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I'm surprised MS don't just strike a deal with Paint.NET [1]. It would help fund a worthwhile project (which feels as simple as Paint, but is significantly mor

by louthy 8y ago

I'm surprised MS don't just strike a deal with Paint.NET [1]. It would help fund a worthwhile project (which feels as simple as Paint, but is significantly more advanced) that appears to be run from donations only. [1] https://www.getpaint.net https://www.getpaint.net

bonoboTP 8y ago
It's a very good piece of software. Unfortunately its early Linux fork (Pinta) is much more unstable.
- freedomben 8y ago
  +1 Pinta. I use it all the time. Would be overjoyed tho if Pinta got a little more love. It's pretty stagnated but still a great tool.
  - themodelplumber 8y ago
    I used Pinta to make a technical cutout illustration the other day, for fun. I should have saved more often though, because it crashed and took everything with it. I also wondered why it defaulted to saving in JPG. When I opened my .ora save file, the colors had changed in a way that affected the antialiasing. It looked pretty bad. Anyway, while I wouldn't recommend it for illustration work unless you save often and save to PNG, for simple image work and even charting it is pretty nice.
  - bonoboTP 8y ago
    It is great, but lacks a few key features. For example there is no way to select a part of the image and rescale that part (meaning that the image content of the selection would be resized by dragging the corner of the selection box). My brain just doesn't grok the way of working in GIMP so I highly appreciate the general simplicity of Pinta. Somehow simple tasks are really complicated in GIMP. I usually just want to draw primitive shapes, move or resize image content, add text. Exactly the MS Paint-style basics, but it's a pain in GIMP.
soneca 8y ago
It is the best balance between ease of use and sufficiently advanced features for someone who is not a professional designer - at least among all image editors that I tested on Windows and Linux (never had a Mac).
fermentation 8y ago
Paint.NET and IrfanView represent the best-of-best for simple image creation and viewing, and I cannot believe that they're free.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  At my last job some busybodies started inspecting whether or not we have correct licenses for everything we use and explicitly deleted IrfanView from peoples' computers because they didn't. When word got around, actually went out and bought IrfanView license just for the "not gonna let you do that" moment. It's damn useful, and I've been using it for over a decade now on every Windows machine I had. Before that, I remember using something called "ACDSee", but they must have made the software worse in important ways, because I eventually switched to Irfan.
- folbec 8y ago
  If you want to support it, and dislike PayPal, you can pay for it on the Windows Store.
hnbroseph 8y ago
i visited the webpage once, and one of the shady advertisements was one of those pseudo-native-ad fake download-button things. just seeing it really pissed me off. between the shitty ads spread everywhere and the whole drama over source and licensing, i don't want anything to do with it. i'm content to use krita, gimp (both free) or affinity photo (inexpensive).

by louthy 8y ago

bonoboTP 8y ago

It's a very good piece of software. Unfortunately its early Linux fork (Pinta) is much more unstable.

freedomben 8y ago
+1 Pinta. I use it all the time. Would be overjoyed tho if Pinta got a little more love. It's pretty stagnated but still a great tool.
- themodelplumber 8y ago
  I used Pinta to make a technical cutout illustration the other day, for fun. I should have saved more often though, because it crashed and took everything with it. I also wondered why it defaulted to saving in JPG. When I opened my .ora save file, the colors had changed in a way that affected the antialiasing. It looked pretty bad. Anyway, while I wouldn't recommend it for illustration work unless you save often and save to PNG, for simple image work and even charting it is pretty nice.
- bonoboTP 8y ago
  It is great, but lacks a few key features. For example there is no way to select a part of the image and rescale that part (meaning that the image content of the selection would be resized by dragging the corner of the selection box). My brain just doesn't grok the way of working in GIMP so I highly appreciate the general simplicity of Pinta. Somehow simple tasks are really complicated in GIMP. I usually just want to draw primitive shapes, move or resize image content, add text. Exactly the MS Paint-style basics, but it's a pain in GIMP.

soneca 8y ago

It is the best balance between ease of use and sufficiently advanced features for someone who is not a professional designer - at least among all image editors that I tested on Windows and Linux (never had a Mac).

fermentation 8y ago

Paint.NET and IrfanView represent the best-of-best for simple image creation and viewing, and I cannot believe that they're free.

TeMPOraL 8y ago
At my last job some busybodies started inspecting whether or not we have correct licenses for everything we use and explicitly deleted IrfanView from peoples' computers because they didn't. When word got around, actually went out and bought IrfanView license just for the "not gonna let you do that" moment. It's damn useful, and I've been using it for over a decade now on every Windows machine I had. Before that, I remember using something called "ACDSee", but they must have made the software worse in important ways, because I eventually switched to Irfan.
folbec 8y ago
If you want to support it, and dislike PayPal, you can pay for it on the Windows Store.

hnbroseph 8y ago

i visited the webpage once, and one of the shady advertisements was one of those pseudo-native-ad fake download-button things. just seeing it really pissed me off. between the shitty ads spread everywhere and the whole drama over source and licensing, i don't want anything to do with it. i'm content to use krita, gimp (both free) or affinity photo (inexpensive).