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Paint.NET 4.0 has been released, it's a pretty big update and has been a long time coming. It doesn't support XP or Vista anymore, so if you're on those, unfortunately you can't use it. So what's new? Here is the official blog post: http://blog.getpaint.net/2014/06/24/paint-net-4-0-is-now-available/ Things I have tried and liked:
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 15:10 |
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 15:14 |
I've never heard of this. I used Gimp constantly for really basic and mundane tasks and its quirks bug the poo poo out of me. This looks easier
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 15:47 |
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Ignoarints posted:I've never heard of this. I used Gimp constantly for really basic and mundane tasks and its quirks bug the poo poo out of me. This looks easier Paint.Net is great for quick little edits. I use it quite a bit and love it. Thanks for the notice that there is an update, I'll download it and give it a shot today.
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 15:49 |
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Yes, for basic editing Paint.NET is awesome. It lacks some things that I miss pretty often, like a smudge and liquify tools. There are plugins, but unfortunately you have to work "blind" with them. Supposedly version 4 laid some groundwork for plugins being able to add tools and brushes, but they are not in this version yet.
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 15:54 |
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Switched over to StylePix a couple of years ago and I'm not sure, even with the new additions, what makes Paint.net worth checking out again.
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 18:03 |
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Cool! This is a pretty neat project, I'm glad to see it updated again.
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 18:19 |
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Flipperwaldt posted:Switched over to StylePix a couple of years ago and I'm not sure, even with the new additions, what makes Paint.net worth checking out again. StylePix is not free, right? Paint.NET is both free and has a user interface that is designed for humans (unlike Gimp, even after all these years).
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 20:35 |
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Wheany posted:StylePix is not free, right? It looks like there's a free and paid version.
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 20:38 |
I've been a long time fan of paint.net, this new update looks great. For simple stuff in Linux I've recently started using http://pinta-project.com/
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 20:40 |
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Wheany posted:StylePix is not free, right? One of the things I like very much in the free version is that, in the program itself, if you wouldn't go searching for it, you wouldn't know that there is a paid version. It's not shoved down your throat, you don't even have the greyed-out-things-causing-a-popup-reminding-you-to-buy thing. And the features missing from the free version actually go beyond what you'd expect in a free program. So I count StylePix as being honest to god free. It's an allright program. It's not never need Photoshop again amazing, but it's ok. Last I tried Paint.Net, it took over 30 seconds to start on my netbook, which was pretty close to how long full Photoshop needed on that thing. Which is ridiculous for something to quickly crop a photo and put some text on it or something like that. Can you edit text yet in Paint.Net? That's what got me to switch away from it.
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 21:22 |
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Flipperwaldt posted:Can you edit text yet in Paint.Net? That's what got me to switch away from it. No.
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# ? Jun 26, 2014 21:58 |
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Okay, I've noticed a couple of small annoyances in 4.0: It doesn't remember the positions of the tool windows and I don't like that the sample layer/image toggle is linked between all the tools that use it. I often use flood fill to make an opaque bottom layer to otherwise transparent layered image, so I want to fill the whole empty layer with a solid color. That doesn't mean I want to sample colors with the color picker only from the layer I'm working on.
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# ? Jun 30, 2014 15:17 |
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 15:14 |
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I'm bumping this thread to because there have been three new bug fix releases since 4.0. The list of chages is here: http://www.getpaint.net/roadmap.html
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# ? Jul 23, 2014 14:45 |