New Features / Improvements ¶

• Magic Wand tool selection modes (Union, Exclude, Xor, and Intersect).
• Layer blend modes.
• Reduced memory usage in the Open Images Pad (over 100mb in some cases).
• Significantly reduced memory usage for history (only the difference between
  the two images is stored)
• Copy/Paste support for the text tool.
• Improved rendering performance.
• The colour picker tool now supports different sampling sizes, and sampling
  from a single layer or the entire image.
• Improved support for special characters and alternate input methods in the
  text tool.
• Added a Copy Merged command to copy the flattened image/selection to the
  clipboard, instead of just the current layer.
• Added a drop shadow to the canvas.
• Improved support for extensions:
• Extensions can be initialized/uninitialized properly, including removing
  any tools/effects that were registered.
• Downloads from remote repositories are now enabled.
  

Fixed Bugs ¶

• #999571 New image flattening functionality breaks saving functionality.
• #956195 Many effects do not work with Gtk# 2.12.11.
• #696293 Clicking text tool can crash OSX. (fixed in Mono 2.11.4)
• #984573 New layer with Text object does not put text on this new layer.
• #987641 Opening TGA files created by Pinta does not work on Linux.
• #995767 Using 'cut' in text object does not delete text.
• #996490 Two undo actions required to fully undo after pasting an image.
• #998629 Crashes when using copy/paste in Pinta.
• #1001536 Exception in Text Tool when attempting to select beyond end of string.
• #1006753 Exception when saving ORA file on Mac.
• #1008439 Disabling the "Default Tools" extension crashes Pinta.
• #1036041 Undo using CTRL+Z not working if this is the first action in new image.
• #1036485 Undo is broken for cropping or resizing the canvas (regression).
• #1048137 Crash when disposing the ResizeHistoryItem (regression).
• #602651 Inverting colors overwrites transparency with white pixels.
• #606240 Move pixels tool corrupted by scrolling.
• #724982 After pasting from clipboard in a image, pasted selection dissapears.
• #776328 Chinese characters can not be typed in Text tool.
• #891556 Incorrect behavior of Undo command when editing text.
• #911398 Can not change input method in Text tool for non-English language.
• #932924 /usr/bin/pinta has wrong path in it for some Linux x86_64 systems.
• #983709 Undo using Text object displays letter z in text instead of undoing.
• #999914 Can't enter the '<' character using text tool.
• #1015345 Drawing near the right or bottom edges sometimes causes the border to disappear.
• #1021426 Broken licence headers in some files.
• #582114 Layer opacity isn't blended with transparent background.
• #696417 Copy and paste does not work for Text object.
• #859082 Diacritics not working in text tool.
• #868310 Drag and drop a picture from Desktop to launcher doesn't open the picture.
• #988278 Dialog "Could not open file" inconsistent with other Pinta dialogs.
• #992052 The todo.txt file includes a broken link.
• #992680 Ruler units option not displayed after Pinta restarts.
• #992839 The order of tools windows is not optimal.
• #993741 Large file/layer names don't fit into window.
• #999552 Three small inconsistencies in Help | About window.
• #1008557 Shortcuts for Auto Level and Black and White adjustments are broken.
• #1035812 When no image is available some options are not grayed out.
• #1048502 Escaping window if file type is not recognized.
• #732035 Compose key doesn't work on text input.
  

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Fixed Bugs ¶

• #704265 Using File | Save As for the SECOND time produces exception.
• #781421 Crashes on start w/ CLR20r3 error report (Win7)
• #836868 crash on OS X Lion when opening file
• #846660 Pinta crashes on OS X Lion with the latest GTK#
• #879043 Package missing dependency "gnome-icon-theme-full" (Affects KDE)
• #883332 Pinta completely unusable in Mac OS 10.5.8
• #905656 Undo after using Move Selected Pixels is broken
• #914554 Exception when using the eyedropper tool with the Color Palette minimized
• #956883 Crash when coping part of the images inside Images palette
• #986932 Paint Bucket action can't be undone inside Rectangle Select object
• #986937 Rectangle Select, closing a file and New file crashes Pinta
• #987066 Image Previews in the Open Image dialog cause huge memory usage
• #987432 Rectangle Selection, Croping and Zooming not displaying correct image
• #987637 TGA and ICO file types not shown in Open Image File dialog with default "Image files" filter
• #987645 Crash when saving big file into ico file type
• #987646 Memory usage stays large even after image is closed
• #989374 Pinta occasionally crashes when opening the New Image dialog with an image on the clipboard
• #730825 After using Text object Tools shortcuts stop working
• #886501 Missing translation strings related to Extension Manager
• #982860 Pinta crashes after using "Crop to selection" and File | New
• #984044 When layouts.xml fails to load, Pinta crashes
• #986971 Images pad hidden by default when new install
• #987606 Spike in memory usage for previews of large images
• #873591 ‘Expand canvas size’ prompt window has no title
• #873632 Extension Manager name and Add-in Manager name not consistent
• #889733 Resize Image not accepting default action
• #891553 "Images" pads' icon missing if pad is minimized
• #928121 Missing Fill Background icon in Text drop-down menu on Windows
• #986992 Strings for "Layer Hidden"/"Layer Shown" not translatable
• #987436 Opening non-existing path reports error, it should just go to another path
• #988018 Tip help confusing for Rounded Rectangle
• #988171 License info small update to years needed
• #988176 Incosistent icon warning message when file too big
• #988243 No error/warning if pasting non-image
• #988246 "Paste cancelled" message is too geeky
  

What's To Come ¶

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Contributors To Past Releases ¶

Fixed Bugs ¶

• #704265 Using File | Save As for the SECOND time produces exception.
• #781421 Crashes on start w/ CLR20r3 error report (Win7)
• #836868 crash on OS X Lion when opening file
• #846660 Pinta crashes on OS X Lion with the latest GTK#
• #879043 Package missing dependency "gnome-icon-theme-full" (Affects KDE)
• #883332 Pinta completely unusable in Mac OS 10.5.8
• #905656 Undo after using Move Selected Pixels is broken
• #914554 Exception when using the eyedropper tool with the Color Palette minimized
• #956883 Crash when coping part of the images inside Images palette
• #986932 Paint Bucket action can't be undone inside Rectangle Select object
• #986937 Rectangle Select, closing a file and New file crashes Pinta
• #987066 Image Previews in the Open Image dialog cause huge memory usage
• #987432 Rectangle Selection, Croping and Zooming not displaying correct image
• #987637 TGA and ICO file types not shown in Open Image File dialog with default "Image files" filter
• #987645 Crash when saving big file into ico file type
• #987646 Memory usage stays large even after image is closed
• #989374 Pinta occasionally crashes when opening the New Image dialog with an image on the clipboard
• #730825 After using Text object Tools shortcuts stop working
• #886501 Missing translation strings related to Extension Manager
• #982860 Pinta crashes after using "Crop to selection" and File | New
• #984044 When layouts.xml fails to load, Pinta crashes
• #986971 Images pad hidden by default when new install
• #987606 Spike in memory usage for previews of large images
• #873591 ‘Expand canvas size’ prompt window has no title
• #873632 Extension Manager name and Add-in Manager name not consistent
• #889733 Resize Image not accepting default action
• #891553 "Images" pads' icon missing if pad is minimized
• #928121 Missing Fill Background icon in Text drop-down menu on Windows
• #986992 Strings for "Layer Hidden"/"Layer Shown" not translatable
• #987436 Opening non-existing path reports error, it should just go to another path
• #988018 Tip help confusing for Rounded Rectangle
• #988171 License info small update to years needed
• #988176 Incosistent icon warning message when file too big
• #988243 No error/warning if pasting non-image
• #988246 "Paste cancelled" message is too geeky
  

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Contributors To Past Releases ¶

New Features ¶

• Individual layers can now be rotated arbitrarily
• Added specific mouse cursors for tools (pencil, paintbucket, etc)
• Autocrop of image
• Gradient tool now takes advantage of multiple cores to speed up rendering time
• Added image preview to the images pad
• (#791161) Added white text background option
• (#892690) Show image previews in the Open File dialog
  

Fixed Bugs ¶

• #892935 - Resize tool screen doesn't update canvas after using effects
• #889733 - Enable a default action for all dialogs
• #855338 - Whole image not drawable when rotated
• #901712 - Pinta freezes when zooming out a very small image
• #683242 - Fixed issues with spacing of ellipsis in Slovenian menu titles
• #886917 - Toolbars are too big on Linux
• #887574 - After undo, selected areas do not have resize handles
• #889723 - Selection resize handles are zoomed when the image is zoomed
• #891556 - Fixed incorrect behavior of Undo command when editing text
• #738065 - Remove selection after pasting into a new image
• #633104 - Fixed broken shortcuts with Num Lock or Caps Lock enabled
• #890478 - Layers/Import from File should use the last-opened directory
• #873622 - Allow saving empty files with Window/Save All
• #722045 - Saving as a different file type doesn't change the extension automatically
• #889728 - Open images pad not refreshed after the file name changes with Save As
• #886512 - Open image pad has incorrect string name
• #892742 - Fixed crash when selecting Automatic Crop with no open image
  

What's To Come ¶

Community ¶

Contributors For This Release ¶

Contributors To Past Releases ¶

New Features ¶

• Individual layers can now be rotated arbitrarily
• Added specific mouse cursors for tools (pencil, paintbucket, etc)
• Autocrop of image
• Gradient tool now takes advantage of multiple cores to speed up rendering time
• Added image preview to the images pad
• (#791161) Added white text background option
• (#892690) Show image previews in the Open File dialog
  

Fixed Bugs ¶

• #892935 - Resize tool screen doesn't update canvas after using effects
• #889733 - Enable a default action for all dialogs
• #855338 - Whole image not drawable when rotated
• #901712 - Pinta freezes when zooming out a very small image
• #683242 - Fixed issues with spacing of ellipsis in Slovenian menu titles
• #886917 - Toolbars are too big on Linux
• #887574 - After undo, selected areas do not have resize handles
• #889723 - Selection resize handles are zoomed when the image is zoomed
• #891556 - Fixed incorrect behavior of Undo command when editing text
• #738065 - Remove selection after pasting into a new image
• #633104 - Fixed broken shortcuts with Num Lock or Caps Lock enabled
• #890478 - Layers/Import from File should use the last-opened directory
• #873622 - Allow saving empty files with Window/Save All
• #722045 - Saving as a different file type doesn't change the extension automatically
• #889728 - Open images pad not refreshed after the file name changes with Save As
• #886512 - Open image pad has incorrect string name
• #892742 - Fixed crash when selecting Automatic Crop with no open image
  

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Community ¶

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New Features ¶

• Holding + Line tools will draw a straight line
• You can now resize a selection
• Added a new images pad for simpler image selection
• Confirmation to enlarge the canvas when a larger image is pasted
• 'Save' and 'Open' dialogs remember their last used paths
• After cropping a smaller area, the image is zoomed to fit the window
• Previous zoom dimensions are kept when rotating
• Added more zooming option between 100-200%
• Pencil Sketch and Ink Sketch now work with the color range slider
• You can now open read-only files
• You can save an empty file if needed
  

Fixed Bugs ¶

• #857994 - "Zoom to Window" doesn't always work for small images
• #852770 - Zooming with Ctrl+ScrollWheel doesn't work with Caps Lock or Num Lock enabled
• #852385 - Pinta crashes when Paintbrush's Splatter type is used with size 1
• #851919 - Selection resizing handles do not respect selection constraints. (Shift key)
• #851378 - Zoom to Window logic not preserved when rotating image
• #850362 - Saving empty image does not open save dialog
• #850354 - The name of menu items does not match windows titles
• #846755 - "Save As" doesn't prompt for a filename
• #846396 - Pinta does not run in Kubuntu
• #797140 - Add more zoom options between 100% and 200%
• #792732 - Document switching should be more visible in the UI
• #786872 - failed to open read only file
• #776307 - an exception raised when creating a new image with width 0px and height 0px.
• #772172 - Exception after using Text object and closing image
• #772170 - Text is copied from doc1 to doc2 after using text object and opening new image
• #747607 - Color Range slider doesn't do anything for Pencil Sketch or Ink Sketch effects
• #745270 - Zoom is not automatically increased after cropping a large image
  

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Contributors For This Release ¶

Contributors To Past Releases ¶

Fixed Bugs ¶

• 599468 - History messed up with overlapping click+holds
• 670455 - Opening wrong file with Pinta show a Windows error
• 670767 - After adding a new layer, adjusting the transparency will cause a crash.
• 672398 - Typing large text while in zoom mode causes an exception error
• 694245 - Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to read the recently used resources file: Invalid argument
• 696410 - Pinta crashes when changing the values in oil painting
• 602663 - Temporary drawing layer is displayed above all layers
• 604440 - Move pixels tool corrupts history
• 606245 - "Crop to selection" can enlarge image
• 663676 - PaintBucket region bug
• 670359 - Windows 7 icon problem on taking screenshot
• 670361 - Problem using gradient tool and clone tool
• 670379 - Linear Reflected Gradient is not working
• 670398 - Paste Into New Image and trasparency
• 670411 - Can't Undo some tool on transparency area
• 671460 - Not enough space between lines of text
• 671495 - When clicked on canvas text is copied from doc1 to doc2 - why?
• 671508 - After erasing some portion of picture and refilling it with bucket eraser border is preserved
• 671528 - Selection exceeding canvas + fill = exception
• 671540 - OpenRaster file that was created with Pinta, can't be opened with Pinta
• 672232 - Pencil tool precision on zoomed canvas
• 672394 - Text tool won't work after undone from history panel
• 676099 - Pinta fails to open TIFF files with .tif extension
• 688088 - Text object: after pressing enter cursor move to the first row
• 689224 - When pasting merging should not be done automatically
• 587641 - Selection color on black background
• 592357 - Text tool: rendered on a white background while typing
• 592360 - Text tool: unreliable vertical alignment
• 592534 - Zoom shifts viewport
• 602653 - Tools deselection possible
• 644168 - Rotation in Shotwell is incompatible with some other applications
• 644846 - Pinta does not respect the EXIF orientation flag
• 670370 - Rulers "zeros" position wrong
• 670382 - The dialog box "Choose Primary Color" isn't in Translations
• 670425 - Wrong zoom on crop to selection
• 670441 - Pinta icon on title bar different from Pinta new icon
• 670492 - X: and Y: strings should be market as untranslatable
• 670774 - Missing "Unsaved image" string in Translations
• 671303 - File Close in incorrect position according to Gnome HIG
• 671306 - Edit menu items in incorrect positions in Edit menu according to GNOME HIG
• 671316 - View menu items in incorrect positions according to GNOME HIG
• 671433 - "Brush width" is not width enough
• 671454 - There are chechboxes missing in View | Tools Windows
• 671467 - Undo / Redo buttons not in correct order accoring to Gnome HIG
• 671473 - Quit without saving should put more serious icon
• 671500 - Remember last used image type saving
• 671524 - Two layers must be merged before saving
• 683242 - Three dots in Translation missing but incorrectly displayed in menus for Slovenian language
• 689560 - Shortcut Alt+V not working, change it to Ctrl+Alt+V
• 691936 - Some locale folders in Windows are in main Pinta install folder
• 694074 - Change to fit-to-window zoom doesn't work if current zoom is smaller
• 678296 - Color eraser tool unexistent
• 688084 - Take screenshot value should be remembered
  

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Next Steps ¶

Fixed Bugs ¶

• 704265 - Using File | Save As for the SECOND time produces exception.
• 730019 - Pinta crashes after pasting a picture, closing window and reopeing new window
• 730773 - Using Text object and new Window and Pinta crashes
• 750441 - [Ubuntu] Pinta refuses to quit (Unhandled exception)
• 684239 - Problem with file names under Windows
• 757458 - Crash on startup if toolbar moved
  

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Fixed Bugs ¶

• 606245 "Crop to selection" can enlarge image
• 728413 Unable to select desired pixels
• 730101 Layer - Import from file - Exception
• 731439 After cropping transparent border appears at left and top site of image
• 732730 Pinta crashes at startup - Error reading file '/home/[user]/.recently-used.xbel': Invalid argument.
• 603158 Tool panel is too wide in Russian locale
• 728421 Opening more then one image at the time
• 730438 Text outline leaves behind marks when the outline size is reduced
• 732502 Ubuntu task bar icon is default window icon, not new pinta icon
• 743681 screenshot does not work when no config
  

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New Improvements ¶

Fixed Bugs ¶

• 702272 - After closing multiple pasted images Pinta crashes
• 704265 - Using File | Save As for the SECOND time produces exception.
• 671495 - When clicked on canvas text is copied from doc1 to doc2 - why?
• 672232 - Pencil tool precision on zoomed canvas
• 692122 - The drawing created by paintbrush not on the clicked point
• 702547 - Paintbrush size 1 doesn't work
• 702925 - There is no difference using cut and copy
• 703111 - Crop to Selection only crops to a rectangle
• 707587 - Transparency does not work
• 701732 - Paintbrush doesn't show the full circle initially
• 702047 - Non-English strings in Non-English Pinta
• 702156 - A bit of the text cursor remains when using large fonts
• 721678 - New image window does not except Enter as default action for OK button
  

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