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MS Paint is not enough for the most needs of the designers or the users. In such case better option for the photo and the file format manipulation is always with adobe photoshop. It offers more options than any other photo manipulator and image editing tool. But the thing with that is it being commercial and it costs a lot of money. SO for small daily tasks, it is like putting a burden on pocket. So photoshop is out of comparison for the image editing.

There is another software called paint.net but it is dependent on the .NET framework. Also the compatibility issues of the software due to .NET makes it less as an option for old computers. or with computer installed with SP2 of XP or vista. In such cases many users prefer not to download the software due to the regular update of the framework and the compatibility of the paint.net software. But for some users it works without any issues and for them it is still a good software to use.

Pixbuilder studio is an alternative to the paint.net and the MS Paint. This software is written is another MFC or Win 32 based application. This software doesn't require .NET framework at all. You'll get most of the work done even on old computers running win xp sp1, win xp sp2 and vista. It also takes less resources than any other image editor. So overall it has everything we need for the average image editing. It works with most of the file formats that other image editing softwares supports. It also lets you edit the icon files with .ico extension.You can also work with layers just like you used to do with the photoshop or the paint or GIMP. You also get step wise undo option for upto say 10 or so levels to undo stuff you do on the photo. It also comes with limited number of effects that you can do with normal photo editing software. Like photoshop it also supports the preview option before letting you export to save or print the image. So you can see this is one handy tool for the image editing.

You can download the pix building studio from the official site of wnsoft. It is free and less resource hungry and small download. Try it if you are doing the image manipulation regularly.

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Found one more software like pixbuilder studio so thought to update this thread. This new software is "realworld paint". This software is free of cost and runs on 32 bit version of the operating system, windows. No linux or mac version as of yet. But i guess they do have some plans to go ahead for the same. As for the features, they're quite the same like pixbuilder and in some cases there are few more features too. Interface is similar to photoshop and the pixbuilder studio. I have seen that there are support for the minor effects just like pixbuilder studio and they also work with layers. You can do most of the photoshop style tasks. But of course there is limit to how much you can do with it. But it can be a good replacement for the pain and pain.net software. it is also free and comes with the automatic update and other features of modern software. As for system resource, it's lightweight and not much of heavy on your system. I think if you have limited use for the image manipulation then either pixbuilder studio or the realworld paint should be enough for the needs. You can read more about the application and download from the realworld paint website. As i said earlier, it is free software and it can also run from the USB and the standalone folder, so you can try it without much registry clutter.