Paint.NETes un software gratuito de edición de imágenes y fotos diseñado para computadoras que ejecutan Windows. Ofrece una interfaz limpia e intuitiva que permite a los usuarios aprender rápidamente y comenzar a editar imágenes con facilidad. Originalmente desarrollado como un proyecto universitario, se ha convertido en una aplicación bien mantenida y respetada, respaldada por una sólida comunidad en línea.

Paint.NETsoporta capas, permitiendo a los usuarios gestionar composiciones complejas con precisión. Las funciones de edición estándar como recortar, redimensionar y rotar están disponibles, junto con capacidades más avanzadas como ajustes de curvas, modos de fusión y una variedad de efectos artísticos. Estas herramientas ayudan a los usuarios a mejorar fotos o crear arte digital de manera eficiente.

Paint.NETadmite una amplia gama de formatos de imagen, incluidos JPEG, PNG, BMP e incluso archivos PSD de Photoshop con plugins. Su sistema de plugins permite a los usuarios expandir la funcionalidad al agregar nuevos efectos, ajustes y tipos de archivos, adaptándose a diferentes flujos de trabajo creativos.

La comunidad detrás dePaint.NETdesarrolla activamente tutoriales, plugins y extensiones, contribuyendo a la mejora continua del software. Con actualizaciones regulares y una instalación ligera, proporciona una experiencia de edición receptiva sin requerimientos de hardware exigentes.aint.NETes una opción sólida para aquellos que buscan un editor de imágenes confiable y sencillo.

Características clave:

• Interfaz Amigable: Diseño simple, limpio e intuitivo para facilitar su uso.
• Soporte de Capas: Permite una composición avanzada de imágenes a través de capas, similar a Photoshop.
• Herramientas poderosas: Incluye selección, mover, zoom, degradado, sello clonador y herramientas de texto.
• Efectos Especiales: Ofrece efectos como desenfoque, nitidez, eliminación de ojos rojos, distorsión y grabado.
• Historial Ilimitado: Deshacer ilimitado con una ventana de historial visual para la recuperación de errores.
• Compatibilidad con plugins: amplíe la funcionalidad con plugins creados por la comunidad para filtros, efectos y herramientas.
• Comunidad activa: Accede a tutoriales, descargas de plugins y soporte a través de un gran foro de usuarios.
• Rendimiento rápido: Optimizado para velocidad y rendimiento incluso en hardware modesto.
• Actualizaciones regulares: Frecuentemente actualizado con correcciones de errores, nuevas funciones y mejoras.

• 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.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.