Paint.NET is an open source raster graphics editing program designed made for Windows and developed on the .NET framework. It was originally programmed using the C# and C++ programming language. Paint.NET was created as a project by a student in Washington State University with the purpose of making a good replacement for the MS Paint program which is being used in Windows. The program includes powerful editing tools with layers, blending, transparency and plugins. Paint.NET has MIT license. To be able to install this free software, it requires Windows XP (or Windows Server 2003), 500 MHz processor, 256 MB of RAM , 1024 x 768 screen resolution and 200+ MB hard drive space.