Paint.NET, Future Photoshop?

Image and photo editor running on .NET, hence its name, and on Windows, it is gradually enriched but is far to have the capabilities of The GIMP, but it has the advantage of ease of use.
Therefore it could in just a few years of development, become a free alternative to Photoshop ... if it remain free!

What can make a webmaster with Paint.NET?

Logo, images, page backgrounds, are part of the design of a modern site.

The intuitive interface helps to make images quickly.

Simple interface

The design of the software makes it easy to use in general.

Defects

Special effects

We can achieve the following effects:

Some examples on the site.

Compatibility

A plugin can make the software compatible with Photoshop files.

Future of Paint.Net

There are no plans to port it to Mono or on other operating systems. A Mono version exists and is open source, but not very actively developed.
The original software is free but not open source. Nothing prevents therefore it to become a commercial product in the future. The last version which was published with source is 3.36.
So a drawing software easy to use, open source and portable is always to find.

Version 4.0, more easily extensible, is scheduled for 2011.

Tutorials

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