Rick Brewster Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 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! 2 3 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...
toe_head2001 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Rick Brewster said: 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 1 (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Rick Brewster said: Fixed: Custom Shapes will now be displayed in a consistently sorted order My favorite. THANKS! Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djisves Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 What they said, plus... 4 hours ago, Rick Brewster said: Changed: The image close 'X' button can now be clicked for images that are not currently active Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyoxZ Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 The description of "Tolerance Alpha Mode" is so long that I think users may not have enough patience and time to read (the tip is displayed for only a few seconds). How about moving the descriptions of Premultiplied and Straight to the tips of specific options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Than you How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 11 hours ago, Rick Brewster said: 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. My favs. Thank you, Rick! 👍 My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 These are some popular fixes and additions 😁 Hopefully the alpha goes smoothly and a final release will be out soon! 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...
ardneh Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 12 hours ago, Rick Brewster said: New: Holding Ctrl while using the Color Picker tool will sample from the merged image (vs. just the current layer) Nice! 12 hours ago, Rick Brewster said: Fixed: Edit -> Erase Selection will now fill with transparent black (#00000000) instead of transparent white (#00FFFFFF) I'm interested in understanding why this is valuable/important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 20 minutes ago, ardneh said: I'm interested in understanding why this is valuable/important. There's an example in this forum topic: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/117273-white-stripes-on-the-cut-edges-of-the-cut-out-areas-in-the-image/ (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardneh Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Thanks. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 In this version paint.net for all color themes except Dark, the Color Wheel markers became white and invisible against the background of the Interface window. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 I concur with Remake. My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Yes, me too. The markers are teeny and hard to see. How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 Okay thanks for reporting that, I'll make sure it's fixed pronto 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...
toe_head2001 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 The removal of the EnableAutoGlass property has caused several plugins by @Ed Harvey to stop working. Spoiler File: C:\Program Files\paint.net\Effects\EdHarvey.Effects.dll Name: EdHarvey.Edfects.Effects.WhiteBalanceEffect Version: 4.0.5120.42730 Author: Ed Harvey Copyright: Copyright © 2006-2013, Ed Harvey Website: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/18811-ed-harvey-effects-v-35 Full error message: System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'Boolean PaintDotNet.PdnBaseForm.get_EnableAutoGlass()'. at EdHarvey.Edfects.EdEffectConfigDialog3.OnLayout(LayoutEventArgs levent) at EdHarvey.Edfects.HueSatConfigDialogBase2.OnLayout(LayoutEventArgs levent) in C:\PDN4-20140107\src\Ed-fects\UI\HueSatConfigDialogBase2.cs:line 283 at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PerformLayout(LayoutEventArgs args) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PerformLayout() at EdHarvey.Edfects.HueSatConfigDialogBase2.InitializeComponent() in C:\PDN4-20140107\src\Ed-fects\UI\HueSatConfigDialogBase2.Designer.cs:line 252 at EdHarvey.Edfects.HueSatConfigDialogBase2..ctor() in C:\PDN4-20140107\src\Ed-fects\UI\HueSatConfigDialogBase2.cs:line 20 at EdHarvey.Edfects.Effects.WhiteBalanceEffect.CreateConfigDialog() in C:\PDN4-20140107\src\Ed-fects\Color\WB\WhiteBalanceEffect.cs:line 35 at PaintDotNet.Menus.EffectMenuBase.RunEffectImpl(Type effectType) in D:\src\pdn\src\PaintDotNet\Menus\EffectMenuBase.cs:line 858 (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 Okay; I can put the property back with an [Obsolete] attribute 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 January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 Closing this thread -- dropping the beta in just a few 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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