Which photo editing program to use?

when you edit photos on paint, and save it as jpeg, the pixels change and it makes it ugly. how can i prevent that?Which photo editing program to use?
Unfortunately, Paint wasn't initially designed as a photo editing program. That feature just kinda evolved along the way. Once the photo has been edited, try saving it as a 256 color bitmap (.bmp) instead of jpeg. The .bmp format usually retains a better finished quality than jpeg, which is the preferred method to send a picture as an email attachment (less quality, fewer pixels to deal with, smaller file size, quicker downloads.)



In the alternative, you might want to take a look at this freeware program. It's evolved into a pretty decent photo editor in it's own right.



http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html



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