LWChris

Left click on the toolstrip splitbutton for the blending mode alters the 16 blending modes in forward order "Normal > Multiply > Additive > Color Burn > Color Dodge > Reflect > Glow > Overlay > Difference > Negation > Lighten > Darken > Screen > XOR > Overwrite" As a matter of fact, I normally only use "Normal" and "Overwrite", since I mainly draw simplistic icons. It kind of bothers me I always have to open the dropdown to switch from "Normal" to "Overwrite", because otherwise I had to click 15 times. Could you add that right clicking selects the previous mode (also wrapping)?

By the way, is there any way to switch to a straight line again, like a reset for the knobs? Or could there be a type like Bezier and spline, in which you can pull the outer ends and the middle two knows are hidden?

Oh, okay...

You still cannot select the secondary color from the colour wheel Is that really so hard to fix?

Rick, please consider a quick release of a version with the selection outline fixed. It's really confusing *bites into his keyboard*

Copy that, but I think this is just the "Application busy" cursor of Windows with its shadow not rendered properly. I'm not sure if Rick can fix this. Bug report: The bug that right-clicking the colour wheel does not select the secondary colour still persists.

I've corrected a typo in the German translation for the ZoomTool.HelpText resource.

1) I left my laptop unattended for a while and it went to hibernate (not standby). After I had rebooted the system, the whole canvas area (the picture as well as the gray surrounding area) remained white until I resized the paint.net window to force a full repaint of the UI. Not sure this is reproducible since it needs some time until my laptop goes into hibernate. I'd appreciate someone else trying this, too. 2) When you copy anything at the bottom or righthand border of an image and paste it, it will not be pasted where it was copied but with 1 pixel margin. Reproducible: always.

Yesterday evening / night I updated all German translations. I especially made sure that the usage of access keys in the window menu is consistent and unique. @pagefault: I downvoted some of your suggestions, but only if they contained errors or IMO wrong translations (like super sampling has got nothing to do with "taking samples", so "Probennahme" is the wrong word here). Feel free to review your suggestions (and mine, of course). BTW, we should think about a better translation for "Probennahme" in general. I think it sounds weird, something like the tool name "Farbauswahl" is maybe better.

I'd like to sign up as German translator, but the project page sends me off to an error 404. Was the project removed? If not, my username is LWChris there, too.

And practically this was really helpful, as Ctrl+D is far better reachable than "Enter".

Hi Rick, thanks for the new release, and thanks for fixing so many bugs. Here are two bugs or annoyances: 1) I think the font preview redering of the text tool dropdown sometimes uses gray instead of black. This is the case for (but not limited to) symbol based fonts such as webdings (see attachment). 2) In V3.5 Ctrl+D used to "commit" shapes as well, now it does nothing. 3) I think you should somehow add a shortcut to cycle through the first row of shapes (or at least the first 6), for example pressing O multiple times like it used to. I use lines and rectangles quite frequently and I always have to use the mouse to select the right tool. Tiny feature request: 4) Since there is a new settings dialog, could you implement a possibility to customize the default canvas size? Oh boy, I wish I could participate in programming this magnificent program, I've got so many ideas for small improvements that made it so much more comfortable.

Still, most of the bugs I reported for the old Alpha-Releases persist. Maybe I should try to not post as last on a page... Here's the reports again: Error 1: The "Finish selection" shortcut Ctrl+D undoes movements when pressed too fast after the last movement. Steps to reproduce: Draw some line so you can see if anything moves. Hit the following key combinations in a row: Ctrl+A M Arrow key left (multiple times) Ctrl+D Expected behaviour: the area is deselected but stays moved. What really happens: the selection springs back to where it was before being moved and then is deselected. Reproducible: always. You have to wait until pdn adds "Finish movement" before hitting "Ctrl+D". I think Ctrl+D should finish movement by default. Error 2: After pasting, Ctrl+Arrow keys does not translate by 10 until Ctrl was released once. Steps to reproduce: Draw something. Select a part of your drawing. Hit Ctrl+C Hit Ctrl+V and keep Ctrl pressed Hit arrow keys Expected behaviour: The pasted image is translated by 10 pixels per arrow key press. What really happens: The pasted image is translated by 1 pixel per key press. Reproducible: always. If you release the Ctrl-Key and then press it again between steps 4 and 5 it works. Error 3: Delete doesn't delete draw objects but finishes them. Steps to reproduce: Draw any object like a rectangle. Hit Del Expected behaviour: The drawn (and selected) object is removed. What really happens: The object is finalized and added to the canvas. Reproducible: always. The delete key shouldn't add something selected to your image. Error 4: Thumbnail on layer is often out of sync. Steps to reproduce (example): Open a new document Switch to gradient Doubleclick while moving your mouse to draw two different gradients within short time If the preview catches up, try again Expected behaviour: The layer image is always a miniature of the canvas. What actually happens: After a few tries, the layer window thumbnail is out of sync with the current image. Reproducible: So far always within 30 seconds of usage. The gradient tool is just one tool to force this error. I've noticed several other tools being missed out on (pencil, brush, ...). I've always made it to reproduce this behaviour with doubleclick and gradient, but it isn't limited on that, it happens also when using pencil or brush in normal ways. I feel like it happens more often after "Undo" or "Select All", but it obviously isn't a requirement for this bug to happen. Greetings, Chris

Error 1: The "Finish selection" shortcut Ctrl+D undoes the last pixel movements when pressed too fast after the last movement. Steps to reproduce: Draw some line so you can see if anything moves. Hit the following key combinations in a row: Ctrl+A M Arrow key left (multiple times) Ctrl+D Expected behaviour: the area is deselected but stays moved. What really happens: the selection springs back to where it was before being deselected. Reproducible: always. You have to wait until pdn adds "Finish movement" before hitting "Ctrl+D". I think Ctrl+D should finish movement by default. Error 2: After pasting, Ctrl+Arrow keys does not translate by 10 until Ctrl was released once. Steps to reproduce: Draw something. Select a part of your drawing. Hit Ctrl+C Hit Ctrl+V and keep Ctrl pressed Hit arrow keys Expected behaviour: The pasted image is translated by 10 pixels per arrow key press. What really happens: The pasted image is translated by 1 pixel per key press. Reproducible: always. If you release the Ctrl-Key and then press it again between steps 4 and 5 it works. Thanks and greetings, Chris

For flood fill, delete, text, gradient or shape it works. For pencil, clone, brush, eraser and recolor it doesn't. So obviously, this bug only applies to the mousedrag-tools. That's why I asked I used gradient, select, delete and fill and it worked nicely.

He forgot about them, they're already implemented and will be back in the next release. If you're referring to the transparency of the primary or secondary color: confirmed. Cloning with t=255 primary or t=10 primary color does not make a difference. Works for me, recoloring 255-red with 255-blue results in blue, recoloring with 128-blue results in purple = 255-red+128-blue (if you meant that). Undo of which action, because I tried a few and it works for me. Confirmed. Set Hue to greenish and track saturation to the left - hue will "shivver" a bit and finally pop to red on the left. * Sliders DO affect the ball, but the second slider's value (rotation axis angle) is invisible unless you set the third slider (rotation angle) to any value other than 0. * The only negative value you cannot set is the rotation angle, which is unnecessary. You can pan the image from 0 to 90 degrees, together with the rotation axis angle that can be set from -180 to 180 degrees that makes a fully configurable feature. Example: set the third slider to 45; this will pan your image so that the right half goes into the background. Now track the second slider to 180 (or to -180) to make the left half go to the background. * Controlling the ball is as easy as it used to be for me. What are you trying to do you're having troubles with? * Shift works with the two main axes, not sure if that is intended or a bug.

Not sure whether this is a bug or just unexpected behaviour: When I add a shape to my image and press "Delete" while still in edit mode, I'd expect the shape to be removed. Currently it's just finished then, which is definitely not the expectation when you hit "delete" with an object selected. Edit: Btw, where is the correct place to suggest improvements? Here, or is this just for bug reporting? If here: I'd love it if the rotation-center of shapes had a toggle button to determine whether to pin the center when the shape is dragged or not. Currently, the center is moved with the shape when it's not been relocated, but it stays where it is when it was dragged somewhere else. Instead, I'd suggest a toggle button next to the center, depicting a pin needle icon. When the button is active (i. e. it appears pressed), the rotation center is pinned to its coordinates and remains where it is if the shape is moved. When the button is not active, the rotation center is translated with the shape. This would allow to re-locate the rotation center first (e. g. to the corner of a rectangle) and then move the shape afterwards without having to re-arrange the rotation center all the time.

Please read the Popular Feature Request topic, it's in there.

That would be great! I love translating stuff. I've been translator for the MediaWiki and Babelzilla projects for a long time. I'd love to provide the German translation for paint.net in case you need a translator for that. I think i18n and l10n is an important part of developing a successful application. I see the .resource files floating around in the program folder (as a programmer, I have to ask: shouldn't they be located in the "Resources/..." folder ?), and you mentioned resx files. Are you thinking of a public SVN like Git, a tool or a web editor for your resx files? resx files are plaintext XML. If you want a free tool as editor, that should be quite easy to accomplish for me. The IMHO ideal workflow would be: Your current resx files XSLT Simple XML l10n files Commit :MoveLayerDown: Upload Update XSLT New resource strings Publically available* SVN server Build directory Your resx Checkout/Update :MoveLayerDown: :MoveLayerUp: Commit Translators (+Tool?) * The password is mailed to the designated translators per PN here.

Hi Rick, I joined this Alpha test so you have feedback from a user with German keyboard layout and OS settings. Here's my bug report. Bugs: After installation, the program language is German, but in the settings, the drop down is "English". It behaves correctly once it's set to the correct language. When entering text, the right curly bracket cannot be typed. This bug has been around in v3.5, too. It is likely related to the German keyboard layout, where you type } by hitting "[Alt Gr]+[0]" (normal 0, not the numpad 0). "Alt Gr" (alternate graving) again is a compound of Ctrl+Alt, so paint.net mistakes "Alt Gr+0" for Ctrl+0 and resets the zoom level. The saturation bar of the "Hue / Saturation..." dialog contains all colours which makes it hard to see the effect. I'd recommend to use the color that the hue bar points at. Rotationzoom: the layer is not reset when you doubleclick on the trackball. Consistency faults and typos when the language is set to German: View menu: Shortcuts of "Zoom in" and "Zoom out" use "STRG", whereas all other commands use "Strg". Adjustments menu: "Hue/Saturation..." contains no spaces, whereas other captions do have spaces. Hue/Saturation dialog's brightness bar has a scale, whereas the Brightness/Contrast dialog has not. Forms: As the pentagon is translated "Pentagon", the hexagon should be translated as "Hexagon" and not "Sechskant". Forms dropdown: "Shape-Umriss zeichnen" should just be "Umriss zeichnen" The overlay mode dropdown is not consistent with the identical dropdown of the layer properties. The one in the layer properties is translated well. Edit menu: "Copy Merged" is translated as "Kopie zusmmengeführt", which should be at least "zusammengeführt", but actually it is not quite understandable, and I'd suggest "Kopieren aus allen Ebenen" Edit menu: "Erase selection" should be "Auswahl entfernen", or at least "Ausgewähltes Objekt entfernen". Layers menu: "Rotationszoom..." should be "Rotation / Zoom..." Layers menu: "Layer Properties..." needs to be "Ebeneneigenschaften..." Curves dialog: hint: "um Kontrollpunkten zu entfernen." Red Eye Removal dialog: "Tipp: Markieren Sie zuerst die Augen mit den Auswahlwerkzeugen, um ein optimales Ergebnis zu erhalten." The current translation is horrible and not actually German It reads like word by word translation (like "Select you firstly the eyes with the selection tools, to a perfect result to get."). Vignette dialog: "Dichte" should be renamed into "Deckkraft". Pencil Sketch dialog: "Größe der Bleistiftspitze" should be "Dicke der Bleistiftspitze" Oil Painting dialog: "Pinselgröße" should be "Pinseldicke" Radial Blur dialog: "Tipp: Niedrige Qualität ist zur schnellen Vorschau, für kleine Bilder oder kleine Winkelwerte geeignet. Hohe Qualität ist für große Bilder oder große Winkelwerte geeignet." (several typos and mediocre description) Motion Blur dialog: "Drehung" should be "Winkel" like used in all other dialogs Effects menu: "Unschärfe vergrößern..." (lowercase) Bulge dialog: "Gewölbt" (the trackbar label) should be "Wölbung" Tile Reflection dialog: "Biegung" should be "Wölbung" Crystalize effect dialog: "Willkürlich anordnen" should be "Zufällig anordnen", "Übersäen" should be "Neu verteilen" Frosted Glass dialog: "Minimaler Punktradius" and "Maximaler Punktradius" Polar Inversion: "Offset" should be "Mitte" Dents dialog: "Zufallsrauschen" should be "Zufällig anordnen", "Übersäen" should be "Neu verteilen" Settings dialog: "Aktuelles" should be "Updates", or "Aktualisieren" if German is required (but "updaten" is a common German term by now) Settings dialog / Aktuelles: "Beim Start von paint.net automatisch nach Updates suchen" and "Auch nach Vorabversionenen (Betaversionen) von paint.net suchen" I hope this helps. Rock on!!! Chris