This Windows program has many good things going for it, a few of them being: I admit, GIMP (which I happen to love) is a heavy-duty program with tons of tools and features―for those with little image editing experience, it can be overwhelming.įor the people who fall into that camp, a great program worth trying is Paint.NET. In the past, I usually suggested the free, open-source editing program GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), but the response I would get by those who tried it told me it's too hard to learn.

I've been a professional digital photo editor for many years, and a question I'm often asked by those who don't need the power and complexity of Adobe Photoshop is if there's an easy-to-use alternative.