Rick Brewster
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Yeah if you have a Windows menu then you're probably using 3.5 (or even earlier). You need to install the latest version, which is currently 4.2.14.
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Does this happen if you set the two monitors to have the same DPI? (you'll need to exit the app before changing the DPI)
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Okay; I can put the property back with an [Obsolete] attribute
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Okay thanks for reporting that, I'll make sure it's fixed pronto
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This is on the (infinitely long) TODO list. For now, File->Exit followed by relaunching the app is the way to accomplish this.
I've been hesitant to add this feature because it could be pretty easy to click on accidentally.
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If you want to do your own multithreading, specify RenderingSchedule = EffectRenderingSchedule.None when creating your EffectOptions in your constructor. Then your Render method will be called precisely 1 time and it will be given all of the ROIs (rectangle/region of interest).
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These are some popular fixes and additions 😁 Hopefully the alpha goes smoothly and a final release will be out soon!
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This is a small update that improves some quality-of-life issues, and fixes some important crashes due to mishandling of some non-fatal DirectX errors.
To get this update, make sure you have "Also check for pre-release (beta) versions" enabled in Settings, and then click on the Check Now button. (Unfortunately alpha/beta releases are not currently available for the Microsoft Store version of the app).
You can also download and install this build directly: https://www.getpaint.net/files/zip/test/paint.net.4.215.7683.6519.install.zip
Changes since 4.2.14:
- New: "Tolerance Alpha Mode" toggle button added to the toolbar for the Magic Wand, Paint Bucket, and Recolor tools. This permits switching the algorithm for color comparison between premultiplied (default) and straight. "Straight" will distinguish between transparent pixels with different color values, whereas premultiplied will see them as equivalent.
- New: Holding Ctrl while using the Color Picker tool will sample from the merged image (vs. just the current layer)
- New: The file name in the title bar will now have a prepended asterisk when it has unsaved changes
- Changed: The image close 'X' button can now be clicked for images that are not currently active
- Fixed: The Rectangle Select tool, when used to draw a constrained, fixed ratio, or fixed size selection, will now correctly clamp the rectangle to be within the canvas
- Fixed: Layers -> Move Layer Up/Down/Top/Bottom was not working for images with fewer than 3 layers
- Fixed: Edit -> Erase Selection will now fill with transparent black (#00000000) instead of transparent white (#00FFFFFF)
- Fixed: Custom Shapes will now be displayed in a consistently sorted order
- Fixed: ".pdnSave" ghost files should no longer linger when saving to the desktop. This was due to a bug in Windows and File Explorer.
- Fixed crashes due to DXGI/Direct3D "lost device" or "device removed" errors that can happen for various reasons (dock/undock, driver update, low memory, etc.)
- New: Plugins can now use the IArrayPoolService, a wrapper around .NET's ArrayPool, to optimize their array allocations
- Updated bundled AVIF FileType plugin to v1.1.6. See the pdn-avif releases page on GitHub (https://github.com/0xC0000054/pdn-avif/releases) for more information.
Enjoy!
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What, no?
Use the Quick Access feature that's literally built-in to Windows. Look it up.
Don't bump old threads like this. This thread is 14 years old! You risk being banned if you do this again -- please read the rules.
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I'm pretty sure all of that stuff already exists for iPad.
Also, no, it's not happening.
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On 1/8/2021 at 9:56 AM, toe_head2001 said:
Thumbnails are found in the registry. They are in the Base64 format.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\paint.net
There's no way you're going to get your full-size image back from a thumbnail though.
You can write a simple C# / LinqPad script to decode the thumbnail. base64 -> byte[], then wrap in a MemoryStream, then use Image.FromStream(). (it's just a PNG)
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Looks like Windows HEIC codec does not handle large images.
What happens if you install @null54's Heic FileTypePlus plugin? Unfortunately I can't integrate this into the app because of HEVC's licensing and royalties. (HEIC is the container / file format, HEVC is the codec)
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This is possibly due to overzealous antivirus. In your cast, that's Avast. It's known to cause problems. You should uninstall it and just use Windows Defender, which is free and built-in to Windows.
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It's a long-standing issue that I just haven't addressed yet. It's more complicated than you'd think because the Shape rendering code has to handle floating point, not just integer, coordinates, as well as arbitrary 3x2 matrix transforms. Detecting that a pixel-aligned circle is being drawn isn't as straightforward as I'd hoped.
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4.2.15 development is slow right now because of the holidays, I'm moving across the country soon, and I've just needed a bit of a break. An alpha should be coming soon. Just make sure to have "Also check for pre-release..." enabled in Settings -> Updates.
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Nope, not anything
If the app boots up and works, repairing it should have no effect except in some ultra-rare (and only hypothetical so far) scenarios.
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On 10/26/2020 at 5:26 PM, Vlader said:
It would be great if you could add this feature!
This feature has been added for the 4.2.15 release. It's available on the Magic Wand, Paint Bucket, and Recolor tools.
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The "selection quality" (aliased vs. antialiased) affects how the selection is rendered, it doesn't change the selection itself.
You can see the difference if you zoom in on a non-rectilinear/non-"pixelated" selection and toggle the toolbar button. Rectilinear means axis-aligned line segments, aka only up, down, left, right and only 90 degree angles. Pixelated is a PDN specific term (in the code, never seen in the UI) that means that all vertices are on integer (whole pixel) coordinates; it's a superset of rectilinear. In the code it's mostly used for a whole bunch of performance and memory usage optimizations.
Antialiased vs. aliased selection quality for a circle selection that's been zoomed in on: (yes there's a glitch where sometimes the top/left/right/bottom edges of the outline don't draw in the alised mode; it's purely cosmetic)
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I think Photoshop solves this by changing the mouse cursor to have an X, and if you try to click/draw on the layer it pops up an error.
But, I'm with @Ego Eram Reputo on this: it's just part of the learning curve. It would require quite a bit of work to change this and there hasn't been many reports of this. It's certainly possible I just don't see it rising to the top of the priority list any time soon.
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Only seems to be broken when there's only 2 layers 🤔
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3 hours ago, Pixey said:
Anyway, perhaps @AlexDolmatov should try the Repair tool, which is found in the paint.net folder.
Repair tool is only for fixing a broken installation. This is just something that doesn't work
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This is also not working for me ... I'll make sure it's fixed in the next update. Thanks for reporting this!
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13 hours ago, Joshua Lamusga said:
Try this if you're having the settings problem ~~~
Try creating a folder exactly called paint.net User Files in your Documents folder at "C:\Users\your_name\Documents\" (where your_name is your current username...
The name of this folder is localized (translated), so that suggestion will only work for English.
I would have them click on Open Palettes Folder and see how well that works. It will automatically create all the folders if possible:
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I think it also has no support for UIAnimation.dll, which houses the Windows Animation Manager. Until WINE supports these, Paint.NET cannot run under WINE. It is up to them.
If the app boots up and works, repairing it should have no effect except in some ultra-rare (and only hypothetical so far) scenarios.
When maximized on a 2nd monitor, Paint.NET leaves a ~1px gap and does not fully maximize (i.e., windows underneath can still be clicked)
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Yeah I was only asking for diagnostic reasons -- I'm not suggesting you should or need to keep that configuration
You may also check to see if you have any multimonitor- and/or window- management type of software installed. They often cause weird issues. ATI Hydravision for instance, is still bundled with AMD's Radeon drivers for some dumb reason, and same for NVIDIA equivalent with their Quadro drivers. Like c'mon, Windows has had that functionality built-in since Windows 98, or at least XP for sure ...