# Is there a simple photo editor that adds captions, arrows, etc?

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**Created:** [November 16, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-simple-photo-editor-that-adds-captions-arrows-etc/641169 "2012-11-16T07:42:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-simple-photo-editor-that-adds-captions-arrows-etc/641169/1 "2012-11-16T07:42:21Z")

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Is there a simple photo editor that adds captions, arrows, etc?

I have GIMP, but it is a bit of a pain in the butt to use for that purpose. I wonder if there’s a simpler, specialized editor just for that.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-simple-photo-editor-that-adds-captions-arrows-etc/641169/2 "2012-11-16T08:09:31Z")

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[Paint.NET](http://Paint.NET) is probably what you’re looking for - it’s like MS Paint on steroids - simple to use and can do all the things you mentioned (and critically, unlike MS Paint, it does it in an object based approach, so you can reposition and remove things after drawing them)

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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-simple-photo-editor-that-adds-captions-arrows-etc/641169/3 "2012-11-16T08:36:19Z")

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Thanks, I’ll give it a try 🙂

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**Author:** ![FuzzyOgre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@FuzzyOgre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuzzyOgre)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-simple-photo-editor-that-adds-captions-arrows-etc/641169/4 "2012-11-16T09:26:29Z")

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If you dont like [paint.net](http://paint.net) there is also Pinta. Linux/mac/windows and source code, if you use something stranger.

[http://pinta-project.com/](http://pinta-project.com/)

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**Author:** ![StarsApart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@StarsApart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarsApart)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-simple-photo-editor-that-adds-captions-arrows-etc/641169/5 "2012-11-16T16:48:20Z")

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There is also [PicMonkey](http://www.picmonkey.com/), which is done in the browser (no need to install anything, or even register). I just took a look and it has a variety of arrows, and can do captions.