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
* Windows 7 (recommended),
or Windows XP SP3,
or Windows Vista SP1 (SP2 and Platform Update recommended)
* 800MHz processor (dual-core recommended)
* 512MB of RAM
* 1024 x 768 screen resolution
* 200+ MB hard drive space
* Optional: 64-bit mode requires a 64-bit CPU and a 64-bit edition of Windows
Paint.NET
also depends on Microsoft's .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, which is
automatically installed if it isn't already on the system.
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 actions you perform on an image, and on
the size of the image.
File size: 3.5 MB (freeware)