=127
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