Photoshop Alternative - Paint.NET

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 4:51 am

Has anyone on the site tried it? I installed it and looked around, just a quick glance, but I'm certainly impressed.

http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html

CrackTheSky · Post by **CrackTheSky** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:46 am

I haven't...but it sure looks like a reasonable alternative to Photoshop...

/me might have to try this out

Shazzy · Post by **Shazzy** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:33 pm

Windows only =\

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 12:47 pm

I wouldn't exactly call it a Photoshop alternative. Even the products developer himself just calls it an ms paint alternative :p It doesn't have anywhere near the functionality of Photoshop, or for that matter, even the gimp. However, it does seem to be a very competent image editor very suitable for quite a few tasks. It appears definitely a lot more user-friendly than the gimp, so if it does everything you need, then I suppose its a definite alternative to buying something like Photoshop, just don't expect it to actually compete in features.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 2:23 pm

I tried it once. IIRC, I couldn't install it because it required XP SP2, and I refuse to get SP2.

FancyClancy · Post by **FancyClancy** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:49 pm

I use it and like it. Its much more than an ms paint alternative. Definately a good option if you dont want to buy photoshop.

dokidoki · Post by **dokidoki** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:57 pm

Update: V3.0 released yesterday.
http://www.getpaint.net/
(It's got an update checker, but for those who haven't tried it yet, I guess)