paint.net is an image and photo editing software with support for layers, unlimited undo, image effects and a tabbed thumbnail interface. The program includes a variety of paint bushes and selection tools as well as image filters such as sharpening, red-eye removal, distortion, noise etc.
The program supports plugins and will automatically start in 64-bit within an operating system that supports it.
Use 4.3.12 for: Windows 7 (32/64-bit) [with Platform Update], 8.1 (32/64-bit), or 10 (32-bit). It can be downloaded from here or here.
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Runs on: | Win10 / Win11 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | No. Writes to C:\Users\~\AppData\Local\paint.net |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package (go with x86 if you're not sure which one to choose) and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch paintdotnet.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | GIMP, PhotoFiltre, PhotoDemon, PixBuilder Studio |
What's new? | See: https://blog.getpaint.net/category/update-news/ |
The website reports: NOTE for Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and 32-bit/x86 users: Paint.NET v4.3.x will be the last release(s) that work on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or on any 32-bit/x86 version of Windows(........)Starting with Paint.NET v4.4, only Windows 10 and 11+ will be supported, and only on 64-bit (x64 and ARM64). Updates for 4.3.x will be released on an as-needed basis until v4.4 is completed.
v4.3.11