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I've been in several offices where people think they need Photoshop to crop or resize photos. Consequently no-one has Photoshop (because its expensive) and peop

I've been in several offices where people think they need Photoshop to crop or resize photos. Consequently no-one has Photoshop (because its expensive) and people end up pasting 2000x800 images of logos into their letterhead and wondering why all the word files got so big. Paint.Net is brilliant for doing common tasks like that. Its a shame you have to play 'guess the download link' - that has really stopped me from recommending it to people recently.

kubiiii 12y ago
There is a built in workaround in word itself : pasting the huge picture, adjusting size, cut & paste as PNG.
MrBuddyCasino 12y ago
Artweaver is pretty nice too - there is a freeware edition for non-commercial and academic purposes.
aneeskA 12y ago
You can use https://pixlr.com/editor/ https://pixlr.com/editor/ for such trivial uses.
nhebb 12y ago
> Its a shame you have to play 'guess the download link' - that has really stopped me from recommending it to people recently. It's one of the tools available on Ninite. Point them there instead: https://ninite.com/ https://ninite.com/.
- baha_man 12y ago
  Or Chocolatey: http://chocolatey.org/packages/paint.net/ http://chocolatey.org/packages/paint.net/
  - mariusmg 12y ago
    Exactly. cinst paint.net This is how you should install software on any OS. If you're still hunting for downloading links you're doing it wrong.
    - cpfohl 12y ago
      Oh yes. Users who don't know how to crop a photo w/out Photoshop are totally using a Package Manager and the command line to install stuff. </sarcasm> Chocolatey is great, but unfortunately package managers don't work for every piece of software on every OS. Period.
      - dhamidi 12y ago
        How are app stores (something which users are used to already) different from package managers with a user-friendly GUI?
        Igglyboo 12y ago
        The only thing I can think of is that they don't really install OS level stuff, think software libraries or runtimes etc. Other than that they're literally identical to something like synaptic.
        jsight 12y ago
        On Android they sometimes do install OS level stuff (libraries, etc). I think he has a good point. The biggest difference I see is that package managers on most Linux distributions are designed to be extensible to support other sources. Application stores generally are not.
        Arelius 12y ago
        I think the big difference is that they come with the OSes that those types of people are likely to use. And being stores, they provide software that package managers are unlikely to provide. I think package managers becomes less useful to average users when you can't expect all of your software to be there.
  - brickmort 12y ago
    chocolatey looks amazing!!!
koesterd 12y ago
You can use normal Paint (mspaint.exe) since at least Vista to resize and crop pictures, too.
- Cthulhu_ 12y ago
  Has been possible in older versions of Paint too, albeit indirectly; select region, copy, file->new, paste.
  - dtech 12y ago
    If that is cropping then Notepad supports code formatting
    - booli 12y ago
      Thanks for my daily chuckle
shaunpud 12y ago
Supports PSD too, http://psdplugin.codeplex.com http://psdplugin.codeplex.com, not sure if it supports the latest version yet though.
cholmon 12y ago
https://imageresizer.codeplex.com/ https://imageresizer.codeplex.com/ for simple and quick right-click-to-resize functionality. Works for multiple selected files too.
adam74 12y ago
> Its a shame you have to play 'guess the download link' getpaint.net > download tab > download now > Free Download Now That is quite a few clicks.
- user24 12y ago
  Let me show you what it looks like without adblock: http://imgur.com/a/kuKqo http://imgur.com/a/kuKqo
  - weef 12y ago
    My daughter accidentally downloaded 6 different programs while trying to download Paint.net some which were malware. While I understand these are ads probably out of their control, their website is extremely deceptive in my opinion and should be modified to make the actual Paint.net download more obvious.
    - user24 12y ago
      heck, I downloaded some random program while trying to install it a few weeks ago - and I've got a compsci MSc from Oxford.
      - Ntrails 12y ago
        I did the same about 6 months ago trying to grab speedfan for someone else in the office. I never had any trouble before cause adblock and so didn't even think to be careful :(
    - DanBC 12y ago
      I am surprised that any ad networks allow these links. It ine of the few things that makes me want to install an ad blocker.
      - fournm 12y ago
        It's why I do use adblockers. I try to disable them on sites that don't do anything nearly this scummy, which is frustrating because stuff like Paint.net I otherwise want to support.

kubiiii 12y ago

There is a built in workaround in word itself : pasting the huge picture, adjusting size, cut & paste as PNG.

MrBuddyCasino 12y ago

Artweaver is pretty nice too - there is a freeware edition for non-commercial and academic purposes.

aneeskA 12y ago

You can use https://pixlr.com/editor/ https://pixlr.com/editor/ for such trivial uses.

nhebb 12y ago

> Its a shame you have to play 'guess the download link' - that has really stopped me from recommending it to people recently. It's one of the tools available on Ninite. Point them there instead: https://ninite.com/ https://ninite.com/.

baha_man 12y ago
Or Chocolatey: http://chocolatey.org/packages/paint.net/ http://chocolatey.org/packages/paint.net/
- mariusmg 12y ago
  Exactly. cinst paint.net This is how you should install software on any OS. If you're still hunting for downloading links you're doing it wrong.
  - cpfohl 12y ago
    Oh yes. Users who don't know how to crop a photo w/out Photoshop are totally using a Package Manager and the command line to install stuff. </sarcasm> Chocolatey is great, but unfortunately package managers don't work for every piece of software on every OS. Period.
    - dhamidi 12y ago
      How are app stores (something which users are used to already) different from package managers with a user-friendly GUI?
      - Igglyboo 12y ago
        The only thing I can think of is that they don't really install OS level stuff, think software libraries or runtimes etc. Other than that they're literally identical to something like synaptic.
        jsight 12y ago
        On Android they sometimes do install OS level stuff (libraries, etc). I think he has a good point. The biggest difference I see is that package managers on most Linux distributions are designed to be extensible to support other sources. Application stores generally are not.
      - Arelius 12y ago
        I think the big difference is that they come with the OSes that those types of people are likely to use. And being stores, they provide software that package managers are unlikely to provide. I think package managers becomes less useful to average users when you can't expect all of your software to be there.
- brickmort 12y ago
  chocolatey looks amazing!!!

koesterd 12y ago

You can use normal Paint (mspaint.exe) since at least Vista to resize and crop pictures, too.

Cthulhu_ 12y ago
Has been possible in older versions of Paint too, albeit indirectly; select region, copy, file->new, paste.
- dtech 12y ago
  If that is cropping then Notepad supports code formatting
  - booli 12y ago
    Thanks for my daily chuckle

shaunpud 12y ago

Supports PSD too, http://psdplugin.codeplex.com http://psdplugin.codeplex.com, not sure if it supports the latest version yet though.

cholmon 12y ago

https://imageresizer.codeplex.com/ https://imageresizer.codeplex.com/ for simple and quick right-click-to-resize functionality. Works for multiple selected files too.

adam74 12y ago

> Its a shame you have to play 'guess the download link' getpaint.net > download tab > download now > Free Download Now That is quite a few clicks.

user24 12y ago
Let me show you what it looks like without adblock: http://imgur.com/a/kuKqo http://imgur.com/a/kuKqo
- weef 12y ago
  My daughter accidentally downloaded 6 different programs while trying to download Paint.net some which were malware. While I understand these are ads probably out of their control, their website is extremely deceptive in my opinion and should be modified to make the actual Paint.net download more obvious.
  - user24 12y ago
    heck, I downloaded some random program while trying to install it a few weeks ago - and I've got a compsci MSc from Oxford.
    - Ntrails 12y ago
      I did the same about 6 months ago trying to grab speedfan for someone else in the office. I never had any trouble before cause adblock and so didn't even think to be careful :(
  - DanBC 12y ago
    I am surprised that any ad networks allow these links. It ine of the few things that makes me want to install an ad blocker.
    - fournm 12y ago
      It's why I do use adblockers. I try to disable them on sites that don't do anything nearly this scummy, which is frustrating because stuff like Paint.net I otherwise want to support.