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Sunday, September 20th, 2009
If anyone is interested in purchasing this block of domain names, please contact me -- either in the comments here (leave a valid e-mail!), or via "contact ...at... getpaint.net"
The domains are named for "the lambda closure", a computer science and programming term. I bought it on a whim because ...
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
In a much older post, I talked about how I did a small experiment with glass. And, just the other day I talked about the latest visual refresh for Paint.NET. Since then, I’ve decided that the free icons available from http://www.pinvoke.com, by Yusuke Kamiyamane, are a much better fit than ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
Paint.NET v3.5 has added support for DirectWrite, a new component in Windows 7. It improves performance, text rendering quality, and reliability when compared to GDI+ or GDI.
DirectWrite is also coming for Windows Vista. Microsoft just released a beta version of the "Platform Update for Windows Vista", which includes Direct3D ...
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
I’ve been chipping away at the last changes and fixes for Paint.NET before I stamp it as beta and release it to the larger, hungrier “Beta crowd.” This update will be published to users of previous stable versions who’ve opted into public beta updates, and made available via the built-in ...
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Last Thursday I release a new alpha of Paint.NET v3.5, build 3450. I have rewritten the way that fonts are handled for and by the Text tool. Even if you don’t use the Text tool much, you will still notice some improvements! (see the bulleted list below)
In previous versions of ...
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
Here’s where you can check it out: http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=30113
This will not be made available on the website. I don’t even recommend that any download websites host it yet. We’ll wait for the beta for that!
In the meantime, please download, install, and post your comments on the forum.
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
It's April and we finally have some sun in Seattle and I haven't posted in awhile.
Paint.NET runs pretty well with Parallels on my MacBook Pro, although there's a few quirks to squash. Hmm ... they have an affiliate program. I smell a revision to the System Requirements coming soon. Do ...
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Another great feature for the upcoming version 3.5 release: an official Russian translation! I think this should make 4.16% of the userbase very happy :)
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
In my previous post, I mentioned that I had rewritten the selection renderer in Paint.NET v3.5. As a pseudo-warning, this post is pretty technical.
The selection renderer in Paint.NET v3.36 uses GDI+. It draws the outline twice: once as a dashed black line, and the second as a dashed white line. ...
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
I sat down to write some notes before starting this blog entry, and I wound up with two full pages in OneNote on the 1920x1200 monitor it was sitting in. The more I’ve been working on it the more I’m excited about the Paint.NET v3.5 release. It isn’t one that ...
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