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I still use Paint to crop screen shots when I need to send them to people. Quick and gets it done, on any Windows computer.

freehunter 9y ago
I still haven't found anything similar on Mac. It's the biggest thing I miss after making the switch. Preview is close, but still not the same. And Gimp, the usual recommendation, is far, far far far too heavyweight to be a valid comparison to Paint.
- tracker1 9y ago
  You can take a look at Pinta[0] I don't recall if it's a clone or a port of Paint.Net, but works for me as a quick tool... the OS integration (open with) needs some work though. It uses Mono as a portable runtime and is decent enough, again for most work. IMHO easier to use than Gimp, though not as feature rich. https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/ https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/
- cakedoggie 9y ago
  You don't need it on a mac. You can take a screenshot of a part of the screen only, and it saves it to an image on your desktop, you can send to anyone.
  - freehunter 9y ago
    Anything similar to Paint in general, not just this specific use case. Paint covers a lot of uses that Preview doesn't.
- captaincrowbar 9y ago
  I'm liking Paintbrush: https://paintbrush.sourceforge.io/ https://paintbrush.sourceforge.io/
vincvinc 9y ago
You can use Window's built-in Snipping Tool to do that more quickly than with paint (still love paint though)
slantyyz 9y ago
You should try Greenshot (free). It also lets you annotate your screenshots in a fashion similar to Skitch.
- hobs 9y ago
  Checkout ShareX, I was a long time Greenshot user (and it even integrates the nice annotation stuff from Greenshot) but I switched because it has an even nicer UI and a host of additional features while remaining simple to use (still free though.)
  - y0ghur7_xxx 9y ago
    But ShareX does not have an image editor, like Greenshot. Which is the whole reason we are discussing alternatives to paint. Or am I wrong and someone implemented one?
    - hobs 9y ago
      It definitely has Greenshot's image editor baked right in.
keithnz 9y ago
I use microsofts snip ( it's part of office, no idea why they don't make it part of windows ) https://mix.office.com/snip https://mix.office.com/snip It's replaced most of my need for ms-paint
- cbraz 9y ago
  "Snipping Tool" has been available and built in since Windows 7. Give that a try.
  - keithnz 9y ago
    I have used it, and it's ok, but snip feels like the evolution of it.
- sundvor 9y ago
  Yep, and in the Win10 Creator's update you can even do WIN+SHIFT+S for an ultra quick snip directly to the clipboard.

freehunter 9y ago

I still haven't found anything similar on Mac. It's the biggest thing I miss after making the switch. Preview is close, but still not the same. And Gimp, the usual recommendation, is far, far far far too heavyweight to be a valid comparison to Paint.

tracker1 9y ago
You can take a look at Pinta[0] I don't recall if it's a clone or a port of Paint.Net, but works for me as a quick tool... the OS integration (open with) needs some work though. It uses Mono as a portable runtime and is decent enough, again for most work. IMHO easier to use than Gimp, though not as feature rich. https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/ https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/
cakedoggie 9y ago
You don't need it on a mac. You can take a screenshot of a part of the screen only, and it saves it to an image on your desktop, you can send to anyone.
- freehunter 9y ago
  Anything similar to Paint in general, not just this specific use case. Paint covers a lot of uses that Preview doesn't.
captaincrowbar 9y ago
I'm liking Paintbrush: https://paintbrush.sourceforge.io/ https://paintbrush.sourceforge.io/

vincvinc 9y ago

You can use Window's built-in Snipping Tool to do that more quickly than with paint (still love paint though)

slantyyz 9y ago

You should try Greenshot (free). It also lets you annotate your screenshots in a fashion similar to Skitch.

hobs 9y ago
Checkout ShareX, I was a long time Greenshot user (and it even integrates the nice annotation stuff from Greenshot) but I switched because it has an even nicer UI and a host of additional features while remaining simple to use (still free though.)
- y0ghur7_xxx 9y ago
  But ShareX does not have an image editor, like Greenshot. Which is the whole reason we are discussing alternatives to paint. Or am I wrong and someone implemented one?
  - hobs 9y ago
    It definitely has Greenshot's image editor baked right in.

keithnz 9y ago

I use microsofts snip ( it's part of office, no idea why they don't make it part of windows ) https://mix.office.com/snip https://mix.office.com/snip It's replaced most of my need for ms-paint

cbraz 9y ago
"Snipping Tool" has been available and built in since Windows 7. Give that a try.
- keithnz 9y ago
  I have used it, and it's ok, but snip feels like the evolution of it.
sundvor 9y ago
Yep, and in the Win10 Creator's update you can even do WIN+SHIFT+S for an ultra quick snip directly to the clipboard.