The fact that it contains so many features and tools, yet runs so much faster than paid-for rivals, is very impressive. Performance-wise, this program has been optimized for systems running newer versions of Windows (but older platforms are also supported) and works flawlessly on some of the slowest systems (like netbooks) to some of the fastest systems with multiple cores. High performance with a low footprint on system resources There are a wide variety of plugins available, including ones for adding new effects, tools, and file formats. The community of developers have created plugins that can be used to add additional functionality to the software. Paint.NET supports transparency, which means that users can edit images with transparent backgrounds or add transparency to an image. To be clear, 'Paint.NET' includes almost all of the standard Photoshop effects and adjustments in very familiar places. Standard effects available out-of-the-box are standard blurs, sharpening, photo effects (red-eye removal, photo softening), a list of various distortions, and more.

Like Adobe Photoshop, Paint.NET can also apply adjustments to your images such as auto-levels, contrast, invert, color levels, hues, posterize, and many others. Apply stunning effects and filters to photos The add-ons make applying unique and cool effects easy as pie. The community around this program is definitely a plus because users help each other and provide tutorials and a growing list of add-ons. If you're a Photoshop user who's used to using layers within a working document, then you won't be disappointed when using this freeware application because layers remain the foundation of Paint.NET, along with applying filters and effects to specific layers. Professional features you'd expect from expensive software like Photoshop Despite the name, the two programs are not comparable at all. It comes packed with all of the most essential tools needed in a modern image editing suite and completely blows Microsoft Paint out of the water. Paint.NET has got to be one of the nicest surprises for a freeware image editing program.

A highly successful and popular freeware image editor with tons of different applicable uses.

For windows download Paint.NET 5.0.11