September 21, 2009
It’s finally time for the beta, which means things are mostly done and stabilization is now the highest priority.
Go download it at the forum, or get it via the built-in updater from any Paint.NET version. Make sure “Also check for pre-release versions” is enabled – you can ensure this by first clicking Check for [...]
August 11, 2009
The latest alpha build of Paint.NET v3.5 will now use DirectWrite instead of GDI for the Text tool if you are running Windows 7. Get it while it’s hot: http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=31132
DirectWrite is a new font and text rendering system that comes with Windows 7. In Paint.NET, you’ll see the following benefits:
Faster text rendering. This is currently [...]
August 26, 2008
This is mostly a servicing release to make some small improvements and to fix a few important bugs.
You can get it via the built-in updater by going to Help -> Check for Updates, or by going to the website: http://www.getpaint.net/
Enjoy!
List of changes:
Improved: Effect rendering should be a little faster now.
Changed: Implemented some changes to [...]
August 21, 2008
Like I said before, the first concrete work I’m doing for Paint.NET v4 is focused on the installer and updater. A lot of people have told me that they use Paint.NET infrequently, or that when they start it up they "just want to get something done really quickly." Updates really get in the way of [...]
August 15, 2008
In my last post about Paint.NET v4, I said that I was going to be writing it "from scratch" — that it would be a rewrite from the ground up, in other words. I’ve since changed my mind.
You see, I got a few months into this rewrite project. I wrote a lot of code — [...]
July 7, 2008
This version has a new Posterize adjustment, Intersect selection mode, and dramatically faster selection editing performance (add, subtract, intersect). Oh, and the usual crop of miscellaneous bug fixes, of course!
You can get this update by using the built-in updater (Help menu -> “Check for Updates”), or by downloading it from the website at http://www.getpaint.net/ . [...]
June 23, 2008
This is a refresh of the beta with some good changes to the new features, and many bug fixes.
Please note that this is a beta, and expires in August. You can get it by downloading it from the website, http://www.getpaint.net/ (no need to uninstall your current version, it will figure it all out for you), [...]
June 7, 2008
Alright, here we go again This releases introduces a new Posterize adjustment, a new Intersect selection mode, and dramatically improved performance for selection editing.
Please note that this is a beta, and expires in August. You can get this by downloading it from the website, http://www.getpaint.net/ (no need to uninstall your current version, it [...]
June 2, 2008
This next update to Paint.NET will fix the usual set of small bugs, introduce a new adjustment (Posterize), fix a major performance blemish related to selections, and add an Intersect selection mode.
As for the small bug fixes, turns out there’s the possibility that Paint.NET will crash if malformed data is in the clipboard from, of [...]
May 1, 2008
This is mostly a servicing release to fix a few important bugs that have been causing some people a lot of headaches. You can get it in the usual ways: either via the built-in updater (Help -> Check for Updates), or directly from the website: http://www.getpaint.net/.
Changes since v3.30:
* New: Enabled integration with Window Clippings, which [...]