i love this app its so easy to use
Paint.net
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Re: Paint.net
#22When I remember right, Paint.net has this funny origin story: someone wanted to proof that .NET was not suitable for delivering a paint application. He proofed himself otherwise and made a permanent job out of it.
Re: Paint.net
#23I've been using paint.net for years now and it does have some pros. - Sufficient even for mid-complexity art tasks - Nice, simple interface - Plenty of plugins I don't mind the proprietary format -- since I'm usually just doing quick tasks in it, I'm either saving as jpg or png, or don't expect to need to open the pdn file at some later time or in other software. However for anyone looking to start with something new…
Agreed, I switched to Krita and it's amazing in comparison.
Re: Paint.net
#24When I remember right, Paint.net has this funny origin story: someone wanted to proof that .NET was not suitable for delivering a paint application. He proofed himself otherwise and made a permanent job out of it.
That seems to be a myth (but certainly a nice one)
https://betanews.com/2006/02/27/interview-a-look-inside-pain...
Re: Paint.net
#25I've been using Pant dot NET for 20 years since the initial version.
The project was originally started by WSU (Washington State University)'s Rick Brewster and his team with backed MSFT.
But it wasn't adopted for Windows.
Re: Paint.net
#26I've been using Pant dot NET for 20 years since the initial version. The project was originally started by WSU (Washington State University)'s Rick Brewster and his team with backed MSFT. But it wasn't adopted for Windows.
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Re: Paint.net
#27paint.net is one of the only pieces of software that I miss from Windows. After having started with Tux Paint, I found paint.net extremely intuitive and easy to use (very nice for making goofy memes in middle/high school, and quick/easy drawings). I think that even after not having used it for years I am still more productive in it than I am in, say, Photoshop or GIMP.
I have found Pinta (pinta-project.com) is a great replacement that works on Linux. I don't use it very often anymore but last time I did it was basically a drop-in replacement. No affiliation, just something I have used.
Pinta is much less stable unfortunately. Paint .NET is just much, much more polished and pleasant to use
Re: Paint.net
#28Always choose this app but find myself using Irfan view for printing nearly every time as the Windows native print dialog which paint.net and other image apps use to be severely lacking.
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#29Paint.net is great. I even purchased it from the Windows store even though you can install it for free outside of that channel. The one thing that does annoy me about it is that there's no way to dock the floating windows. I'm sure being able to rearrange them is great for some people's workflows but for me, I'd prefer them just to be docked to the main window. Maybe something like Visual Studio where everything can be docked to any side or completely undocked but just a everything docked option would be fine for me.
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#30It is one of few softwares, I believe MSFT should simply sponsor and promote, maybe make it opensource. It is a perfect application, Windows only built in dotnet, loved by users and has a perfect positioning.