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Agilius · 01-03-2008, 01:08 PM

I saw the other thread about Photoshop vs Pain Shop Pro at http://www.yourdesignforums.com/gene...-shop-pro.html. There were lots of comments on it so here's what I'd like to ask you guys about in this thread:

Have you seen http://www.getpaint.net/ ? I saw 2-3 screenshots of that program and it looks similar to Photoshop. I know it's not as good as Photoshop, but don't you think it looks sweet? I'm surely going to try it out. A designer needs to know that tools are available to him right?

Nathan · 01-03-2008, 01:28 PM

Well, the good news is that it's free, so you can try it totally risk free. Rather than thinking of it as a light version of Photoshop, think of it as a servicable update to Windows Paint. I use it if I quickly need to resize or crop an image, for instance, when it's not worth the time to start up Photoshop. I certainly wouldn't recommend using it for image creation or composition.

Agilius · 01-04-2008, 03:48 AM

Hm... I guess you right Nathan. Sometimes I just want to resize an image or just add some plain text to it, and I have to wait a lot for photoshop to open, and close after I've made the changes. I'll download it right away

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01-03-2008, 01:08 PM	#1
Agilius Designer Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 78	Paint.NET I saw the other thread about Photoshop vs Pain Shop Pro at http://www.yourdesignforums.com/gene...-shop-pro.html. There were lots of comments on it so here's what I'd like to ask you guys about in this thread: Have you seen http://www.getpaint.net/ ? I saw 2-3 screenshots of that program and it looks similar to Photoshop. I know it's not as good as Photoshop, but don't you think it looks sweet? I'm surely going to try it out. A designer needs to know that tools are available to him right?

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01-03-2008, 01:28 PM	#2
Nathan Intern Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 17	Well, the good news is that it's free, so you can try it totally risk free. Rather than thinking of it as a light version of Photoshop, think of it as a servicable update to Windows Paint. I use it if I quickly need to resize or crop an image, for instance, when it's not worth the time to start up Photoshop. I certainly wouldn't recommend using it for image creation or composition.

01-04-2008, 03:48 AM	#3
Agilius Designer Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 78	Hm... I guess you right Nathan. Sometimes I just want to resize an image or just add some plain text to it, and I have to wait a lot for photoshop to open, and close after I've made the changes. I'll download it right away .