A software just like Photoshop, but free!

Photoshop is expensive, there is no denying that.


But thankfully there is a free alternative to Photoshop: Paintdotnet (getpaint.net).

"Paint.NET is a free image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools."

"An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins."

"It started development as an undergraduate college senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it."

"Originally intended as a free replacement for the Microsoft Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple image and photo editor tool."

"It has been compared to other digital photo editing software packages such as Adobe® Photoshop®, Corel®Paint Shop Pro®, Microsoft Photo Editor, and The GIMP."

Paint.NET features: getpaint.net/features 


Download Paint.NET here: Getpaint.net/download


A tutorial on how to add effects and plugins to paint.net can be found here:
http://originalhoop.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/how-to-install-paintnet-effects-and.html
- Hoop

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