Archive for the ‘Update News’ Category

Paint.NET v3.20 Beta 1 is now available

Monday, November 19th, 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. Please be sure ...

Paint.NET v3.20 Alpha 2 is now available

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Get it either from the website (http://www.getpaint.net), or from within Paint.NET itself. Note: Make sure you have "Also check for beta releases" enabled. You can access this option by going to Help -> Check for Updates, then clicking on the "Options" button. Please be sure to report any compatibility problems with ...

Paint.NET v3.20 *ALPHA* is now available

Monday, November 5th, 2007

Get it either from the website (http://www.getpaint.net), or from within Paint.NET itself. Note: Make sure you have "Also check for beta releases" enabled. You can access this option by going to Help -> Check for Updates, then clicking on the "Options" button. Please be sure to report any compatibility problems with ...

Paint.NET finally gets error handling for plugins

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

For the longest time, any unhandled exception in Paint.NET caused a generic "Oops sorry, go check the crash log on your desktop" error dialog. It's not really that helpful, and it always points the blame in my direction even when it's a plugin's fault. So, for v3.20 there is a real ...

Fixed Ratio and Fixed Size selections

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

You asked for it, and now you're going to get it. This is currently the most passionately requested feature for Paint.NET, and I've just finished writing it for the v3.20 release. This will make it easy, for instance, to select a 4 inch X 6 inch area. Or to do 16x9 ...

More Paint.NET v3.20 ramblings, and 3 pieces of news

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

I have some more ramblings about the property system, as well as three bits of news for the v3.20 release. The more I keep using this new property system and UI generation code, the more I like it. I've been able to add a few features to some of the effects, ...

Playing with Paint.NET v3.20’s new Property System

Friday, October 19th, 2007

I've finally settled on the framework code for this new property system and automatic UI generator, at least with respect to Effect configuration dialogs. The beauty of this new system is that it literally only takes me about 5 minutes to convert an effect from the old system to this ...

What’s coming for Paint.NET v3.20: Plugin Development

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

In a previous blog posting I rambled on about how plugins need to be easier, both for users and developers. I haven't had a lot of time lately to work on Paint.NET, but I have managed to get started on a new system for developing effect plugins that provide configuration ...

Paint.NET v3.10 – Final release is now available!

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 ...

Paint.NET Search Engine is now open!

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 ...