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Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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Post by arb99 »

adventured wrote: post #107
scriptproof wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe he makes money also with the 50 pages displaying ads you have to visit before to be able to download the file. But this does not detract from the qualities of the software, that I use daily.

What am I missing? I had three clicks, zero ads. I clicked here: http://www.getpaint.net/download.html Then I clicked here: http://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html Then here for the file: http://www.dotpdn.com/files/paint.net.4.0.install.zip I use adblock, but when I fired up another browser, I still had three clicks, and the only ads were one typical square block ad, that didn't get in the way at all.

these are the ads:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/q9dzn78tfh2srnb/Screenshot%202014-...

It isn't really a bad thing. He's giving the software away for free. I'm never a fan of the ones that pretend to be the download link (the ad on the left linked to http://www.mac-zip.com/lp/freezip_osx/df?mnag=155060&mnct=45... god knows what kind of stuff you'd get if you downloaded/ran that...)

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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Post by Grue3 »

weef wrote: post #96
user24 wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let me show you what it looks like without adblock: http://imgur.com/a/kuKqo

My daughter accidentally downloaded 6 different programs while trying to download Paint.net some which were malware. While I understand these are ads probably out of their control, their website is extremely deceptive in my opinion and should be modified to make the actual Paint.net download more obvious.

I'm pretty sure these ads are exactly what they are to maximize click-rate, and therefore to give Paint.NET's author the most money. Very exploitative (with emphasis on exploit).

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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Post by adventured »

arb99 wrote: post #111
adventured wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What am I missing? I had three clicks, zero ads. I clicked here: http://www.getpaint.net/download.html Then I clicked here: http://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html Then here for the file: http://www.dotpdn.com/files/paint.net.4.0.install.zip I use adblock, but when I fired up another browser, I still had three clicks, and the only ads were one typical square block ad, that didn't get in the way at all.

these are the ads: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q9dzn78tfh2srnb/Screenshot%202014-... It isn't really a bad thing. He's giving the software away for free. I'm never a fan of the ones that pretend to be the download link (the ad on the left linked to http://www.mac-zip.com/lp/freezip_osx/df?mnag=155060&mnct=45... god knows what kind of stuff you'd get if you downloaded/ran that...)

Interestingly, others seem to be seeing two ads. With Chrome I only get one ad square, the one on the left part of the page. The ad on the right never shows up.

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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Post by arrrg »

rtpg wrote: post #2

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...

Depends on what you need on the Mac. For many common image editing tasks like rotating, cropping, resizing, saving in a different image format, some simple levels, exposure, saturation, sharpening and white balance adjustments as well as a few mark up tools (adding text, arrows, various shapes) Preview is perfectly adequate.

That’s probably more than enough for people who don’t actually create any images. Maybe the photo editing is a bit anaemic, but Photoshop’s photo editing tools are cryptic and hard to use for occasional users and those probably benefit a lot more from a simple editing panel with a few relevant sliders than from all the hard to unlock power of Photoshop.

The only notable absent thing is some sort of image straightening tool (only 90° rotations are possible).

If you want to do actual image editing there are a couple of excellent apps, namely Acorn and Pixelmator, both modern and frequently updated. You have to pay for them but that’s Mac software. You should have to pay for them. That’s only proper.

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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Post by mrec »

soneca wrote: post #94

Once I read somewhere that Paint.NET developer is the only in the interwebs than can make a living out only of donations for his software. I don't know if this is true, but it is totally deserved. I use Paint.NET for a lot of things, most of them professionally. If I someday get lucky in this startup lottery thing, I intend to donate some thousands of dollars. EDIT for add: I see a lot of comments talking about using…

I'm pretty sure the Dwarf Fortress guys also survive purely on donations.

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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Post by TarpitCarnivore »

mythz wrote: post #66
shurcooL wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pixelmator is my go-to OS X alternative.

Massive fan of Pixelmator, my #1 goto option on OSX. Very few apps have Pixelmator's quality and polish. Paint.NET is a great option on Windows for quick and easy graphic work, has been enough to keep me off Photoshop (as a web dev) for years.

What got me to buy Pixelmator was the amount of instructional material they provide on their website, that is well laid out and easy to follow.

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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Post by kodr »

scriptproof wrote: post #102
soneca wrote: post #94

Once I read somewhere that Paint.NET developer is the only in the interwebs than can make a living out only of donations for his software. I don't know if this is true, but it is totally deserved. I use Paint.NET for a lot of things, most of them professionally. If I someday get lucky in this startup lottery thing, I intend to donate some thousands of dollars. EDIT for add: I see a lot of comments talking about using…

Maybe he makes money also with the 50 pages displaying ads you have to visit before to be able to download the file. But this does not detract from the qualities of the software, that I use daily.

ninite.com may help with that.

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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Post by rogerdpack »

shurcooL wrote: post #20
rtpg wrote: post #2

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.

That would be a non-free alternative...

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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Post by el_duderino »

adventured wrote: post #107
scriptproof wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe he makes money also with the 50 pages displaying ads you have to visit before to be able to download the file. But this does not detract from the qualities of the software, that I use daily.

What am I missing? I had three clicks, zero ads. I clicked here: http://www.getpaint.net/download.html Then I clicked here: http://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html Then here for the file: http://www.dotpdn.com/files/paint.net.4.0.install.zip I use adblock, but when I fired up another browser, I still had three clicks, and the only ads were one typical square block ad, that didn't get in the way at all.

Just use ninite.

Re: Paint.Net 4.0 is now available

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Post by arikrak »

rtpg wrote: post #2

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...

There's a large amount of free software available on Windows that doesn't have an equivalent on Mac. It matter less over time as more things move to the web, but Paint.net is still a good example.
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