I shoulda wrote about this when I first heard about it some months ago, but I forgot, and now a /. article has reminded me. Do check out Paint.NET if you are on Windows and have a need for a nice and free graphic editor. It’s also got a red-eye removal tool so would be good for the quick touchups to your photos.

It has some nice features like history and layers, like Photoshop, and the interface is vastly superior to The Gimp. It’s not a replacement for Photoshop by any means, but you can’t beat free. The Gimp is also free, and is more powerful, but if all you need is in Paint.NET I would say use it rather than The Gimp which in my experience isn’t extremely stable on Windows, and it’s awkward interface really puts me off.