Rick Brewster Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 This is a refresh of the beta with some good changes to the new features, and many bug fixes. Please note that this is a beta, and expires in August. You can get it by downloading it from the website, http://www.getpaint.net/ (no need to uninstall your current version, it will figure it all out for you), or via the built-in updater. For the latter, go to Help -> Check for Updates... and make sure you are set up to receive betas by clicking on the Options button and ensuring that "Also check for beta releases" is checked. Then close the dialogs and click on Help -> Check for Updates... again. Enjoy! Changes since Beta 1: · Changed: When using a selection mode other than "replace", it will now draw the selection outline so that you can see both the original and resulting selection areas. Before, it would only draw the resulting selection area outline, which made modes such as Intersect hard to use. · Changed: The canvas background is now a solid color instead of a gradient. The gradient was causing certain tone misjudgments related to bright versus dark colors. · Changed: Shortcut key for Sepia is now Ctrl+Shift+E. The shortcut for Posterize is now Ctrl+Shift+P. · New: When holding Ctrl or Alt for a selection tool, the cursor now has a plus or minus indicator. · Fixed: The Resize dialog had some rounding errors with the "Maintain aspect ratio" feature, which caused a few discrepancies and even a spurious "out of memory" error. · Fixed: Some quirks with the Color Wheel control for IndirectUI-based effect plugins. · Fixed: Several miscellaneous and rare crashes. · Fixed: The installer would display a bizarre error if a "blank" install folder was attempted. · Fixed: The installer now only accepts absolute path locations, instead of relative ones. This fixes an ambiguity between where Paint.NET believes it is installing itself to, and the directory that Windows Installer actually uses. 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...
brandon.roeder Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 wooo! Thanks for the update Rick! My DA|My Gallery|My Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyy8 Posted June 23, 2008 Share Posted June 23, 2008 wow! Thanks I am going to download it now. My updater is not working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Yes, great release! Like said previously, I am shocked you kept this at a .35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman's Friend Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Changed: The canvas background is now a solid color instead of a gradient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 It's being changed for a pretty important reason, FF. 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...
Mike Ryan Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Changed: The canvas background is now a solid color instead of a gradient. The color gradient creates an illusion of miscolor and incorrect form of brightness and contrast. Be thankful, your images will look better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 What if a radial gradient was used instead? Or would this cause the same problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Same problem. In fact, worse (just made a quick mockup). Personally, the less distractions from the canvas itself the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speed Demon Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Awesome Rick! it runs on my old 1ghz desktop at the same speed as my 2ghz laptop! great programming! Also in the log you talk about v4, will it include 'soft' brushes? Myspace/ My Pictorium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted July 4, 2008 Author Share Posted July 4, 2008 Also in the log you talk about v4, will it include 'soft' brushes? Sorry, this isn't the v4 discussion thread. I haven't really publicly confirmed any features for v4 yet. 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...
Speed Demon Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Also in the log you talk about v4, will it include 'soft' brushes? Sorry, this isn't the v4 discussion thread. I haven't really publicly confirmed any features for v4 yet. my bad, just a tad off topic sorry :oops: Myspace/ My Pictorium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiguelPereira Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Just a thought on the selection tool. When you finish selecting whatever you want to select and you change to another tool the different color of the selected are versus non-selected will disapear. This creates a really ambiguous situation if you have a complex selection and you want to, for example, use the paint bucket tool. [The stock on my sig is a photo I took not a render from Splatter] [My deviantART][My Gallery][My Space] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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