Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Server 2003. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.
It 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. Originally intended as a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple tool for photo and image editing. The programming language used to create Paint.NET is C#, with a small amount of C++ for setup and shell-integration related functionality.
Minimum System :
- Windows XP (SP1 or later), Windows 2000 (SP3 or later), Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista
- .NET Framework 1.1 (Paint.NET v2.6 requires .NET Framework 2.0)
- 400 MHz processor (Recommended: 800 MHz or faster)
- 128 MB RAM (Recommended: 512 MB or more)
- 1024 x 768 screen resolution
- 50+ MB hard drive space
- Paint.NET v2.6's 64-bit support requires a 64-bit CPU that is running an x64 or Itanium edition of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, and 256 MB RAM