About
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers 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. 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.
Minimum System Requirements
- Windows XP (SP2 or newer),
- or Windows Vista,
- or Windows 7,
- or Windows Server
- (2003 SP1 or newer)
- .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (free download
- from Microsoft)
- 256 MB of RAM (Recommended: 512 MB or more)
- 1024 x 768 screen resolution
- 200+ MB hard drive space
- 64-bit mode requires a 64-bit CPU and a 64-bit edition of Windows
Please note that 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 type of actions you perform on an image, and on the size of the image.
Documentation
The documentation, or help file, for Paint.NET is also available online:
Documentation (help file) for Paint.NET
Plugins
There are a number of plugins that have been made available, and that may be downloaded on our forum. These plugins add new effects and the ability to handle new file types.
You may browse and download the plugins here.
Some Of My Favorite Pligins: StockLibary, PhotoShop File Format, Upload To.....
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