Archive for June, 2007
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
There I was, hoping to get my new iPhone set up and to replace my RAZR which can't even keep up with my typing, and then …
I'm using the x64 version of Windows Vista Ultimate. A small amount of digging online highlights the fact that the iPhone doesn't work on ...
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Sunday, June 24th, 2007
What will she think of next ... I guess sometimes cats just like to jump inside the dishwasher when you're in the middle of emptying it!
(Her eyes are closed because she was blinking from the camera flash.)
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Sunday, June 24th, 2007
Paint.NET v2.6 added an adjustment called Curves. A member of the forum, pyrochild, has recently released a new plugin called Curves+ that takes the source code for Curves and builds on it to add several cool new features. In fact, this is the first plugin I've seen that copies code ...
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Monday, June 18th, 2007
I was told earlier today that an old copy of Paint.NET wasn't updating, along with the fact that the version was 2.63. This was a version that is pointed at the old Paint.NET website, http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net, for the update manifest, and that manifest has not changed since 3.0 was released. The ...
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Sunday, June 17th, 2007
I'm hoping this will be the first of many "spotlight" blog posts. I think the forums have become, interestingly enough, an integral feature of Paint.NET ("Web 2.0 meets Desktop 2.0?"), where a large selection of user-generated tutorials and plugins have been made available for free. Free is always good, and ...
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
Try this in the latest Firefox. First, make sure your search provider is set to Google, and then type "paint" in the search box. A drop down box filled with suggestions will be sent back from the Google servers, and …
… "Paint.NET" is the third suggestion J
Edit: Woops, it was ...
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Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
There was an article on Slashdot last week titled, "Alternatives to Adobe's Creative Suite?" There was a good discussion about various alternatives to the various pieces of Creative Suite, and Paint.NET was mentioned numerous times. Every single mention was very positive! So, thank you Slashdot! You've come a long way ...
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Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
A CBS affiliate in California had a short segment on free software, and they mentioned Paint.NET. There's an online article by Jeanette Pavini that also includes a short clip from the TV broadcast.
Denny Arar of PC World magazine said a software program called Paint.net offers good features for digital photographers.
"It's ...
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Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
The effects system in Paint.NET is generally a well thought-out system and great for someone like myself to develop against (hey I wrote it, so I know all the rules!). It was designed to give all effects the same support and workflow for selection clipping, user cancellation, multiprocessor/multicore scaling, and ...
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Friday, June 8th, 2007
I received this e-mail earlier in the week. I liked it so I asked if I could publish it to my blog, and Matthew gave me the okay:
Mr. Brewster,
I first contacted you in January asking if I could install Paint.NET* on the computers in my classroom. I teach ...
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