paint.NET

[Xavier Torres]

paint.NET

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.



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 Microsoft Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple image and photo editor tool.



Paint.NET is an alternative way of processing digital photos. Simple yet very versatile in terms of features and function, application users are enabled to access standard editing tools and have the freedom to explore and reinvent photos.



Like other commercial image editing software, Paint.NET can handle layers, apply filters and effects individually. Users can also make vector images and choose colors through a comprehensive color palette. It is a simple yet effective software for digital photo processing that actually works like a charm.



Key Features Include:
- Special effects tools include: blurring, sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise and embossing.
- 3D Rotate/Zoom effects make it very easy to add perspective and tilting.
- Image manipulation tools include: brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, curves, and levels. You can also convert an image to black and white, or sepia.

Language Support:
English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, and Spanish.

System Requirements:
1. Minimum System
- Windows 7 SP1 or newer (including Windows 8, 8.1, and 10)
- 1GHz processor (dual-core recommended)
- 1GB of RAM

2. Paint.NET depends on Microsoft's .NET Framework 4.5, which is automatically installed if it isn't already on the system.

3. Paint.NET will automatically run in 64-bit mode if possible. You must have a 64-bit capable CPU and an x64 edition of Windows.

4. Paint.NET uses your hard drive to store temporary files related to undo/redo history. Because of this, actual disk space requirements will depend on the actions you perform on an image, and on the size of the image.

5. Paint.NET does not work on Windows RT.

Official Site paint.Net:

http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

Forum paint.Net:

http://forums.getpaint.net/

Plugins paint.Net:

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/fo...hing-only/

Tutorials paint.Net:

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/fo...hing-only/

Changelog paint.Net 4.0.6 - Released on August 2nd, 2015:

This update adds the ability to install custom shapes, is updated for Windows 10, and fixes some minor bugs and crashes.
- New: You can now create and install custom shapes for the Shapes tool.
- New: Updated to work better with Windows 10.
- New: Increased the maximum brush size to 2000.
- New: IndirectUI-based effect plugins can now provide help text, accessible via the question mark button.
- New: Effect plugins may now access the current palette via IPalettesService.
- Improved: Reduced memory usage of brush tools when using large brush sizes.
- Fixed: Holding shift to constrain the angle of the roll control (Layers -> Rotate/Zoom) wasn't working correctly.
- Fixed: Various shapes (hexagon, pentagon, triangle, etc.) are now symmetric when holding the shift key.
- Fixed: Multiple high-dpi blemishes in the main window and many dialog boxes (Settings, Save Configuration, all effect dialogs, etc.)
- Fixed: Various minor/rare crashes.

Download paint.Net 4.0.6:

http://www.dotpdn.com/files/paint.net.4.0.6.install.zip

Portable paint.Net 4.0.6 - 32-bit:

http://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/....6.paf.exe

Portable paint.Net 4.0.6 - 64-bit:

http://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/...it.paf.exe

[dinosaur07]

paint.NET

Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.



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 Microsoft Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple image and photo editor tool.



Paint.NET is an alternative way of processing digital photos. Simple yet very versatile in terms of features and function, application users are enabled to access standard editing tools and have the freedom to explore and reinvent photos.



Like other commercial image editing software, Paint.NET can handle layers, apply filters and effects individually. Users can also make vector images and choose colors through a comprehensive color palette. It is a simple yet effective software for digital photo processing that actually works like a charm.



Key Features Include:
- Special effects tools include: blurring, sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise and embossing.
- 3D Rotate/Zoom effects make it very easy to add perspective and tilting.
- Image manipulation tools include: brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, curves, and levels. You can also convert an image to black and white, or sepia.

Language Support:
English, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, and Spanish.

System Requirements:
1. Minimum System
- Windows 7 SP1 or newer (including Windows 8, 8.1, and 10)
- 1GHz processor (dual-core recommended)
- 1GB of RAM

2. Paint.NET depends on Microsoft's .NET Framework 4.5, which is automatically installed if it isn't already on the system.

3. Paint.NET will automatically run in 64-bit mode if possible. You must have a 64-bit capable CPU and an x64 edition of Windows.

4. Paint.NET uses your hard drive to store temporary files related to undo/redo history. Because of this, actual disk space requirements will depend on the actions you perform on an image, and on the size of the image.

5. Paint.NET does not work on Windows RT.

Official Site paint.Net:

http://www.getpaint.net/index.html

Forum paint.Net:

http://forums.getpaint.net/

Plugins paint.Net:

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/fo...hing-only/

Tutorials paint.Net:

http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/fo...hing-only/

Changelog paint.Net 4.0.6 - Released on August 2nd, 2015:

This update adds the ability to install custom shapes, is updated for Windows 10, and fixes some minor bugs and crashes.
- New: You can now create and install custom shapes for the Shapes tool.
- New: Updated to work better with Windows 10.
- New: Increased the maximum brush size to 2000.
- New: IndirectUI-based effect plugins can now provide help text, accessible via the question mark button.
- New: Effect plugins may now access the current palette via IPalettesService.
- Improved: Reduced memory usage of brush tools when using large brush sizes.
- Fixed: Holding shift to constrain the angle of the roll control (Layers -> Rotate/Zoom) wasn't working correctly.
- Fixed: Various shapes (hexagon, pentagon, triangle, etc.) are now symmetric when holding the shift key.
- Fixed: Multiple high-dpi blemishes in the main window and many dialog boxes (Settings, Save Configuration, all effect dialogs, etc.)
- Fixed: Various minor/rare crashes.

Download paint.Net 4.0.6:

http://www.dotpdn.com/files/paint.net.4.0.6.install.zip

Portable paint.Net 4.0.6 - 32-bit:

http://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/....6.paf.exe

Portable paint.Net 4.0.6 - 64-bit:

http://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/...ures/Paint.
NET/Paint.NET64Portable_4.0.6_64-bit.paf.exe

Very good review Xavier Torres.  ;)

[Xavier Torres]

Changelog paint.net 4.0.9 - Released on January 5th, 2016:

This is an update that fixes a few crashes and bugs that were found in 4.0.8:
- Fixed: Selection tools would sometimes crash
- Fixed: Line/Curve tool would draw nothing if the Shapes tool was configured for "Draw Filled Shape"
- Fixed: Thumbnails for .PDN files were not working on some systems
- Fixed: The "Finish" button in the toolbar would not update its enable/disable state when switching between images

Download paint.Net 4.0.9:

http://www.dotpdn.com/files/paint.net.4.0.9.install.zip

Portable paint.Net 4.0.8 - 32-bit:

http://netix.dl.sourceforge.net/project/....8.paf.exe

Portable paint.Net 4.0.8 - 64-bit:

http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/project...it.paf.exe

[giveaway_junkie]

Update July 8 - Paint.NET 4.0.10 has been released.



Download http://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html

Roadmap and Change Log 4.0.10
http://www.getpaint.net/roadmap.html

[giveaway_junkie]

Updated September 10 - Paint.NET 4.0.11 has been released.

Help http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/index.html
Download http://www.getpaint.net/download.html

paint.net 4.0.11 - Download, released on September 10th, 2016
This update adds the ability to configure the Rounded Rectangle shape's corner size. It also fixes issues with scrolling and panning, effect rendering performance, high DPI, and a rare system hang caused by WPF.

New: Rounded Rectangle's corner size ("radius") is now configurable
New: Overscroll can now be disabled from within Settings
Fixed: The Zoom tool was broken in 4.0.10
Fixed: Auto scroll will no longer engage overscroll. This prevents the image from shooting off in all directions when drawing on it or when making a selection.
Fixed: Panning with the middle mouse button would sometimes be "sticky".
Fixed: Effect rendering performance had significantly regressed in 4.0.10, by as much as 50%, on Intel CPUs with HyperThreading.
Fixed: Selecting the entire image and then using Zoom to Selection or the Zoom Tool would align the image in an awkward manner
Fixed: In rare cases, Settings -> Plugin Errors was hanging the whole system (bug in WPF?). This UI is now implemented in WinForms instead of WPF.
Fixed: Some more high-DPI issues, especially when using multiple monitors with mixed DPI, or when using Remote Desktop

Minimum System Requirements
• Windows 7 SP1 or newer (including Windows 8, 8.1, and 10)
• 1GHz processor (dual-core recommended)
• 1GB of RAM

Paint.NET depends on Microsoft's .NET Framework 4.6, which is automatically installed if it isn't already on the system.
Paint.NET will automatically run in 64-bit mode if possible. You must have a 64-bit capable CPU and an x64 edition of Windows.
Paint.NET does not work on Windows RT.
Paint.NET uses your hard drive to store temporary files related to undo/redo history. Because of this, actual disk space requirements will depend on the actions you perform on an image, and on the size of the image.

[baziroll]

paint.net 4.0.12 - Download, released on September 12th, 2016
This is a hotfix that fixes some crashing on single CPU systems, and a rendering bug in the Rounded Rectangle shape.

• Fixed: The Rounded Rectangle shape's rendering was incorrect for some values of "Corner size"
  
• Fixed: Effects and Adjustments were crashing the app on systems with only 1 CPU core, or virtual machines configured for only 1 CPU