Paint.NET 2.5 Beta 2

Paint.NET 2.5 Beta 2

dw2003 on 06 October 2005 - 10:40 · 12 comments & 2299 views

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Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows 2000, XP, or Server 2003. 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. It is meant to be a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with all Windows operating systems.

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Download: Paint.NET 2.5 Beta 2 (Requires .NET Framework 1.1)

This is BETA software!, It will expire on Nov 3rd. please use caution when installing it on your system

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#1 christofferdokakis on 06 Oct 2005 - 13:15

Is this any good?

#2 BoondockSaint on 06 Oct 2005 - 13:33

Very good, and constantly getting more features.

#3 Evolution on 06 Oct 2005 - 14:22

It's a heck of an update when compared to my last version alpha v3

The startup and performance has increased significantly

#4 sullysnet on 06 Oct 2005 - 19:56

this is great for sure, if want to use it for quick editing and screen caps and so on

(3 replies) #5 Shadrack on 06 Oct 2005 - 21:41

looks pretty cool. Nice to see some actual color selection and layers. If anything needs updating it is MS Paint. I don't think much has really changed in Paint since Windows 3.1. If it is free, what's with the expiration date?

#5.1 TRC on 06 Oct 2005 - 22:44

The expiration date is just for the beta.

#5.2 em_te on 07 Oct 2005 - 03:44

1. This has nothing to do with Microsoft. The authors only used the name "Paint" to make it sound less shameful and more light-weight.
2. By the feature set and target audience, this is not comparable with Paint and is more comparable with Microsoft Acrylic.

#5.3 HawkMan on 07 Oct 2005 - 16:52

Actually it does have somethgin to do with microsoft.

as MS is funding and helping these gusy make Pain.NET as a possible paint replacement, and another .net showoff application.

(2 replies) #6 lnatan25 on 06 Oct 2005 - 23:15

Is it still bloated? I remember I tested some version, and it was too slow.. Is it still slow, or have they fixed that?

#6.1 GuidZilla on 07 Oct 2005 - 02:09

Refer to #3....

#6.2 lnatan25 on 07 Oct 2005 - 14:54

Oh, ok, sorry.. I'll check it out then..

#7 imtoomuch on 07 Oct 2005 - 07:06

I love this program. I have it installed alongside PhotoShop because Paint.NET is much faster and I use it when I need to do a quick editing job or make a screenshot. This is much faster than waiting for PhotoShop to open just to make a screenshot.

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