Paint.NET – image editor with layer support
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I’m not a professional user of this kind of programs but for what I need most of the time (banners, thumbnails, etc) Paint.NET is amazing. I’ve tried Photoshop before (and others alike) but the interface and the amount of options was overwhelming. When I discovered Paint.NET I was intrigued by it. Seems to be more friendly, although with the same amount of options as other more popular software. I haven’t use it to its max potential yet, because of my casual approach to this kind of programs but so far, has been great. For free, it’s fantastic. I would say, give it a try, play hard with it and then decide wether is good or not. I’m biased to it now. I cannot live without it.
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Paint.Net is a great image editor, but it is really meant to be a MS Paint replacement. Out of the box, it has all of the normal editing features, but if you want more out of it for various reasons then you’ll have to install some plugins. Most of the plugins available are for touching up and manipulating the appearance of the image. For pro users, you won’t have the control that you want from it. After using a program like PhotoShop, I got frustrated that I couldn’t do certain things with layers on Paint.Net. It’s a great editor for touching up images, manipulating it or saving it to different formats, but not much more. Maybe in the future they will build it up to PhotoShop like program, but for now it’s best for the casual user who want a little more than MS Paint. I’d recommend Chasys Draw IES or GIMP for pro users.
