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Once I read somewhere that Paint.NET developer is the only in the interwebs than can make a living out only of donations for his software. I don't know if this
by soneca 12y ago
Once I read somewhere that Paint.NET developer is the only in the interwebs than can make a living out only of donations for his software. I don't know if this is true, but it is totally deserved.
I use Paint.NET for a lot of things, most of them professionally. If I someday get lucky in this startup lottery thing, I intend to donate some thousands of dollars.
EDIT for add: I see a lot of comments talking about using Paint.NET for croping and resizing. I do so much more than this. I actually create all kinds of communication materials with it. Flyers, images for a landing page, business cards, etc. The layers feature is what make it of great value for me. Also the feature to open different images at the same time is great to create an image that includes a logo, a stock photo, a standard background.
Two things that are missing: be able to save it using CMYK color scheme (better for professional printing) and saving as PDF (easier to send it to graphic stores).
- scriptproof 12y agoMaybe he makes money also with the 50 pages displaying ads you have to visit before to be able to download the file. But this does not detract from the qualities of the software, that I use daily.
- adventured 12y agoWhat am I missing? I had three clicks, zero ads. I clicked here: http://www.getpaint.net/download.html http://www.getpaint.net/download.html Then I clicked here: http://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html http://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html Then here for the file: http://www.dotpdn.com/files/paint.net.4.0.install.zip http://www.dotpdn.com/files/paint.net.4.0.install.zip I use adblock, but when I fired up another browser, I still had three clicks, and the only ads were one typical square block ad, that didn't get in the way at all.
- arb99 12y agothese are the ads: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q9dzn78tfh2srnb/Screenshot%202014-06-25%2014.48.47.png https://www.dropbox.com/s/q9dzn78tfh2srnb/Screenshot%202014-... It isn't really a bad thing. He's giving the software away for free. I'm never a fan of the ones that pretend to be the download link (the ad on the left linked to http://www.mac-zip.com/lp/freezip_osx/df?mnag=155060&mnct=4528&mncr=0&gclid=COSOiI6Ilb8CFUcV7AodOT0Acw http://www.mac-zip.com/lp/freezip_osx/df?mnag=155060&mnct=45... god knows what kind of stuff you'd get if you downloaded/ran that...)
- adventured 12y agoInterestingly, others seem to be seeing two ads. With Chrome I only get one ad square, the one on the left part of the page. The ad on the right never shows up.
- el_duderino 12y agoJust use ninite.
- soneca 12y agoMaybe. Myself I just used the "If you’re using Paint.NET v3.5.x, go to the Utilities menu and click on “Check for Updates.” path. I would also like to have a confirmation from HN if the developer indeed make a living only out of Paint.NET.
- kodr 12y agoninite.com may help with that.
- judah 12y agoYou can also install from Chocolatey: https://chocolatey.org/packages/paint.net https://chocolatey.org/packages/paint.net cinst paint.net
- mrec 12y agoI'm pretty sure the Dwarf Fortress guys also survive purely on donations.
- snarfy 12y agoSadly, this reminds me of the joke: http://www.memecenter.com/fun/1114268/my-gift-to-winrar-if-i-win-the-lottery http://www.memecenter.com/fun/1114268/my-gift-to-winrar-if-i...
- sixothree 12y agoI wouldn't donate to winrar. The original author died years ago and the program hasn't made any advances since.
- woadwarrior01 12y agoI think you're talking about Phil Katz the author of PKZIP and the creator of the zip format. AFAIK, Eugene Roshal, the author of WinRar is still alive and kicking.
- sixothree 12y agoIt appears you are correct and Wikipedia cites confusion surrounding this issue. Donate away!
- 1stop 12y agoActually RGB is better for professional printing. Printers typically have specific colour profiles for their printers and converting your CMYK profile to their CMYK profile will usually result in differences you weren't expecting. RGB -> CMYK (@ the printer) will be closer to what you expect (what you saw on screen).
- soneca 12y agoI didn't know that, thanks! I said that because I use an online printing service, and everytime I send a PDF they demand it is in CMYK. As they look very professional in everything else and the quality of the final product is great, I just assumed it was a best practice. Good to know.
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- Silhouette 12y agoSorry, but this makes no sense. You have the same issues with portably reproducing colours with RGB that you have with CMYK. Either way, unless you're working with calibrated hardware and explicit colour management, you don't have much chance of getting a printer to reliably reproduce what you saw on your screen; sometimes it simply isn't possible, because your RGB and CYMK representations aren't going to support exactly the same gamut.
- 1stop 12y agoWell yes you'll always have the Additive vs subtractive colour problem. But I don't understand how RGB has problems reproducing colours... webpages seem to do fine, and that's all they do?
- u124556 12y agoWhat about the Gimp? It can do all Paint.Net does, plus more, also save to PDF and they where adding CMYK support last time I checked.