Paint.NET v2.6

[Dweller]

Available for free download here: http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/

Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Server 2003. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.
It started development at Washington State University as an undergraduate senior design project mentored by Microsoft, and is currently being maintained by some of the alumni that originally worked on it. Originally intended as a free replacement for the MS Paint software that comes with Windows, it has grown into a powerful yet simple tool for photo and image editing.

I have not used it myself, just ran into an announcement about it and wanted to pass it along in case it seems like something someone here may be interested in.

 

[guppyman]

I use Paint.NET. For a freeware, it is quite OK. But it has some glaring omissions such as no feathering of selection. And the layer is also somewhat underpower.

In all, I still think GIMP is a more powerful free image editor.