Rick Brewster Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Ok I'm going to the bars in about 5 seconds but managed to get this ready just to whet everyone's appetite. I'm planning on releasing a v3.05 update in the next few weeks*. The goals of this release are to clean up some parts of the UI to make them simpler and/or easier to use. And I'm adding a new effect just to make darn sure everyone sees value in updating 1) In Windows Vista, the new style Open/Save dialogs are now used. This makes things much more consistent with the rest of everything. Interestingly this is actually a lot more work than you'd think! (especially for a C# app like Paint.NET) Old New 2) Pencil Sketch effect 3) Better "the pasted image is too big" dialog Old: New: (yes the thumbnail shows what is being pasted) 4) Some other UI refinements. THe Image->Rotate, Image->Flip, and Layer->Flip submenus are gone. Instead, the commands are now in the Image and Layer menus, respsectively. There are now only 3 rotate commands (90 degrees CW, 90 degres CCW, 180 degrees) because the 270 and second 180 degree options were redundant. Oh, and the View->Units submenu has also been "flattened" into the View menu. 5) Removed the "Clear History" button. Does anyone use this? The answer: no, they don't. Its existence implies that the user (you!) should have to care about the application's memory management, and I don't believe they should. 6) When you choose a new language, the dialog that's shown gives you the ability to restart Paint.NET right away instead of saying "Oh neat, but you have to go restart Paint.NET yourself." It's a much smoother experience. 7) I plan on making the dialog box that says, "To save in this format the image must be flattened. Proceed?" dialog a lot better (using the "task dialog" form shown above for the new Paste confirmation dialog) 8 ) Some small bug fixes 9) A performance improvement for quad core systems. Yeah, I know this affects all of 8 people in the whole world The issue is detailed here, http://blogs.msdn.com/rickbrew/archive/ ... lyzed.aspx Ok that's enough for now. Time to get drunk. * The schedule is mostly dependent on how long it takes to get everything translated. Not that our guys are slow, it just takes time Quote 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...
Illnab1024 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Nice. Looking forward to it. Oh and have fun Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake2k Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Can't wait for this update and thanks for adding the sketch effect Quote ^Click to visit my Flickr Gallery^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Yoshi Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 5) Removed the "Clear History" button. Does anyone use this? The answer: no, they don't. Its existence implies that the user (you!) should have to care about the application's memory management, and I don't believe they should. ... I used it. And I DO have to care about my memory management, because I only have 480MB of RAM. And it seems a lot of the time like much less than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illnab1024 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Kaiser: History is saved to the hard disk. In no way does it eat your memory, except probably when figuring out what to write. Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 Kaiser: History is saved to the hard disk. In no way does it eat your memory, except probably when figuring out what to write. Exactly. Quote 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...
Helio Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Great! I can't wait until the new saving feature comes in. Man, that'll be nice... Oh, and as for time, don't worry. I think we all understand that programming must be hard with a hangover. Quote v An excellent open–source strategy game—highly recommended.  "I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisHyatt Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Your development team has always done a phenominial job with every release... I look forward to the next one. I hope that we can get a poly-selection tool, for selecting regions by multiple click method. Best of luck on the next release! -C# Developer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzKill Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Useful update and kudos for implementing the Pencil Sketch effect. Any plans on allowing for color in the new effect. From looking at the dialog in the "Ana" screenshot, this seems to be a miss. Unless of course "Range" allows for this? Quote - DO NOT contact me asking for the .pdn of my avatar or the PDN logo. Thank you. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Cool! PDN 3.05 will come with Vista! Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Cool! PDN 3.05 will come with Vista! Please tell me you are joking! Quote  Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrEaK Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 maybe this one will install for me Quote Site: RIP =( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 Useful update and kudos for implementing the Pencil Sketch effect. Any plans on allowing for color in the new effect. From looking at the dialog in the "Ana" screenshot, this seems to be a miss. Unless of course "Range" allows for this? The whole point of the effect is that it's black and white. Pencils only draw in black. Quote 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 March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 Cool! PDN 3.05 will come with Vista! I have no idea where you get that.... Quote 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...
Illnab1024 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 I think/hope he was joking, just glancing over all the shiny vista screens. Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Yeah, I was joking... or am I? Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzKill Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 The whole point of the effect is that it's black and white. Pencils only draw in black. Your effect, your rules. Quote - DO NOT contact me asking for the .pdn of my avatar or the PDN logo. Thank you. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedHONDA Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Rick, I got another suggestion! How about if you press the Tab button, all of the windows hide? PS has it, and there have been many times that I could have on PDN. Quote "The greatest thing about the Internet is that you can write anything you want and give it a false source." ~Ezra Pound twtr | dA | tmblr | yt | fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illnab1024 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Or just F9, would be better. Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 *Warning thread hijacked* Just a small glitch, if I paste an HTML color code like #FFFFFF, PdN just does not show it, or actually delete it. Is it possible to just delete the # ? At least for the #, not for the rest of the alphabet (G to Z). Thanks Quote No. Way. I've just seen Bob. And... *poof!*—just like that—he disappears into the mist again. ~Helio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Rick, I got another suggestion! How about if you press the Tab button, all of the windows hide? PS has it, and there have been many times that I could have on PDN. I would like that very much. F9 or F12. But it makes me think. It seams to bee a problem for some people that they hide the windows in some way, and then can’t get them back. If Rick is going to make a hide / unhide button, maybe we also need a “panic button†Quote My DA: http://leif-j.deviantart.com/ -------------- Some people seek justice so persistent, that they will do great injustice themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Monkey Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 *Warning thread hijacked*Just a small glitch, if I paste an HTML color code like #FFFFFF, PdN just does not show it, or actually delete it. Is it possible to just delete the # ? At least for the #, not for the rest of the alphabet (G to Z). Thanks Convert it from HEX to RGB. http://www.javascripter.net/faq/hextorgb.htmEDIT: The link automatically does it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illnab1024 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 You can just type the HEX code in yourself... Or, if you prefer, learn to convert it yourself. Quote ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 Just don't include the #. Quote 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...
Serik Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 GREat program! But it's impossible to send email from file menu. For me it's very convinient to send emails directly from application (after minor changes for example) like you can doo in coreldraw (and other programs) Any suggestions? Serge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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