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No need to be rude. I'M just trying to be helpful. If it bothers you, why don't you ignore me? You're the one who was talking about how your smudge tool is so much better than Photoshops. Well, if it is, then go ahead and get Rick's permission to put it into the program itself. When I say that, that doesn't mean I want a program that "lets anyone and everyone add whatever they want to it". That was just a random assumption on your part.

Well, great then. If one guy does this in his spare time, why don't YOU add your "faster and more accurate" Smudge as a TOOL rather than a plugin? I know, I know. You don't work on the coding for it. You make plugins for it. But there's no reason why he can't have some assistance from some people willing to help make the program better. I'm not downloading tons of plugins for Paint.NET, because if Paint.NET needs all these plugins to be considered useful, then they should be part of the program itself.

I knew someone was going to say this. But if it's not supposed to be a Photoshop replacement, why is it described as one by so many people? I do own a copy of Photoshop. But I've had Paint.NET longer.

We'll see.

What a bother..

Rephrased. I don't think it should be considered equal to Photoshop. While Paint.NET can apparently match just about anything Photoshop can do by taking time, and going about things differently, and also with the assistance of plug-ins.... Photoshop can do all of this, faster, without plugins. What's the point in that? I'm not a Paint.NET hater, btw. I got this program a long while back, and I've had it by my side ever since. But these flaws have always frustrated me. And the existence of plugins, I never knew about.

I've seen it described as a "free alternative" to Photoshop. Even "for being free", I think this program could do better. For one thing, there is no way to blend colors, there is no smudge tool... There is no blur tool. There's a lot of things photoshop has that Paint.NET doesn't have. There are some unnecessary windows for Paint.NET. Such as the color window. It is completely unnecessary, and it just takes up canvas/photo space, which makes the whole thing feel cluttered. Cluttered, yet simple. There aren't very many options for windows. There aren't even enough different windows for me to know if it's even possible to merge windows, as can be done in Photoshop. The regular brush, if you can call it a brush, is just a simple line. It is too sensitive, and lacks smoothness to make it less jagged without making fast strokes. As far as my limited knowledge goes, there is no way to create a brush and save it, as can be done in Photoshop. And with so many flaws, this program is still seen as a "really great" program. And it seems to have a ton of fan. This confuses me. I don't think it should be compared to photoshop. I tried to draw with this program a long time ago. And, really. The whole thing leaves a lot to be desired. So with all the flaws I've mentioned, you all seem to love it anyway. What's so good about it that I'm not seeing? P.S. Hope I posted this in the right place. EDIT: And I'd like to say, Photoshop isn't perfect either. So please don't reply "If you love Photoshop so much, use that instead". I just think Paint.NET could be really good if optimized. At least, what I'm seeing as optimized.