Designers and professional photographers have their favourite image editing tools, but these commercial tools get updated rarely and we often have to wait 1 to 2 years before we see any new features. Ok, this means that our favourite software is stable for production use, but it also means that new technologies take time to be implemented and supported within your software.

Paint.NET 3.05 is a superb image and photo editor, based on an updated version of the old Microsoft Paint program. It's come along way since those days. You can now open and edit multiple-documents, create user-definable colour palettes and much more. Paint.NET is updated regularly, so generally supports the latest standards. It's completely free, but the author is acting for donations. If you want a new feature added, if you donate and suggest, you might find that it's added in the near future.

30 Mar 2007