Archive for July, 2007
Monday, July 30th, 2007
"Ash," a member of the Paint.NET forums since December, has been impressing everyone with what he's been capable of doing with Paint.NET. For starters, his avatar picture is this image:
And yes, it was made completely in Paint.NET! You can find the full size version, along with several other of his ...
Posted in Community Spotlight | 4 Comments »
Saturday, July 28th, 2007
You can get it at the website, http://www.getpaint.net/ , or from within Paint.NET by going to Help -> Check for Updates. Make sure that the checkbox, "Also check for pre-release (beta) versions" is enabled (Help -> Check for Updates, then click the Options button).
This release adds two new effects ...
Posted in Update News | 13 Comments »
Friday, July 27th, 2007
I've always been a stickler for good looking UI. To that end, I actually have very positive things to say about a lot of the work Apple has done in this space – a few people at work have even jokingly called me a traitor because of my iPhone J
With ...
Posted in Update News | 10 Comments »
Friday, July 20th, 2007
I just noticed that the price has fallen to $299 for the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.4 GHz) processor at newegg. If you're looking for the best system to run Paint.NET on right now, this is a great place to start! I've personally been using the Intel Core 2 ...
Posted in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »
Saturday, July 14th, 2007
I've been working slowly* on what I'm currently calling version 3.20, but in the meantime I decided to put out a small feature-based release. It will be called Paint.NET v3.10, and will include a few new effects, support for a new file type, and of course a few bug fixes. ...
Posted in Update News | 3 Comments »
Friday, July 13th, 2007
I don't really have an outline for this series so I'm really hoping that the "#1" up there in the topic doesn't stand by itself for too long. Anyway, like I said earlier when I decided against disclosing revenue figures for now (either because I'm humble or because I'm a ...
Posted in Money, Tips | 5 Comments »
Thursday, July 12th, 2007
As the author of something like Paint.NET, I often get bugs reported that I simply don't understand. Ever since before Paint.NET 3.0 went into beta, I've been getting crash reports like the following:
System.InvalidOperationException: ScratchSurface already borrowed: 'PaintDotNet.DocumentWorkspace.DoSaveAs() handing off scratch surface to DoSaveAsDialog()' (trying to borrow for: 'PaintBucketTool: Tool.Activate()')
This tells ...
Posted in Bugs | 14 Comments »
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
In my previous blog post about the profitability of Paint.NET, I had a few votes for disclosure, one neutral vote, and one strong non-disclosure vote. The non-disclosure vote was from BoltBait who's one of two moderators on the Paint.NET Forums. I'd say his vote carries some pretty good weight. And, ...
Posted in Money | 4 Comments »
Sunday, July 8th, 2007
One blog I really like is called MicroISV on a Shoestring. It details Patrick's entrepreneurial adventure with some software he wrote in Java to make Bingo cards. His blog talks less about the software itself and more about the business side of things: advertising, payment processing, and even his profit ...
Posted in Money | 12 Comments »
Sunday, July 8th, 2007
Even though it doesn't work in 64-bit Windows and I have to use another computer to sync it, I honestly really like the iPhone. Having just upgraded from a staple RAZR, this thing is incredible. The first few days I had it I couldn't take it out of my pocket ...
Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »