Pinta Changelog

What's new in Pinta 1.4

Sep 28, 2012
  • 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 '

New in Pinta 1.3 (May 16, 2012)

  • 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

New in Pinta 1.1 (Apr 18, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • In this new release several features have been added:
  • 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

New in Pinta 0.2 (Mar 17, 2010)

  • debian/control:
  • Fiddle build-dependencies for Karmic build
  • debian/rules:
  • Xbuild on Karmic doesn't work properly with Solution (sln) files, so
  • call xbuild on the four individual Project (csproj) files manually.
  • Iain Lane:
  • Initial release. (Closes: #569171)
  • debian/patches/force_unicode: Patch upstream .csproj files to
  • unconditionally treat source files as unicode, otherwise this is dependent
  • on build locale. As some of the source files contain unicode characters,
  • allowing this behaviour meant that some strings in the application did not
  • display correctly.