Paint program sucks

[T. Waters]

I have a hard time accomplishing anything useful with the Paint program that
comes with XP. For instance, if you want to crop a photo, the good part had
better be on the left half of the photo, because you can only crop from the
right!
Is there a free download that is better than Paint?
Is there a cheap program that is much better than paint?

 

[da_test]

I have a hard time accomplishing anything useful with the Paint program that
comes with XP. For instance, if you want to crop a photo, the good part had
better be on the left half of the photo, because you can only crop from the
right!
Is there a free download that is better than Paint?
Is there a cheap program that is much better than paint?

irfanview is popular...
http://www.irfanview.com/

Dave

 

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

Then don't use "paint" - this program has been around since before "digital"
photography existed.

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Star Fleet Admiral Q @ your Service!

http://www.google.com
Google is your "Friend"

 

[Malke]

I have a hard time accomplishing anything useful with the Paint
program that comes with XP. For instance, if you want to crop a photo,
the good part had better be on the left half of the photo, because you
can only crop from the right!
Is there a free download that is better than Paint?
Is there a cheap program that is much better than paint?

The Gimp is excellent and has as version for Windows. I've never used it
on Windows so I can't speak for its stability on that platform, but it
is a really good program.

http://www.gimp.org/windows/

Other than that, Googling using the search term, "free paint software"
will get you nearly 4 million hits.

Malke

 

[bjrugg]

T. Waters wrote:




The Gimp is excellent and has as version for Windows. I've never used it
on Windows so I can't speak for its stability on that platform, but it
is a really good program.

http://www.gimp.org/windows/

Other than that, Googling using the search term, "free paint software"
will get you nearly 4 million hits.

Malke

Try paint.net. just released by college students in Washington State
with MS support. MS Paint on steroids.

 

[David Candy]

Just cut and paste it. Paint is the editor I use most of all.

 

[Kelly]

Explore.......go to Image - Flip/Rotate and carry on.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[T. Waters]

Yes, that works most of the time, but sometimes reversing is not
appropriate!

 

[T. Waters]

Try paint.net. just released by college students in Washington State
with MS support. MS Paint on steroids.

I'll check this out, and the others too. Thank you all.

 

[Kelly]

Without knowing more but knowing you haven't used the options, try rotate by
angle.

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[M]

Paint.NET if free and might be worth a look
http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/