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Paint.NET

Paint.NET (sometimes stylized as paint.net) is a freeware general-purpose raster graphics editor program for Microsoft Windows, developed with the .NET platform. Paint.NET was originally created by Rick Brewster as a Washington State University student project, and has evolved from a simple replacement for the Microsoft Paint program into a program for…

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Available in
36 languages
Developers
dotPDN, LLC
License
Freeware
Operating system
Windows 10 or later
Original author
Rick Brewster
Platform
.NET Framework and .NET

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Paint.NET

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples84
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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Paint.NET

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related to Plugins · 18
Paint.NET → Curves, David Issel, Dean Ashton, DirectDraw Surface, For, Hundreds, Ink Sketch, NET, NET Forum, NET Framework, Paint, Shape3D, Sharpen, Soften Portrait, Some, These, They, Though
related to External links · 17
Paint.NET → AppImage, As, Download Paint, FOSS, Google Code, Google Codepaint-mono, Linux, Linuxhttps, Mono, NET, Official, Paint, Pinta, The, Windows, Windows XP, Wine
related to paint-mono · 15
Paint.NET → Common Language Infrastructure, Due, Icaza, In May, Linux, March, Miguel, Mono, Mono-supported, NET, NET Framework, Newer Mono, Paint, This, Windows
related to history · 11
Paint.NET → As, Development, In, May, NET, Paint, Rick Brewster, The Paint, Version, Washington State University, WSU
related to Pinta · 7
Paint.NET → Gtk, In, Jonathan Pobst, Mono, NET, Paint, Pinta
related to overview · 4
Paint.NET → Its, NET, Paint, PDN
Available in · 1
Paint.NET → 36 languages
Developers · 1
Paint.NET → dotPDN, LLC
License · 1
Paint.NET → Freeware
Operating system · 1
Paint.NET → Windows 10 or later

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net paint plugins version brewster graphics project program windows pinta freeware mono code versions may microsoft original raster editor rick

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Paint.NETAvailable in36 languages1.00infobox
Paint.NETDevelopersdotPDN, LLC1.00infobox
Paint.NETLicenseFreeware1.00infobox
Paint.NETOperating systemWindows 10 or later1.00infobox
Paint.NETOriginal authorRick Brewster1.00infobox
Paint.NETPlatform.NET Framework and .NET1.00infobox
Paint.NETReleaseMay 6, 2004; 22 years ago (2004-05-06)1.00infobox
Paint.NETSize79.5 MB1.00infobox
Paint.NETStable release5.1.12 / 8 March 20261.00infobox
Paint.NETTypeRaster graphics editor1.00infobox
Paint.NETWebsitepaint.net1.00infobox
Paint.NETWritten inC#, C++, C++/CLI1.00infobox

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