"Paint.NET is just about perfect ..."- Lifehacker (June 2010)

"Impressive." - PC World, Top 100 Products of 2007

"It raises the quality bar," - Jeff Atwood, Coding Horror

"Paint.NET delivers a cost-effective alternative to pricey commercial software." HostingAdvice.com

About

Paint.NET is 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 now maintained and developed by Rick Brewster. 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.