garyberlin981 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Hi, I've just uploaded the new version of Paint.NET. On my previous version you could choose brush styles, such as percentages, patterns etc. I can't seem to find how to do this on the new version. I have a number of projects on the go which utilised this feature quite extensively and so I'm hoping very much that this hasn't been dropped, otherwise I have an awful lot of work to do! If it has been dropped then I'll probably need a recommendation of how to go back to an older version. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cc4FuzzyHuggles Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 (edited) Sadly I don't see "Fill" patterns available in 4.0 for the paint brush anymore either, the patterns that are exampled here in Paint.NET 3's documentation : http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/Paintbrush.html Perhaps they will come back in later updates, but for now, to at least finish your projects, would you be able to consider using the paint bucket tool and the line/curve tool? They both still have the fill pattern option. Edited July 8, 2014 by Cc4FuzzyHuggles Quote *~ Cc4FuzzyHuggles Gallery ~* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyberlin981 Posted July 9, 2014 Author Share Posted July 9, 2014 (edited) Thanks for responding, Cc4, Grrr - thought as much. Why do 'improvements' on websites so often mean loss of functionality? (I suppose I can't complain - it is a free website and still mighty fine apart from this) So I guess that means trying to find an older version online until my project's over! Thanks anyway, Gary Edited July 9, 2014 by garyberlin981 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Grrr - thought as much. Why do 'improvements' on websites so often mean loss of functionality? (I suppose I can't complain - it is a free website and still mighty fine apart from this) In this case, it's because one guy works on the project alone and must decide between adding little-used functionality and actually releasing a product. He had to rewrite a lot of Paint.NET from scratch for PDN4, so not everything has made it back in yet. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 I would prefer to split the PaintBrush tool into a FillBrush (with the old simple functionality, which fills an area with a static pattern) and the new PaintBrush (supporting Hardness and all the blending modes), Last one may add in the future all the features we like get from a brush system. Pen, Fillbrush, and Paintbrush would build a good team with increasing complexity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Because the toolbar can only hold so many things and I asked around and pretty much nobody used that Fill setting. It didn't need to be there and was burdensome to support in light of all the new stuff that was being added, so it was removed. 1 Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyberlin981 Posted July 10, 2014 Author Share Posted July 10, 2014 Fair enough. I shall be going over to the new version, but until my project is over (in a year) I'll have to go with an older version. I've needed to create maps with different features on different layers and the patterns lines were great for drawing different types of borders etc. but I guess this isn't what most people use the service for. Thanks for the reply anyway Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humility Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 (edited) 3.5 and 4.0 are more like completely different systems then different versions of the same system. 3.5 is simpler, streamlined and nichier. 4.0 is far more advanced, complex and mainstream. In light of this, when you are done with your project might want to do that trick that lets you have both installed. You basically copy your 3.5 files to a different folder, and run it directly from that. Then when you update you'll have both 4.0 and 3.5. Edited July 10, 2014 by Humility Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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