Paint.NET started life as a college design project mentored by Microsoft and is still being maintained by some of the originals. The intention then was a free replacement Microsoft Paint but continued to grow into a powerful photo editing tool with similarities to Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, The GIMP, and of course Microsoft Photo Editor.
To handle multiple images easily, Paint.NET uses a tabbed interface. These tabs display a live thumbnail of the image as opposed to the more common text description. This fact makes navigation easier and faster for most.
Special effects are included including blurring, sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise, and embossing. It also features a 3D Rotate/Zoom effect that makes it easy for you to add perspective and tilting.
Paint.NET has support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and many other tools. The community also provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.
Author: Rick Brewster
Date: 09/30/2017 07:44 AM
Size: 6.87 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win 10 / 8 / 7
Date: 09/30/2017 07:44 AM
Size: 6.87 MB
License: Freeware
Requires: Win 10 / 8 / 7
Paint.NET 4.0.18 - released on September 29th, 2017
This update improves performance and is the first version to be made available on the Windows Store.
- Improved: Startup performance has been improved by about 25%
- New: Now available on the Windows Store! https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9NBHCS1LX4R0
- Improved: Plugins can now be installed per-user into "Documents\paint.net App Files" into folders named Effects, FileTypes, and Shapes.
- Improved: When using Portable Mode, custom palette files are stored next to the EXE instead of in Documents
- Fixed: There was a crash on some systems that may have prevented the app from starting up (MissingMethodException for "System.GC.Collect")
This update improves performance and is the first version to be made available on the Windows Store.
- Improved: Startup performance has been improved by about 25%
- New: Now available on the Windows Store! https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9NBHCS1LX4R0
- Improved: Plugins can now be installed per-user into "Documents\paint.net App Files" into folders named Effects, FileTypes, and Shapes.
- Improved: When using Portable Mode, custom palette files are stored next to the EXE instead of in Documents
- Fixed: There was a crash on some systems that may have prevented the app from starting up (MissingMethodException for "System.GC.Collect")
