Rick Brewster Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 This is an important update that fixes many issues, including some crashes. It also adds JPEG XR file type support for Windows 8.1+. If you’re using the Windows Store release, you should get the update automatically within the next 24 hours. You can also force an update check by following these instructions. For the Classic release, you should be offered the update automatically within the next week or so. You can get the updater soon by going to ⚙ Settings → Updates → Check Now. You can also download and install it directly from the website. Change log: New: JPEG XR file type support (Windows 8.1+ required) Fixed: Holding Ctrl when dragging a selection with Move Selected Pixels will again leave a copy behind (but only with the mouse) Fixed crashes when saving DDS images Fixed VTF file type plugin. It was not working in 4.2 except for images that were an exact power-of-2 size on each dimension. Fixed: .BMP files can be opened even if they're not actually BMP images (they still need to be a valid WIC-supported file type such as PNG, JPEG, etc.) Fixed very bad performance when opening large images with embedded rotation metadata Fixed various crashes, such as when using File->New or Image->Resize, that sometimes happened if the previous update needed a reboot but either 1) it didn't tell you that, or 2) it did but you didn't reboot Fixed the problem that was causing the need for the aforementioned reboot in the first place (string resources file was locked by the thumbnail provider shell extension) Fixed: Text tool will no longer draw tiny text when an image uses dots-per-centimeter instead of dots-per-inch Fixed menu ordering of effect plugins that have duplicate names Fixed: The mouse wheel may now be used to scroll the Palettes menu in the Colors window (thanks @AndrewDavid for the suggestion and @toe_head2001 for the fix!) Fixed metadata handling that was preventing some images with EXIF tag 330 from being able to load Fixed metadata preservation for old images that pad EXIF string values with null terminators Fixed title bar text color when using certain custom accent colors in Windows 10 Fixed title bar accent color when Tablet Mode is enabled 2 4 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...
LionsDragon Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 @Rick Brewster, how is it that Paint.Net always seems like the best program out there BUT YOU KEEP MANAGING TO IMPROVE IT? 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChoryHarta Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Thank you for your continued updates to PDN! I only feature that I keep GIMP for is polygonal select. Once we get that, I will be good to go! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 On 8/7/2019 at 9:14 PM, LionsDragon said: @Rick Brewster, how is it that Paint.Net always seems like the best program out there BUT YOU KEEP MANAGING TO IMPROVE IT? 😊 I dunno what can i say *brushes dirt off shoulder* 2 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...
phew Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 On 8/7/2019 at 8:14 PM, Rick Brewster said: Fixed VTF file type plugin. It was not working in 4.2 except for images that were an exact power-of-2 size on each dimension. I'm a little bit confused. I open my vtf-files still with an old version of the plugin from the forum. Is vtf support now integrated in the main program or are you including fixes for forum-stuff into this changelog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null54 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 4 hours ago, phew said: Is vtf support now integrated in the main program or are you including fixes for forum-stuff into this changelog? The plugin was causing Paint.NET to crash See the following thread for more information. https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/114739-vtf-plugin-crash-revert-to-older-version-of-pdn/ 1 Plugin Pack | PSFilterPdn | Content Aware Fill | G'MIC | Paint Shop Pro Filetype | RAW Filetype | WebP Filetype The small increase in performance you get coding in C++ over C# is hardly enough to offset the headache of coding in the C++ language. ~BoltBait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenie50 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Ditto - PaintNet is awesome! If it only had masking, no one would need anything else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ggg2000 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Hello, why no autosave function ? This is so easy to add, just save all opened files in a temp folder every x minutes. Paint.Net is so great but I am still surprised this feature is not there after all those years, I Always lost everything when there is a "surprise" Windows Update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 6 hours ago, Ggg2000 said: This is so easy to add Unless you are familiar with the code base, please don't presume to know such things... (The Paint.NET source code is over half a million lines of code and is VERY complicated.) BTW, this feature is on the priority list, it's just not near the top yet. Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 18, 2019 Author Share Posted September 18, 2019 Closing this thread -- new version incoming 1 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...
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