Paint.NET4.0

Paint.NET is a powerful and user-friendly image editing software that provides a wide range of tools and features. Developed by Rick Brewster and a group of dedicated volunteers, Paint.NET offers a free and accessible alternative to expensive professional editing programs.

With its intuitive interface, Paint.NET allows both novice and experienced users to create and manipulate images effortlessly. The software supports various file formats, including popular ones such as JPEG, PNG, BMP, and GIF, making it versatile and compatible with different projects.

One of the standout features of Paint.NET is its extensive selection of editing tools. Users can apply various effects, adjust colors and tones, crop and resize images, and remove unwanted elements with ease. The software also offers advanced features like layers, allowing for complex compositions and non-destructive editing.

Paint.NET's user-friendly interface ensures that users can quickly navigate through the software and find the tools they need. The toolbar is well-organized, providing easy access to commonly used functions. Additionally, the software offers an array of keyboard shortcuts, making the editing process even more efficient.

Another advantage of Paint.NET is its supportive community. The software has an active online forum where users can ask questions, seek advice, and share their work. This community-driven approach fosters a collaborative environment and enables users to learn from each other and discover new techniques.

Despite being free, Paint.NET continuously receives updates and improvements. The development team regularly releases new versions, introducing additional features and addressing any bugs or issues. This commitment to refinement ensures that Paint.NET remains a reliable and up-to-date image editing solution.

Paint.NET is a versatile and user-friendly image editing software that offers a wide range of tools and features. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced user, Paint.NET provides a powerful platform to create, edit, and enhance images. With its intuitive interface, supportive community, and regular updates, Paint.NET is an excellent choice for anyone looking for a capable and accessible editing program.

Key Features: 

  • Intuitive interface for easy navigation.
  • Layer-based editing for complex compositions.
  • Selection tools for precise editing.
  • Drawing and painting tools for creating artwork.
  • Various effects and filters for image enhancement.
  • Image correction tools for adjustments.
  • Plugin support for extending functionality.
  • Multiple file format support.
  • Batch processing for working with multiple images.
  • Active community and online resources for support and learning.

What's New

Version 4.0

System Requirements
  • Windows 7 SP1 or newer is now required.
  • NET Framework 4.5 is now required, and will be installed if needed.
  • A dual-core (or more!) processor is highly recommended.
  • Hardware acceleration (GPU) via Direct2D is now supported.
  • Please disable this in the Settings dialog if you experience visual artifacts.
Performance
  • A brand new, asynchronous, fully multithreaded rendering engine allows performance to scale very well with respect to the number of CPU cores whether you have 2, 4, 6, or even 16 of them.
  • The responsiveness of the user interface has been greatly improved, especially when working with large images.
  • Memory usage is lower.
  • Improved battery life impact due to fixing the way the floating windows manage their transparency.
  • Startup performance when many plugins are installed is improved, thanks to the Multicore JIT feature introduced in .NET 4.5.
Selections
  • Selections are now antialiased, which greatly improves the quality around the edges of selected content. You can turn this on and off at any time from the toolbar.
  • Everything related to selections now has much higher performance and greatly reduced CPU usage, especially if hardware acceleration (GPU) is enabled.
  • The selection outline is now rendered using the “dancing ants” animation, which greatly improves the contrast between it and the image itself.
General
  • The functionality previously provided by the Utilities, Window, and Help menus has been simplified, consolidated, and moved to the top-right corner of the main window.
  • The image thumbnail list has been moved up 1 row so that it no longer intrudes into the current Tool’s toolbar space. This means it will no longer “jump around” when you switch between tools. This also means that it is aligned to the top of the monitor when the main window is maximized, making it easier to click on images (Fitt's Law)
  • The image thumbnail list can now be reordered with drag-and-drop.
  • The zoom slider and units selector have been moved from the toolbar to the bottom right corner of the window (into the status bar).
  • Layers can now be reordered with drag-and-drop.
  • Improved quality of Image->Resize.
  • Copying to the clipboard now includes the “PNG” format, which allows transparency to survive from many popular applications (e.g. Office)
  • Shift+Backspace will now fill the selection with the secondary color (Backspace, the shortcut key for Edit -> Fill Selection, still fills with primary color as usual).
  • EXIF rotation metadata is now applied when opening images (e.g. JPG taken with a rotated camera).
  • Crash logs are now stored in%LOCALAPPDATA%\paint.net\CrashLogs (e.g. C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\paint.net\CrashLogs) instead of on the desktop.
Tools
  • Drawing tools (Pencil, Paintbrush, Eraser, Clone Stamp, Recolor) now have much smoother mouse input handling via GetMouseMovePointsEx.
  • Brush tools (Paintbrush, Eraser, Clone Stamp, Recolor) now have soft brushes support via a “Hardness” setting in the toolbar.
  • The Move tools (Move Selected Pixels, Move Selection) have a much better UI for scaling, moving, and (especially) rotation.
  • The Move tools now support moving the rotation anchor, which changes the center of rotation.
  • The new Shapes tool replaces the Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Ellipse, and Freeform shape tools. 27 shapes are currently available. You may move, resize, and rotate a shape, as well as reconfigure any other properties from the toolbar (color, outline size, etc.) before committing it to the layer.
  • Color Picker has a configurable sampling radius, and can sample from either the current layer or the whole image.
  • Gradient tool now supports a new Spiral gradient type and allows configuration of the repeat mode (none, repeat, wrapped).
  • Gradient tool has improved rendering quality via dithering and antialiasing. You can control both of these with the standard antialiasing toggle in the toolbar.
  • Magic Wand and Paint Bucket now allow live adjustment of Tolerance and the Origin (click location) after clicking (press Enter to commit/finish).
  • Magic Wand and Paint Bucket can now sample from either the current layer or the whole image.
  • Paint Bucket tool now supports anti-aliasing.
  • Recolor tool can now use the color of the pixel where you click as the color to be replaced. Or, as usual, it can use the secondary color.
  • Text tool now supports multiple rendering modes: Smooth, Sharp (Modern), and Sharp (Classic). These correspond to DirectWrite rendering modes of Outline, ClearType Natural Symmetric, and GDI Classic, respectively.
  • Text tool now supports colored fonts on Windows 8.1.

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Requirements:

Windows 7/ Windows 8/ Windows 8.1

Languages:

Multi-languages

Publisher:

dotPDN LLC

Updated:

Jun 25, 2014

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Paint.NET 5.0.13

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