Download Paint.NET 3.30

Download Paint.NET 3.30
Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run XP, Server 2003 or Vista. Paint.NET started development at Washington State University as an undergraduate senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Paint.NET is meant to be a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with all Windows operating systems.
Paint.NET has many of the powerful features that expensive commercial applications have, including the ability to use layers. We welcome any suggestions, and provide the source code for final releases under the MIT License.
Paint.Net requires the .NET Framework 2 in order to run.
Paint.NET Current Version:

Paint.NET 3.30


Paint.NET New Version Change Log:

• * New: Italian translation.


• * New: Ability to save PNG's at 8- and 24-bit color depths.


• * New: Ability to save BMP's at 8-bit color depth.


• * New: "Auto-detect" bit-depth option for PNG, BMP, and TGA file types. It will analyze the image and determine the lowest bit-depth that can still save the image without quality loss.


• * New: "Fragment" blur effect, by Ed Harvey


• * New: The "Polar Inversion" distortion effect has been enhanced to allow changing the rendering offset, and the behavior for "edge" pixels (clamp, reflect, or wrap).


• * New: For developers, added a Color Wheel control to IndirectUI for use in effect plugins.


• * New: For developers, added ability to customize certain properties of the effect configuration dialog via IndirectUI.


• * New: For developers, IndirectUI can now be used to write configuration UI for file types.


• * New: For developers, IndirectUI has a new radio button control type for enumerations, and some new property constraint rules.

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Download Paint.NET 3.30 RC1
Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run XP, Server 2003 or Vista. Paint.NET started development at Washington State University as an undergraduate senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Paint.NET is meant to be a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with all Windows operating systems.
Paint.NET has many of the powerful features that expensive commercial applications have, including the ability to use layers. We welcome any suggestions, and provide the source code for final releases under the MIT License.
Paint.Net requires the .NET Framework 2 in order to run.
Paint.NET Current Version:
Paint.NET 3.30 RC1
Paint.NET New Version Change Log:

• * Fixed: Various UI issues with the Levels adjustment.


• * Fixed: When pasting text into the Text tool with Ctrl+V, it would hide the nub for moving the text.


• * Fixed: If the startup tool was set to the Zoom or Pan (Hand) tool, then the toolbar would render incorrectly.


• * Changed: Enabled some compiler settings which improve security via support for DEP (/nxcompat), and Windows Vista's Address Space Layout Randomization feature (ASLR) (/dynamicbase).

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XnView is freeware software that allows you to view and convert graphic files. It's very fast and easy to use. But more importantly it supports more than 400 graphics formats!

XnView Main Feature:

• * Import about 400 graphic file formats


• * Export about 50 graphic file formats


• * Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support


• * Image IPTC, EXIF metadata support


• * EXIF auto rotation support


• * IPTC editing


• * Resize, rotate, crop support


• * Lossless rotate & crop (jpeg) support


• * Adjust brightness, contrast...


• * Auto levels, contrast


• * Modify number of colors


• * Apply filters (blur, average, emboss, ...)


• * Apply effects (lens, wave, ...)


• * Fullscreen mode


• * Slide show with effects


• * Batch convert, batch rename


• * Create WEB page easily


• * Screen capture


• * Create contact Sheet


• * Create or edit Multi-page file (TIFF, DCX, LDF)


• * TWAIN & WIA support (Windows only)


• * Print support (Windows only)


• * Drag & Drop support (Windows only)


• * Compare image side by side


• * Filmstrip layout


• * 44 languages support (Windows only)

XnView Current Version:

XnView v1.93.2

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Download XnView v1.93.1
XnView is freeware software that allows you to view and convert graphic files. It's very fast and easy to use. But more importantly it supports more than 400 graphics formats!

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• * Export about 50 graphic file formats


• * Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support


• * Image IPTC, EXIF metadata support


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• * IPTC editing


• * Resize, rotate, crop support


• * Lossless rotate & crop (jpeg) support


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• * Auto levels, contrast


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• * Drag & Drop support (Windows only)


• * Compare image side by side


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• * 44 languages support (Windows only)

XnView Current Version:

XnView v1.93.1



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Picasa 2.7.37.37

Picasa is a lesson to the world in usability design. In less than five megabytes, this image organizer succeeds in being a completely rounded package with many editing tools that will satisfy part-timers and enthusiasts alike. However, what really makes Picasa stand out is the beautifully-executed interface, which proves a complete pleasure to use thanks to its speedy pace and some clever animations and fades.

Thanks to an initial image scan, you won't ever have to go digging through your hard drive for last summer's holiday snaps, and it will even order every picture you have chronologically, letting you quickly browse to any obscurely-named files in seconds. While Picasa can be used as a viewer, it has not been designed for that and so viewing should be left to another program such as the free FastStone Image Viewer. Where it does excel is in retouching your pictures with colour corrections and a few effects such as blur or film grain. Each edit can be done on the fly with an instant preview of the result and, of course, if something doesn't quite work out, you can always go back via the undo button.

While these editing utilities cater for the majority of users' needs, it would have made sense to include the ability to resize images, especially as Picasa includes features that make it easy to publish to the web in the form of a blog. You can also email any single or collection of images through Outlook or directly from Picasa if using your GMail account.

Some of the additional extras give this program a touch of class that you rarely find in Windows software, including the ability to make a collage from a set of images and a handy star rating system that lets you mark your favourite snaps and later single them out giving you the best of the best. Having been acquired by Google, Picasa is now freely available to the masses and is continually improving with each new iteration. With this in mind, it comes highly recommended for photography novices and pros, who have a significant number of images to organize on their PC.

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