Archive for December, 2007

Good results with Visual Studio 2008 so far

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

I installed the 90-day trial of Visual Studio 2008 Professional and have just finished getting Paint.NET to work in it. So far, here's what I've run in to, good and bad: The new version of the C# compiler (csc.exe) produces slightly smaller binaries in a few cases. This is good. It can ...

Reduce Noise plugin now available for Paint.NET

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Tom Jackson just published an awesome effect plugin for reducing or removing noise in images. I plan on incorporating this into the next release of Paint.NET. It's something I've been pestering him about for quite some time! :) Before After

Paint.NET v3.20 Source Code now available

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

I had actually prepared the source code ZIP file last night, but was exhausted and went to sleep instead of uploading it. Then I wake up and find out I was Slashdotted and all anyone can talk about is the Paint.NET source code and licensing :) Props to HostMySite for ...

Follow up for Slashdot and Source Code Release

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

First off, welcome Slashdot readers! :) http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/07/12/15/1332207.shtml I just got done approving all your comments after waking up from a nice 10 hour sleep (yay weekends). Many are supporting, some are not so kind. I'm approving any comment that is non-spam ("free casino games!"), although if there are cuss words I ...

Paint.NET v3.20 (Final) is now available!

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Please digg this article: Paint.NET v3.20 new version now available! Alright, you can either get it from the website, http://www.getpaint.net, or via the built-in updater from the Help menu ("Check for Updates"). Thanks are due to everyone for all the alpha and beta testing help. Enjoy! And now I'm hungry ...

Paint.NET v3.20 … soon! And updated licensing details

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

All the translations are ready to go, and there was only 1 bug that had to be fixed which you can read about on the forum if you really want to. Now I just have to finish updating the help content. I'm hoping to have the final release of 3.20 ...

Paint.NET v3.20 Release Candidate 1 is now available

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

You can get it either from the website, http://www.getpaint.net, or from within Paint.NET itself via the auto-updater. Note: Make sure you have "Also check for beta releases" enabled. You can access this option by going to Help -> Check for Updates, and then clicking on the "Options" button. The number of ...

Tips For Dealing With Backspaceware

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Prior to my previous blog post, I had sent the "author" of the Paint.NET rip-off an e-mail asking and telling him to remove the software, and why. People suggested that I sue him, but I didn't think it was necessary to start with that. I am happy to report that ...

Freeware Authors: Beware of “Backspaceware”

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Update, 2007-12-15 @ 1pm PST: Welcome Slashdot readers! Please see my other blog posts on the matter before jumping to make a comment: the first, second, third, and fourth. Paint.NET's license is very generous, and I even release the source code. All free of charge. Unfortunately it gets taken advantage of ...