The second beta build for paint.net 4.0 is now available! We’re getting very close to the final release now

To install, you can either 1) use the built-in updater from a previous 4.0 build, or 2) use the built-in updater from v3.5.11 if you have “Also check for pre-release (beta) builds” enabled, or 3) download it directly on the forum at http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/27954-paintnet-40-beta-build-5168/

Special thanks to volunteers on the forum for the new languages, and corrections to existing ones! http://forums.getpai…via-crowdinnet/

Here are the changes and fixes since the last beta build (5152):

• Added new languages: Dutch, Finnish, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal)
• Fixed many typos and clumsy translations in various languages
• Fixed the main window growing taller and flashing black after being minimized and then restored
• Fixed the tools committing their changes to the image when trying to exit the application (waste of CPU/disk)
• Fixed the current layer not being preserved when using one of the Image -> Rotate commands
• Fixed keyboard shortcuts not working in some cases if the mouse was positioned over the toolbar
• Fixed some inappropriate text wrapping in drop down boxes in German (the text is now clipped with “…” instead)
• Fixed the Recolor tool’s shortcut mistakenly being ‘e’ instead of ‘r’
• Pressing ‘A’ now cycles through the shapes when the Shapes tool is active (Shift+A cycles backward)
• Fixed mouse input centering for the brush tools when antialiasing was disabled
• Re-enabled Ctrl+D as a “commit” button
• Moved the “Finish” button (green checkmark) to the end of the toolbar and included the “Finish” text so that it is easier to aim at
• Fixed some font previews rendering as gray instead of black
• Fixed a crash that was most easily reproducible by copying an image from IE11 and then clicking on File->New Image
• Image close buttons are now appropriately styled on Windows 7
• Fixed a dangling progress bar after running some effects
• Fixed some drifting color value problems in the Colors window when changing Hue, Saturation, and/or Value
• Fixed a crash caused by 3rd-party visual themes that try to use fonts that don’t exist
• Fixed a crash when toggling a layer’s visibility while using the Move Selected Pixels tool and then undoing
• Fixed a crash when opening an image due to not being able to create the thumbnail for the File -> Open Recent list
• Fixed a crash on startup due to the user’s My Documents folder not existing
• Changed the canvas background color to gray when using the Blue theme
• Fixed an error whereby committing an action, changing the active layer, undoing, and then redoing would cause the action to be redone on the new layer instead of the one it was originally drawn on
• Fixed shortcut keys not working for toggling line styles and caps for the Shapes tool
• Fixed some styling issues in the Settings dialog in the Tools section
• Fixed some delayed crashes with some effect plugins which would happen when trying to do an action afterward
• Fixed a crash caused by pressing Escape while drawing a shape
• Fixed many plugin compatibility and crash issues

Enjoy!

The first beta build for paint.net 4.0 is now available!

To install it, you can either: 1) use the built-in updater from a previous 4.0 alpha build, or 2) use the built-in updater from v3.5.11 if you have "Also check for pre-release (beta) builds" enabled, or 3) head on over to the forum for the download link: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/27839-paintnet-40-beta-build-5152-is-now-available/ 

Here are the changes since the last alpha build (5143):

• Added a "Finish" (aka commit) button in the toolbar. It looks like a green check mark. This makes it much easier to discover how you finish a shape and then draw another one, for instance. Most of the non-brush tools support this (e.g. Move, Gradient, Magic Wand, Paint Bucket, Text).
• Added a choice between Light and Blue color schemes to Settings. The default on Windows 8/8.1 is Light, and the default on Windows 7 is Blue.
• Fixed some artifacts in the Magic Wand when making a "Global" selection
• Fixed a crash in the Magic Wand tool that was causing people a lot of grief ("this.baseGeometry == null")
• Fixed a crash in various tools (crash in ClickDragBehavior.cs line 270)
• Fixed brush strokes being completely erratic over Remote Desktop
• Fixed some very broken UI rendering over Remote Desktop with Windows 8
• The icons in the top-right of the main window are now scaled correctly for high-DPI
• Fixed a crash if you clicked to undo multiple actions after committing a shape
• Fixed some performance issues whereby non-active images were still rendering stuff in the background
• Fixed many tools emitting a history item even if the image was unaffected (e.g. drawing a brush stroke outside of the canvas)
• Fixed a leftover progress bar in the status bar after loading an image
• Fixed Ctrl+Arrow keys not moving the selection by 10 pixels (it only moved by 1 px) if you didn’t first release the Ctrl key after you pasted with Ctrl+V
• Removed the dangling "Tool:" tooltip on the Tool selection button in the toolbar
• Fixed a crash when the language was changed if the new language’s localized "paint.net User Files" folder already existed
• Fixed the dash style button in the toolbar being too skinny at 96 DPI (it worked fine at >96 DPI)
• Fixed the main window’s application icon being off by 2 pixels
• Fixed Ctrl+D reverting selection movement if it was pressed too quickly after using the arrow keys
• Fixed some missed thumbnail updates, especially for the Layers window
• Fixed the Width/Height text boxes in the toolbar for Fixed Selection not having an outline around them
• Fixed a visual styles related crash on some buttons in some cases
• Fixed the main installer not running after the .NET 4.5.1 installer if it required a reboot
• Fixed the installer seeming to disappear if there wasn’t enough disk space to install .NET 4.5.1
• Shapes no longer finish/commit if you press the delete key
• Non-active images no longer update their thumbnails when you make changes in another image which affect them (e.g. if you leave an uncommited shape on image 1, then switch to image 2 and change the color)
• Fixed a crash in the Text tool if you try to use a "bad" font (one which shows up in the font list as a yellow exclamation mark)

Enjoy!