Paint.NET 5.1 is now available!

[Tactilis]

4 hours ago, CCAnDo said:

Windows  Server 19 : Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17763.6532]

 

@CCAnDo That version of Windows 10 i.e. 2019(1809) build 17763, is not supported for Paint.NET 5.1

 

As stated in the release notes and on the download page, the minimum requirement for Paint.NET 5.1+ is:

• Windows 11
• or Windows 10 (version 21H2 or newer)
• or Windows Server 2022
   

Note: Windows 10 version 21H2 is build 10.0.19044

 

 

[Tactilis]

3 hours ago, KSV said:

I start experience problems with Paint.NET...

 

It hangs up at start and looks like that:

https://tinypic.host/image/Screenshot-2024-11-26-112228.2HXmNG

Are you using Sentinel One antivirus?

If so, you need to add an Exclusion for Paint.NET until they fix it. Please read this comment https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/131939-paintnet-51-not-starting-properly-sentinel-one-antivirus-bug/page/3/#findComment-640766, then maybe read the whole thread.

If you are not using Sentinel One, then in Paint.NET please go to Settings > Diagnostics > Copy to clipboard and then paste the diagnostics here inside a Spoiler section (click the eye icon above).

[Rick Brewster]

Yeah @KSV that's exactly where things are hanging when Sentinel One antivirus is installed. This doesn't look like a GPU issue.

 

And the installer crash as well. It's S1.

[senrisei]

Hey, I've noticed a bit of an issue here... I went to go to median to use its effect to give me some aliased reduction of colours, but it wasn't there. I look this up and try the same thing with either of the new blur versions, and it won't be achieved by those either. They all cause some form of glow, blur or extremely unwanted anti-aliasing, regardless of settings, making the edits I'm trying to make impossible. Was it really necessary for the team to remove the old version entirely?

[Rick Brewster]

@senrisei Effects -> Blurs -> Median Blur. This move+rename is covered in the change log in the first post of this thread. There should be no difference compared to the old version.

[Tactilis]

32 minutes ago, senrisei said:

Was it really necessary for the team to remove the old version entirely?

It's always worth reading the release notes for any new version of software. You never know what goodies you might be missing.

And a quick forum search (please remember Rule #1) for median blur   would have given you the answer.

[Rick Brewster]

If there is an actual difference between the old (aka legacy) Effects->Noise->Median and the new-and-improved Effects->Blurs->Median Blur, it's still possible for someone to publish an effect plugin that resurfaces the legacy version. @BoltBait has done that with e.g. Sharpen Classic.

[Rick Brewster]

5.1.1 is now available: