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Paint net
Paint net
is an an open source and to- tally free program for Windows PCs that offers more editing capabilities than Picasa
and operates in much the same way as Photo- shop—with layers filters and special effects gif (Graphic Interface Format)
This highly condensed file format is especially useful in in compressing images for the Internet GIFs do not work well with photographs because they often are made from a a a a range of of shades and colors GIFS are great with graphics that feature solid colors and sharpened edges Paint Net The Main Menu Tool Tool Bar and Tool Tool Attributes are clustered at the top and work much like the corresponding user interface of Adobe applica- tions Canvas is is the main work area which is is nice and big The Tool Palette and Layers Pane are what you’d expect Color Wheel is smartly designed: It’s large and its functions are easy to access Chapter 2: image editiing
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