Paint.NET 3.54: A Handy Image and Photo Customization Software
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. Paint.NET 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.
Paint.NET 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. It has been compared to other digital photo editing software packages such as Adobe® Photoshop®, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, Microsoft Photo Editor, and The GIMP.
Paint.NET v3.5 Features
- Simple, intuitive user interface
Every feature and user interface element was designed to be immediately intuitive and/or quickly learnable without assistance. It is also designed to be immediately familiar to users of Paint and Photoshop.
- Layers
This allows you to compose one complete image from a stack of other images that are blended together.
- Unlimited History
Every action you take on an image is recorded in the History window, and is only limited by available disk space and memory.
- Support for many popular file formats
The following file formats are supported: PNG, JPEG, BMP, GIF, TGA, DDS, and TIFF. The native Paint.NET image type is PDN which preserves layering.
- Effects and Adjustments
You can apply many special effects to your image, and support for image adjustments is also possible.
- Full Support for Dual- and Quad-Core CPU’s, and 64-bit
Paint.NET is fully optimized for the latest in processor technology enabling dramatic performance improvements and the ability to work with larger and more images.
- Enhanced for Windows 7
Paint.NET v3.5 has been enhanced for the latest Windows release. Jump List support provides quick access to the list of recent images, and the user interface has been enhanced to take advantage of Aero and Glass. The font manager for the Text tool has been rewritten to use the new DirectWrite component, which greatly improves its quality and performance.
- Extensibility
Paint.NET supports plugins that add new effects, adjustments, and file format support.
- Free
Paint.NET is provided for no cost with generous licensing terms.
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