I am not an artist. My talent for creating good looking pictures is almost non-existent. Add to that the fact that good graphics programs are supposed to be expensive and hard to figure out and creating your own web graphics/logos/banners can seem like a daunting task for someone like me.
That was until I discovered Paint .Net. Let me start out by saying that I am becoming a big fan of Open Source software. I've played around with Linux, Open Office, GIMP, and a few other open source software products. Mostly my experience has been one of great surprise as I have found quality software that rivals the big software companies products in quality and usability and well supported due to a large user following who like to share their knowledge.
Paint .Net is one of these programs, the software is easy to use, has a great forum with guru's posting answers and challenging each other to come up with new ways to out do each other in plug ins and tutorials. Using the software and the additional knowledge from the forums I have been able to come up with some pretty decent graphics to use on my site. I'm still not a graphic designer, but I can complete some simple tasks that help make a drab web page look a lot better.
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