I must agree with you both that paint.net is a nice program. However showing my age my favorite image editor is Corel Photo House. It came out when Windows was version 3.1 and has worked with every version of windows since then even Windows 10 with a little help from me, telling Windows 10 yes it is a real program, and you can execute it even if it is not in the registry. Not sure where one would find an antique like this but it comes with 6 CDs containing all kinds of textures. It does not support DDS or PSD with alpha channels. It does support raw format, gif, jpg and about ten other older image formats. I have created all my armor and weapons using it. I use Photshop 7, yes the before the cloud version, to add alpha channels, shading, and such. To make DDS format files I have a plug-in for Photoshop. Also about 10 programs for changing formats like RAW to PSD, PSD to RAW, DDS converter. I learned with these programs when windows, Dungeon Siege and I where children. Yes I even ran Dungeon Siege on a 386 with Windows 98SE. As my friend Kathy said, sorry for the temporary blog hijack.
I must agree with you both that paint.net is a nice program. However showing my age my favorite image editor is Corel Photo House. It came out when Windows was version 3.1 and has worked with every version of windows since then even Windows 10 with a little help from me, telling Windows 10 yes it is a real program, and you can execute it even if it is not in the registry. Not sure where one would find an antique like this but it comes with 6 CDs containing all kinds of textures. It does not support DDS or PSD with alpha channels. It does support raw format, gif, jpg and about ten other older image formats. I have created all my armor and weapons using it. I use Photshop 7, yes the before the cloud version, to add alpha channels, shading, and such. To make DDS format files I have a plug-in for Photoshop. Also about 10 programs for changing formats like RAW to PSD, PSD to RAW, DDS converter. I learned with these programs when windows, Dungeon Siege and I where children. Yes I even ran Dungeon Siege on a 386 with Windows 98SE. As my friend Kathy said, sorry for the temporary blog hijack.