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AnonJr
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Posted - 29 Dec 2006 :  11:24:57 Show Profile Reply with Quote
I've been on the lookout for a powerful, easy to use, and legally free graphics program. I've found a couple that I like and I haven't really settled on any one in particular yet.

One of those is Paint.NET. It started out as someone's college project and has evolved from there.

Here's a neat example of what you can do and a slightly different version. I like the second one better. The reason these are so large is because I'm working on putting together some desktop wallpapers.

What can you put together? (note: the use of Paint.NET is not a requirement, nor is this an endorsement thereof... etc etc .. you get the idea. I guess I should add that one of the other two is PhotoFiltre - not bad for the French, and the other of the other two is GIMP - an open-source project with a frustrating mix of good powerful features and a horrid user interface.)

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AnonJr
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Posted - 30 Dec 2006 :  11:20:19 Show Profile Reply with Quote
Any takers? Or should I just be a little more patient?

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Shredhead
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Posted - 30 Dec 2006 :  17:35:49 Show Profile Reply with Quote
Dowloaded paint.net , just trying to work it out . It's very similar to the Microsoft version of paint .

but some of you need to be awakened and slapped silly - William D Rauser
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AnonJr
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Posted - 01 Jan 2007 :  13:41:28 Show Profile Reply with Quote
They have some killer tutorials in their forums. Once you get the hang of where everything is, you can do quite a lot.

I did forget to mention one other free graphics program that I've found quite useful - InkScape. Its a little different than the other two in that it is a vector graphics program. (But still very useful for just about anything you wanted to do.)

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AnonJr
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Posted - 01 Jan 2007 :  14:32:43 Show Profile Reply with Quote
Oh, and I should probably add that some people make Classic Paint look good.... - http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1728017

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Shredhead
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Posted - 01 Jan 2007 :  18:27:22 Show Profile Reply with Quote
That guy was awesome

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Mazahs
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Posted - 14 Aug 2007 :  05:59:41 Show Profile Visit Mazahs's Homepage Reply with Quote
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Originally posted by AnonJr
Oh, and I should probably add that some people make Classic Paint look good.... - http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1728017



that's just nuts but really incredible.

Pope
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AnonJr
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Posted - 14 Aug 2007 :  19:53:17 Show Profile Reply with Quote
The more I look at it, the more I see where traditional drawing principles come into play with computer animation.

Its also worth noting that the Paint.NET crew have released a much newer version since I originally posted this, and its made some big improvements. There's still a few things left to fix before I ditch that last copy of PhotoShop, but its close.

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