Is there any free tool available for creating and editing PNG Images?
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Paint.NET will create and edit PNGs with gusto. It's an excellent program in many respects. It's free as in beer and speech.
Ryan
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I like it in general, but there are some gigantic holes in it, such as a lack of a magic eraser (!!!). – Oct 08 '08 at 14:01
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I'm not sure what you mean by "magic eraser," but try using the recolor tool and recoloring to transparent. – Ryan Oct 08 '08 at 14:03
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1Your link is wrong, you want http://www.getpaint.net/ – Kip Oct 08 '08 at 14:07
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I'm pretty sure that the term (at least) "Magic Eraser" is an Adobe trademark. Whether or not they've patented the concept (and are willing to fight for it) is another matter. – James Curran Oct 08 '08 at 14:56
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5!!!! Be very careful with this link, it will coerce you to install other products !!!!! – Jim Rhodes Oct 06 '13 at 17:21
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@JimRhodes Here's a direct link to the download page: http://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html – Jelle Fresen Feb 04 '14 at 08:44
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The installer is now bloated with crap utilities – akaphenom Mar 21 '14 at 15:31
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I use Pixlr - an online photo editor, it has great filters and user friendly interface.
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Inkscape is a vector drawing program that exports PNG images. So, you end up editing SVG documents and exporting them to PNGs. Inkscape is good if you're starting from scratch, but wouldn't be ideal if you just want to edit existing PNGs.
Note--Inkscape is open source and available for free on multiple platforms.
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ImageMagick and GD can handle PNGs too; heck, you could even do stuff with nothing but gdk-pixbuf. Are you looking for a graphical editor, or scriptable/embeddable libraries?
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