Pros:Small
low system requirements
stable
Very usable
Cons:Brush settings are rather basic and some can't be re-sized.
Fewer filters than many other programs.
Other Thoughts:Very nice little program. Not great for drawing/painting (I'd recommend MyPaint for that)For basic every day use it's great, and won't bog your system down. (I've had Gimp and Corel both lock my systems up so badly I had to reboot)
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2011-03-27
"Star by name......." by:MikeHimself PaintStar v2.70
Pros:Does most of the photo editing and manipulation that most people are ever going to want - including perspective control for architectural perfectionists.
Fast.
Compact.
Free.
Cons:Minimal user interface means you need to use a bit of intelligence to find out how everything works - but that might also be an advantage.
Other Thoughts:I used Photoshop 5.0 LE for ten years (came as a magazine cover disk).
But it won't install on XP. PaintStar has a lot of similarities, so it isn't so difficult to make the switch. Goodbye Adobe, it was good while it lasted!
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52 out of 93 users found this review helpful.
2010-10-09
"GREAT freeware!" by:SLK8ne
Other Thoughts:Absolutely excellent little program. For the system requirements and file size you wouldn't expect this much horsepower. But it has things that aren't even standard with Gimp or Artweaver. Absolutely outstanding.
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73 out of 135 users found this review helpful.
2010-08-02
"It's Clean" by:Greg
Other Thoughts:Painstar is clean. VirusTotal.com results:
Other Thoughts:Mcafee site advisor....flags home page as red....dangerous. do not download.
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67 out of 144 users found this review helpful.
2008-11-03
"good software" by:aisiem
Other Thoughts:I love it :)
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72 out of 146 users found this review helpful.
2008-08-11
by:danliti
Other Thoughts:The page you have requested could not be found. (404)
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64 out of 132 users found this review helpful.
2008-05-07
"?" by:meeee
Other Thoughts:umm i dont get it??
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66 out of 131 users found this review helpful.
2008-03-27
"PaintStar 2.70" by:Des Nnochiri
Other Thoughts:That paint palette hides a lot of functionality. PaintStar does all you'd expect an image editor to do- and a bit more. Especially like the context menu thumbnail feature (Eat your heart out, ContextMagic!) Bloatware this isn't. Excellent.
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73 out of 138 users found this review helpful.
2007-08-28
"NFW - amazing" by:legion1978
Other Thoughts:it may (or not) be based on gimp but it is somehow better, because of the memory usage,less crashes and gtk independence. it has less features and stuff but still pretty amazingly small and usable..
ill use it instead of gimpshop (for now)
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65 out of 142 users found this review helpful.
2007-06-29
"EXCELLENT" by:ALAND
Other Thoughts:EXCELLENT SOFTWARE!
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66 out of 142 users found this review helpful.
2007-04-25
"Ashi" by:Ashi
Other Thoughts:AshiAshi
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65 out of 126 users found this review helpful.
2007-04-11
"seems good" by:-Kali
Other Thoughts:it seemed to have quite a few features for being such a small file! if i ever need the space on the hard drive i'll def. switch to this program. might even use along with the GIMP.
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66 out of 141 users found this review helpful.
2007-03-26
"paintstar" by:leprechaun
Other Thoughts:excellent freeware paint program
supports layers & easy to use
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2007-02-10
"confused" by:gimp
Other Thoughts:if this is easy to use, then why not GIMP. too messy with distributed windows. not bad program though