Anyone who's interested in digital imaging but doesn't want to shell out for Photoshop (or even Photoshop Elements) could do a lot worse than downloads this sparkling gem.
Paint.NET started life as a Microsoft project to replace the woefully underpowered Paint application that's bundled with Windows, and is now being lovingly maintained by former project members. It's updated regularly with bug fixes and new features, although it already offers almost everything you'd expert to find in paid-for rivals - and then some. Aside from its image-creation talents, it will also prove invaluable for photographers, with control over curves, hue and saturation, as well as both manual and auto-level adjustment. There's full support for layers, plus a generous selection of artistic effects to add fizz to lifeless photos. Like Photoshop, extra features (such as the ability to import RAW files) can be introduced with a dazzling library of free plug-ins, and there's also a huge selection of online tutorials to dive into. For us, it just holds the edgeover The GIMP (http://www.gimp.org/).
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