There are plenty of free photo views and basic manipulation tools on the market. There are few fully-fledged photo editors. The Gimp is one, Xara XS is another free tool. These applications enable you to touch-up your photos, edit images and convert between formats, free of charge. Of course, there's a basic paint tool included within the Windows, although it's not an advanced application.

Paint.NET 3 was originally designed as a replacement for the paint tool, that ships with Windows. This photo and image is updated regularly and is Vista compatible. The latest v3 ships with a number of new features, such as tab-based user interface, an interactive gradient tool and a user-definable colour palette. Download Paint.NET 3 and see if it meets your requirements.

28 Feb 2007