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

December 8, 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 fixes in this release is [...]

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Paint.NET v3.20 Beta 2 is now available

November 29, 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 to report any compatibility problems [...]

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Paint.NET v3.20 Beta 1 is now available

November 19, 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 to report any compatibility problems [...]

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Paint.NET v3.20 Alpha 2 is now available

November 11, 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 plugins! Note: The new plugin [...]

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

November 5, 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 plugins!

Change log:

Note: New features will [...]

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Paint.NET finally gets error handling for plugins

October 31, 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 error dialog for this! If [...]

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Fixed Ratio and Fixed Size selections

October 28, 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 16×9 ratio cropping to create wallpapers [...]

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

October 21, 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, such as the ability to [...]

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

October 19, 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 new system. And, from there, [...]

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

October 7, 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 UI for the user. These [...]

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