Rick Brewster Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 This update resolves some feature disparities in the Text tool between GDI (XP) and DirectWrite (Win7/Vista). It also improves overall performance, as well as the correctness and quality of the Move Selected Pixels tool, the Image->Resize function, and the Hue/Saturation adjustment. As usual there are two ways to get it: 1. Download directly from the website, http://www.getpaint.net/ . There is no need to uninstall the old version; that will be taken care of automatically.2. Preferred: Use the built-in updater from within Paint.NET. You can go to Utilities->Check for Updates, or you can wait for the following update dialog to show up automatically within the next week or so: Changes and fixes since v3.5.1: * All font face variants (e.g., Arial vs. Arial Narrow) are now available with the Text tool in Win7/Vista with DirectWrite. * Bitmap font types (e.g. Courier, Terminal, Fixedsys) are now available with the Text tool in Win7/Vista. * Fixed some bad text kerning with the Text tool at small font sizes when antialiasing was turned off. * For the Image->Resize function, the quality, correctness, and performance of Bilinear and Bicubic sampling modes have been improved. Super Sampling also has some performance improvement. * Improved the rendering quality for the Hue/Saturation adjustment. Also made a new icon for it. * Fixed many subtle rendering issues with the Move Selected Pixels tool. These were apparent when flipping or rotating a selected area. * Fixed: The Line/Curve tool was applying pixel snapping to the curve nodes, which caused lines to "bend" when using the Shift key to constrain the angle. * Fixed some extraneous CPU usage related to unnecessary or redundant thumbnail updates. * Fixed a few dialogs that looked wrong with Aero glass with Remote Desktop or Virtual PC. * Fixed a nasty memory leak with Flatten followed by Undo. * Fixed some issues related to effects that took awhile to cancel. As it turns out, drag-and-drop was enabled at this time, which easily lead to crashes or hangs. * Some Win7 systems could not detect that .NET 3.5 SP1 was installed, even though it was. A fallback detection function has been added. * For plugin authors, the Effect class now has a pollable IsCancelRequested property. This can be used to improve responsiveness for expensive OnSetRenderInfo() implementations which are otherwise non-interruptible. * For plugin authors, the Surface.FitSurface() method is now optimized to use multiple threads, which improves performance. 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...
theonlychad Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 wow rick thanks that was super fast "Clearly it's a very serious and literal meaning. If you're not solving physics equations then get off my lawn!-Rick Brewster Paint.net Lead Developer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozo Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 It was indeed! I'm glad to see the resize function has been improved, it's been the cause of a few headaches for me before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeverCp2 Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 I have found a bug. When you click open and open a picture, the preview screen at the top right does not load. I need to pick a different signature... one that doesn't flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 Just updated and I don`t have any problems like that. Works a treat. Thanks Rick. :wink: Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharp Posted January 4, 2010 Share Posted January 4, 2010 PDN now does this wierd thing when I flatten/merge layers. Say if I merge a layer down, and it's set to additive or whatever, then when I merge it down it flickers to as if it is set to normal, then goes to what it should look like when merged. It's only really a problem when I'm trying to compare what a layer looks like visible/not visible. This also happens when I make a layer visible/invisible. is this fixed? Thanks for the update. [Glass Ball Tutorial] [My Gallery] [starscape Tutorial] [My Sig Tutorial] [My dA] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 4, 2010 Author Share Posted January 4, 2010 is this fixed? No. It's not in the change list ... 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...
Briamoth Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Thanks for the quick update. I see a lot of bugs have been fixed in a short period of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontcannon Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Could it be that the Crystalise icon has changed? Night Vision Text Effect Tutorial Gallery reddit.com/r/futurebeats | My Mixcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Yes. I even had to look up on Wikipedia to make sure that a diamond is, in fact, classified as a "crystal". 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...
Frontcannon Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 You had to? I imagine that as a very exhaustive working style Night Vision Text Effect Tutorial Gallery reddit.com/r/futurebeats | My Mixcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 5, 2010 Author Share Posted January 5, 2010 Well I wasn't about to use a diamond icon if diamonds weren't considered to be crystals... 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...
007 Nab Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Hey Rick thanks for the improvements - especially with the flatten undo bug , resize quality, and the silly non/refreshing thumbnail Thanks again! "pyrochild, you're my favorite person ever. We should go snowboarding some time."~ 007 Nab. Ish. PDN Gallery | I Made a Deviant Art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pik_d Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 * Fixed a nasty memory leak with Flatten followed by Undo. Thanks very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry533482 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Thanks for the update Rick. Keep doing what you do best! :wink: Space...The Final Frontier. -James Tiberius Kirk; circa 2260s My gallery: Jerry's Paint.NET creations My tuts: sun galaxy rings My youtube: http://www.youtube.com/jerry533482 YLOD VICTIM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 How edit text, after writing? Like in Inkscape you can write, apply and edit txt after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Still not possible with the current Paint.NET architecture. The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zagna Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Odd rounding when there shouldn't be any rounding? I was updating some of the help images and just doing misc stuff, then I chose rectangle select, fixed size and switched the inches to pixels and got weird results. The resolution was the standard 96px/inch and somehow the default 4 and 3 inches measurement ended up being 383.9976 pixels and 287.9972 pixels. Can't repro it now, but I'll try to keep a look out for it if it happens again. Edit: This is on Windows 7 Pro x64. Edit2: Opened those pics again and this time the result was 383.944 and 287.958. It's not that big of a problem but still odd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcamp14 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 http://paintdotnet.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=33260 My Humble Gallery Astronomy Fans group on facebook I see things, I'm an astronomer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtargo20 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Thanks Rick for the new update. Appreciate all your time and efforts. Is it me --or do buffalo wings taste like chicken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hessam Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 why dont adding persian language viewtopic.php?f=14&t=32977 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigabyte Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Hope i wont get 1603 anymore! Anyway, thanks Rick great job! Post above may contain sarcasm or humor.. or bad english! My Splatter sig tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikkyca Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 Thanks Rick,another amazing version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigabyte Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 It "healed" 1603.. yeai Tikkyca, your lastname is Jovanovic, are you from Serbia? Post above may contain sarcasm or humor.. or bad english! My Splatter sig tutorial! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Possum Roadkill Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 "feature disparities in the Text tool between GDI (XP) and DirectWrite (Win7/Vista)." Thank you Rick. Text looks much better ! My Gallery SAC, WOTW and Photo Manip Competition Host To visit the Comps click HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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