July 6th, 2010:  Pinta 0.4 has been released!    (Release Notes)

Pinta 0.2 - Release Notes

Released March 15th, 2010

General Improvements

  • Command Line Open - Passing an image name at the command line will now automatically open the image in Pinta.  [Jonathan Pobst]
  • Multithreaded Adjustments/Effects - Adjustments and Effects will now use all available cpus/cores to allow for faster processing. The default is one thread per cpu/core. This can be toggled from the command line with -rt=X, where X is desired number of threads.  [Jonathan Pobst]
  • Layer Properties Live Preview - Changing values in the Layer Properties dialog will be immediately reflected on the canvas.  [Greg Lowe]
  • Translucent Colors - The color picker widget now allows for setting the desired opacity of a color.  [Joe Hillenbrand]
  • OS X Integration - When running Pinta on OS X, Pinta will now use the global menu bar.  [Juergen Obernolte]
  • Various Bug Fixes

New Tools

Pinta 0.2 adds 5 new tools to your toolbox:
Zoom  [Olivier Dufour]
Paint Bucket  [Jonathan Pobst]
Color Replacer  [Jonathan Pobst]
Line  [Jonathan Pobst]
Pan  [Jonathan Pobst]

GUI Improvements

Pinta now has a proper layer widget, fixing the limitations of our original one. (Things like only supporting up to three layers, and the inability to scroll.)  [Greg Lowe] The history pad in Pinta 0.2 has been greatly improved. Clicking on history items now update your canvas to that point in time. "Undone" actions are grayed out so you know exactly where you are.  [Anirudh Sanjeev, Joe Hillenbrand]

New Adjustments

(All adjustments ported from Paint.NET by the listed Pinta contributor. For original effect authorship, see Paint.NET.

Brightness / Contrast
[Krzysztof Marecki]

 Hue / Saturation
[Krzysztof Marecki]

 Posterize
[Krzysztof Marecki]
 
Curves
[Krzysztof Marecki]

 Levels
[Krzysztof Marecki]

New Effects

(All effects ported from Paint.NET by the listed Pinta contributor. For original effect authorship, see Paint.NET.

Original Ink Sketch  [Jonathan Pobst] Oil Painting  [Jonathan Pobst]
effect demo effect demo effect demo
 
Pencil Sketch  [Jonathan Pobst] Gaussian Blur  [Jonathan Pobst] Glow  [Jonathan Pobst]
effect demo effect demo effect demo

Community

Contributors For This Release

The following people directly contributed to the release of this version of Pinta. Without their help, this version of Pinta would look suspiciously like the last version!
Anirudh Sanjeev, Greg Lowe, Joe Hillenbrand, Jonathan Pobst, Juergen Obernolte, Krzysztof Marecki, Olivier Dufour
If I missed your name, it was not intentional! Please let me know and I'll add it!

Contributors To Past Releases

Jonathan Pobst