MRavioli Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 I've been using Paint.NET for a while now and ive started to wonder: 'What features does Photoshop CS3 have that Paint.NET doesn't? except of course a 700$ price tag Quote The coolest Indian on Paint.NET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 A fair bit. Magnetic Lasso, anti-aliased selection edges, featherable selections, enhanced selection refinement tools, a Gradient editor, vector paths, Layer Masks, et cetera. There's a reason PhotoShop is expensive: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop ... /features/ Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRavioli Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 how long do u think it will take to integrate all that into Paint.NET without getting sued? Quote The coolest Indian on Paint.NET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 1) I'm not one of the Paint.NET developers. 2) Paint.NET is not a feature-parity replacement for Photoshop, nor is it intended to be. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRavioli Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 i see i see.......if its not a feature-parity of photoshop what does Paint.NET have that photohop doesn't? Quote The coolest Indian on Paint.NET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illnab1024 Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 A simple UI, CodeLab, a very supporting community, a lot of things. Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRavioli Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 thank you thank you very much if u feel like it u can remove this topic i've gotten the info i want Quote The coolest Indian on Paint.NET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 http://getpaint.net/features.html The UI is approachable. That's the most important difference. That, and PDN has a friendly forum with really cool mods. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRavioli Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 hahaha well.....thank god its free, i lost MS Paint for no reason and i needed this in fact i once tried to pirate Adobe CS2 and got infected with adware for like 2-3 months Quote The coolest Indian on Paint.NET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moc426 Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 CS3 has a huge new feature called smart filters. check it here http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshop/features/ A fair bit. Magnetic Lasso, anti-aliased selection edges, featherable selections, enhanced selection refinement tools, a Gradient editor, vector paths, Layer Masks, et cetera.There's a reason PhotoShop is expensive: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop ... /features/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Please don't use generic thread titles like that, "Paint.NET". Edited title to be descriptive Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BmB23 Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 IIRC Photoshop does not do this: And it has a billion filters and effects, 10x more useful vector drawing, filmstrip support, in addition to the effects it has a billion 3rd party plugins too, a (more) powerful and intuitive interface, compatibility with hundreds of photo devices and formats. Better colourspaces such as AdobeRGB, CIELAB and a heap of others, colour management. (Wiki 'em) IIRC 10-12, even 16 bit colour (per channel) support (i.e. HDR, normal screens only do 8-bit per channel). What can I say? It's pro imaging software, not a more useful MS Paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moc426 Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 I just saw in CS3, the clonestamp tool has an option to use up to 5 sources. The sources can be from any open image as well. So you can define (alt click) 5 sources, select which source to use, clone from that, switch to another source, clone from that ... etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRavioli Posted April 19, 2007 Author Share Posted April 19, 2007 now that we've settled that dispute what about The GIMP what does it have that Paint.NET doesn't have, and vice versa? Quote The coolest Indian on Paint.NET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Lionhearted Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Meh. Quote My Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Man Dan Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Since I'm just about the only pro-GIMP guy here... :wink: The GIMP has more of the power of Photoshop compared to PDN, but if you do decide to try it, beware the UI. The interface was made by programmers, and it looks it. It's not nearly as difficult to figure out as some make it out to be, though. I was listening to one of the TWIT podcasts where one of the casters said it took him several hours to figure out how to crop, resize, and color adjust his photos. Either he's a bold-faced liar or he's a tremendous idiot*... The GIMP has an implementation of vector paths, though it's not vector as one would think it. You can create the path and scale it without quality loss, but the path does not define an object. Instead, you must scale the path, create a selection defined by the path boundaries, then fill a layer with the PaintBucket within the selection. The GIMP has layer masks, individual channel editing, a gradient editor, soft selections, feathered selections, editable brushes, soft brushes, et cetera. It really is a good program when you take the time to learn it well. *Edit Please Note: This is in no way an attempt to belittle any new users who have experienced difficulty cropping, resizing, et cetera. The caster had indicated previous graphic manipulation experience. As such, I surmised his "several hours" were spent trying to figure out The GIMP's interface. You want to crop your image? Image -> Crop to Selection. How about to scale your image down? Image -> Scale Image. And so on. It's pretty straightforward if you've used graphics software before. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Well, ask them: http://wiki.gimp.org/gimp/GimpUsabilityIssues Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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