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Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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Paint.NET is one of the first things I get when I install windows somewhere. It's actually pretty frustrating that there isn't a nice simple image editing tool like that for Mac (or Linux). There's Gimp but...

i use the http://pixlr.com/ editor, no need to install anything

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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Paint.NET is one of the first things I get when I install windows somewhere. It's actually pretty frustrating that there isn't a nice simple image editing tool like that for Mac (or Linux). There's Gimp but...

Preview is a pretty simple image editing tool that ships with OSX

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Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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The major improvement for everyone is decreased startup time thanks to Multicore JIT. That was one of my few irritations with Paint.NET. Paint.NET should perform better overal thanks to GPU acceleration and multithreaded rendering. I've personally used the alpha's and beta's for a while now and it just feels zippier.

Why wouldn't something like Paint.NET just be AOT compiled with ngen?

At least the 3.x versions were.

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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Paint.NET is one of the first things I get when I install windows somewhere. It's actually pretty frustrating that there isn't a nice simple image editing tool like that for Mac (or Linux). There's Gimp but...

Pixelmator is my go-to OS X alternative.

Seashore isn't too bad either, http://seashore.sourceforge.net

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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I've been in several offices where people think they need Photoshop to crop or resize photos. Consequently no-one has Photoshop (because its expensive) and people end up pasting 2000x800 images of logos into their letterhead and wondering why all the word files got so big. Paint.Net is brilliant for doing common tasks like that. Its a shame you have to play 'guess the download link' - that has really stopped me from…

Supports PSD too, http://psdplugin.codeplex.com, not sure if it supports the latest version yet though.

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pixelmator is my go-to OS X alternative.

Seashore isn't too bad either, http://seashore.sourceforge.net

Yep, I like (and own and use) Pixelmator but before I was willing to pay money for something, Seashore was my go to app for basic editing.

My understanding is that it's bits of the GIMP processing engine with a nicer UI.

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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I've been in several offices where people think they need Photoshop to crop or resize photos. Consequently no-one has Photoshop (because its expensive) and people end up pasting 2000x800 images of logos into their letterhead and wondering why all the word files got so big. Paint.Net is brilliant for doing common tasks like that. Its a shame you have to play 'guess the download link' - that has really stopped me from…

There is a built in workaround in word itself : pasting the huge picture, adjusting size, cut & paste as PNG.

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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I've been in several offices where people think they need Photoshop to crop or resize photos. Consequently no-one has Photoshop (because its expensive) and people end up pasting 2000x800 images of logos into their letterhead and wondering why all the word files got so big. Paint.Net is brilliant for doing common tasks like that. Its a shame you have to play 'guess the download link' - that has really stopped me from…

You can use normal Paint (mspaint.exe) since at least Vista to resize and crop pictures, too.

Has been possible in older versions of Paint too, albeit indirectly; select region, copy, file->new, paste.
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