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by mnurzia 808 days ago
paint.net is one of the only pieces of software that I miss from Windows. After having started with Tux Paint, I found paint.net extremely intuitive and easy to use (very nice for making goofy memes in middle/high school, and quick/easy drawings). I think that even after not having used it for years I am still more productive in it than I am in, say, Photoshop or GIMP.
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dsage 808 days ago
I have found Pinta (pinta-project.com) is a great replacement that works on Linux. I don't use it very often anymore but last time I did it was basically a drop-in replacement.

No affiliation, just something I have used.

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graynk 808 days ago
Pinta is much less stable unfortunately. Paint .NET is just much, much more polished and pleasant to use
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busymom0 808 days ago
Slightly related, if someone wants Photoshop like features, I would recommend Photopea. It's basically photoshop but all processing is done in browser and doesn't need to be installed.
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lxe 808 days ago
Photopea is one of the few services I have zero hesitation paying a premium to remove ads.

Absolute mastercraft of a software.

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pureheartlover 808 days ago
I enjoy kolourpaint. Its quite similar to the old windows paint before it started adding layers and whatever else in 7+.
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groosha 808 days ago
If only there was KolourPaint for macOS. Recently switched to Mac and I really miss simple editor for quick editing (crop image, add another one, add text... in short: making low-effort memes).

Upd: looks like it might be possible in the future [1]

[1]: https://invent.kde.org/graphics/kolourpaint/-/merge_requests...

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UberFly 808 days ago
Tux Paint? I remember my 5 year old using this.
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mnurzia 808 days ago
yep, I started using it when I was 5, so that tracks.
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mlvljr 808 days ago
There is a clone, Pinta.
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cxr 808 days ago
Pinta is a fork of an older version of Paint.NET and (as far as I know) doesn't aim to be a clone.
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throwaway5Am1k 808 days ago
>Pinta is a fork of an older version of Paint.NET and (as far as I know) doesn't aim to be a clone.

There was a Paint.net fork (called Paint mono), but it is not Pinta. Pinta is a clone. From the original Pinta author: https://jpobst.blogspot.com/2010/02/over-holiday-break-i-stu...

"Pinta is a clone of Paint.NET."

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superdisk 808 days ago
I've messed around with the Pinta code in the past and a lot of it is (seemingly) directly adapted from the old Paint.NET sources.
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cxr 807 days ago
Thank you for correcting me.
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