"Software that allows degree defined image rotation?" Topic

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olicana	17 Apr 2021 8:51 a.m. PST
I use MS Paint quite a lot, to do deployment maps and the like, and it's normally fine but, it's limited because it only allows images within it to be rotated through angles of 90 degrees (90, 180, 270, etc.). I'm not that tech savvy but it looks like that is the limit of what MS Paint can do in this respect. Therefore, I have a problem because now I want to rotate an image within a hexagon – I want to rotate an image through angles of 60 degrees (60, 120, 180, 240, etc.). The pictures thus created will be used as explanatory diagrams in a set of rules I'm writing for ancient naval warfare. Please, can someone tech savvy point me in the direction of, a relatively easy to use, software package that will allow me to draw in a similar fashion to MS Paint but that can manipulate images more freely. Thanks for looking, James
MajorB	17 Apr 2021 9:10 a.m. PST
OpenOffice Draw allows the rotation of images to whatever angle you want.
Editor in Chief Bill	17 Apr 2021 2:09 p.m. PST
Irfanview – irfanview.com
NCC1717	17 Apr 2021 2:26 p.m. PST
GIMP (Windows, macOS and Linux) free gimp.org
Stoppage	17 Apr 2021 2:33 p.m. PST
Paint 3D has a rotation "adornment" on the select tool.
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART	19 Apr 2021 5:12 a.m. PST
GIMP is fabulous.
Cmde Perry	19 Apr 2021 7:11 p.m. PST
. paint.net . Not super complex, but definitely a step up from paint.

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