Rick Brewster Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 This updates improves performance and significantly reduces memory usage, adds two new translations, and fixes a number of small issues. 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 update sooner by going to ⚙ Settings → Updates → Check Now. You can also download and install it directly from the website. Changes since 4.2.8: Reduced overall memory usage (commit size) by up to 1/3rd by eliminating the per-image scratch buffer Greatly improved performance when finishing actions of most tools by employing a shared cache between the render and commit code paths Reduced memory usage when working with many tools by consolidating homogenous tiles (those that are comprised of a single color value) Significantly improved performance of most history actions (commit, undo, redo) by switching from NTFS compression to multithreaded LZ4 compression for history files Significantly improved performance of undo/redo with very complex selections (e.g. from the Magic Wand tool) Improved performance of Image -> Flatten (also affects flattening when saving) Improved performance of the Invert Colors and Desaturate adjustments by disabling hardware acceleration for them (too much overhead in copying tiles to the GPU for such trivial rendering kernels) Improved performance when saving by moving thumbnail rendering for the File -> Open Recent menu to a background thread Reduced memory usage when printing, and removed a rare crash that was related to its use of the (now removed) scratch buffer Improved performance of effect rendering when a complex selection is active (improved caching) New: Added a "busy spinner" to the canvas when using the Magic Wand and Paint Bucket tools New translation: Hebrew (HE) New translation: Slovak (SK) Fixed a really goofy crash that required drawing with the paintbrush and, without letting go of the mouse button, moving the mouse into the toolbar and then using the mouse wheel to change the brush width Fixed a layout bug with the image list button Fixed an error that prevented saving some images as JPEGs if they had EXIF Interop metadata (PropertyNotFoundException) Fixed a crash when running on a CPU that supports AVX but with an OS that is configured to not support it (via bcdedit /set xsavedisable 1) Fixed a crash when pressing the spacebar after switching to a tool but before it has received any mouse input events Fixed a rare crash when opening the Levels adjustments with certain types of selections Fixed a crash when checking for updates with an expired alpha/beta build Fixed a crash (FileLoadException) when DLLs are not updated correctly by the updater Updated WebPFileType plugin to version 1.3.2 (thanks @null54!) Updated DDSFileTypePlus plugin to version 1.9.9. This adds support for X8B8G8R8 and R8G8B8 formats, and fixes a visual glitch when previewing cube maps in some formats. (thanks @null54!) Enjoy!! 3 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...
BoltBait Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 A new build of CodeLab (v5.2) is now available to support this release of Paint.NET. More info: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/880-codelab-v52-for-advanced-users-released-january-31-2020/?do=findComment&comment=567769 2 2 Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger the Dodger Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Thank you Rick for the latest 4.2.9 update, and as ever your very generous hard work too😊 Kindest regards Roger the Dodger💽 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishi Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Seems to have resolved much of the memory problem I was having with v4.2.8. A much needed update for working on larger files. Thanks again Rick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CsyeCok The Soldier Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) Let's see if paint.net detects the update automatically, because I'm stuck at Windows 7 wait Edited February 4, 2020 by CsyeCok The Soldier The update was already installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagabondi Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) My two coins - not to report a bug but to say Thank You. The 'History' and 'Layers' performance is so much better now - and it doesn't crash due to the lack of memory when doing complex multi-layered things with tools involved etc. Really like the update & sorry to hear some users got problems with this one. Edited February 5, 2020 by Vagabondi 1 my gallery is here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirdaniel Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) Came here to say THANK YOU. This release brings new life to the paint.net. I ve already done some work and so far so good. 👍 Edited February 5, 2020 by sirdaniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 For the problems related to MSI deployment (via /createMsi), I've moved those comments over to here (cc @stevenv @Ard @m53rd) 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...
Rick Brewster Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 Closing this thread -- new update on its way 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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