(free) PAINT.net

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just found this
looks like a llight version of photoshop

http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/

* Magic wand is back and it works great
* Paint bucket now fills with brush patterns
* Much higher quality rendering when zoomed-out
* Background layer is no longer "locked"
* Selections work better now, especially when zoomed in
* Many bug fixes
* Faster startup performance

[fkdup74]

ffs....i have been trying to remember wtf that site was for a while
cheers 15%

[uNz[i]]

Requires Microsoft's .NET framework to run.

It's not too bad, but I still prefer Photoshop, personally.

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I agree, but when im online and need to do some quick editing -phtoshop & firefox really hate each other -ram wise
will try this as an alternative when doing quickies.

edit. aww fek it this prog also has the same conflict with firefox.
when you switch between the 2 it goes really slow

[uNz[i]]

yeah FF can be a RAM pig, especially if it's been running for a long time.
Until Mozilla sort it out, running any gfx prog is gonna be a hassle.

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i just noticed the actual essentials of the program are
1.6mb
the help file is 4.3mb

[uNz[i]]

Yeah, but any decent gfx app will always contain plenty of documentation.
It's a good thing, imho.

just out of curiousity, have you tried the Gimp yet?