Archive for August, 2007
Saturday, August 25th, 2007
I haven't updated the usage stats in quite awhile, so I'm playing catch up here! To summarize, overall Paint.NET is up by about 8.7% for the last few months, and the percentage of Vista users has increased by a surprising 25%. The 64-bit percentage hasn't really budged. The various languages ...
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
One request I get on occasion is if I have a way for Paint.NET to receive donations without having to use PayPal. Not wanting to give out my home address, I have always had to apologetically say "no." But, finally there was a PO box that was available at the ...
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Well, it's finally here! You can get it from the website, http://www.getpaint.net/ , or via Paint.NET's built-in updater (Help -> Check for Updates). This release adds two new effects originally written by David Issel ("BoltBait"), support for the DDS file type originally written by Dean Ashton, as well as numerous ...
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Sunday, August 19th, 2007
I was recently talking to my friend Jake online, when he mentioned this:
So my 62-year-old aunt calls me up about two hours ago: "Hey, Jake, have you ever heard of paint dot net [sic]? Is that a good program? I've got a bunch of pictures from polo and I need ...
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Sunday, August 19th, 2007
I actually found this by accident the other day. I was toying around with the latest build of Paint.NET, fresh out of the compiler's oven, and I noticed some weird behavior. I had pre-ordered BioShock on Steam about 10 seconds after I read it was available on there (Tuesday can't ...
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Saturday, August 18th, 2007
As much as I like phpBB and the forums, the search facilities just aren't really that good. Plus, this allows me to consolidate all Paint.NET-related materials into a single results feed.
So, without further ado, I would like to introduce Paint.NET Search!
http://www.getpaint.net/search.html
As time goes on, this might need refinement, but we'll ...
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Saturday, August 11th, 2007
There were enough code changes and additional fixes to warrant a second beta, so here it is! Anyway, get it in the usual places: (1) from the website, http://www.getpaint.net, or (2) via the built-in updater. Make sure that "Also check for pre-release (Beta) versions" is enabled.
Changes:
Changed: Increased max brush size ...
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Friday, August 10th, 2007
After writing the first two articles in my "Making Money With Freeware" series, I've come to the conclusion that there are several cross-cutting topics that deserve separate treatment. Because, as you might expect and as an example, the first tip one should heed towards making money with freeware is to ...
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
I recently created an LLC for Paint.NET. I named it "dotPDN", which is what you get if you say out loud the file extension for Paint.NET's native file format, ".PDN". After some quick iterating with a friend and some people on the forum, I even have a nice logo ...
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Saturday, August 4th, 2007
With Paint.NET v3.07, there was a subtle change in the release notes:
Changed: The help file / documentation is now hosted online. This has reduced the download size by more than 3 MB, and will also allow us to provide translations without ballooning the size of the download (each language would ...
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