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GIMP vs Paint.NET
A side-by-side comparison of GIMP and Paint.NET.
| Visit website | Visit website | |
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| Description | Free and open source raster image editor for Windows, macOS and Linux | Free, lightweight image and photo editor for Windows |
| Pricing | FreeOpen source(GPL-3.0-or-later) | FreeProprietary |
| Developer | The GIMP Team | dotPDN |
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| AI image editing | ||
| Digital painting | ||
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