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[–] Sterile_Technique 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

https://getpaint.net/

Some other random company got the url "paint.net", so confusingly you need https://getpaint.net/ to download the product paint.net

For those unfamiliar, it's a free art program that's... idk 80% of what photoshop is? But you can install community-made plugins to add features (shoutout to Grim Color Reaper).

Also on their download page, you want this one:

~~If you do the microsoft link, you'll have to pay microsoft. For a free product. That microsoft doesn't own. Dafuq.~~

The paid version from the microsoft store helps to support the product; however I suspect the devs will get more bang-per-buck if you DL the free version and make a direct donation at https://getpaint.net/donate.html

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The developer of paint.net sells it on the Microsoft store to support the product. Not any different than buying an app through the App Store or Google play store.

It’s created by a Microsoft Engineer, not super surprising they leverage Microsoft tools to get paid.

[–] Sterile_Technique 5 points 1 year ago

TIL. Thanks for the info - I'll update my post.

[–] lemmy___user 12 points 1 year ago

You can also use winget to install it, if you're into package managers

winget install --id=dotPDNLLC.paintdotnet -e

That way you can still get semi-automatic updates