Pinta is a image editing, drawing and painting application with a simple yet powerful interface. Pinta has a wide range of drawing tools, including: freehand, rectangles, circles and lines. It also has over 35 effects to apply to your images, and also has the ability to create unlimited layers to help organize your creativity.

Pinta

Changes<ul><li>Updated translations</li></ul>Bug Fixes<ul><li>When the Windows installer is run in silent mode, fixed an issue where Pinta was automatically launched after installation</li><li>Fixed a macOS packaging issue that caused copy/paste operations to fail (#1957814)</li></ul>

Changes<ul><li>Some of the less frequently used items in the View menu (e.g. hiding the toolbar or status bar) are now grouped in their own submenu (#203)</li><li>Updated translations</li></ul>Bug Fixes<ul><li>Fixed a missing file (`installer/linux/install.proj`) from the release tarball that caused the `install` build step to fail</li><li>Fixed a bug where opening a large number of tabs could cause the window's width to expand (#1956182)</li><li>Fixed a bug that could cause a border to appear around the image when zoomed in far enough to require scrolling</li><li>Fixed an issue where tool shortcuts could be affected by Num Lock being enabled (#1093935)</li><li>Fixed an issue where the credits text in the About dialog was aligned incorrectly (#1956168)</li></ul>

New Features / Improvements<ul><li>Ported to GTK3 and .NET 6</li><li>Many changes to the appearance of standard GTK widgets and dialogs (e.g. the color picker and file dialogs). GTK3 themes should also now be supported</li><li>Improved support for high-DPI displays</li><li>The platform-native file dialogs are now used (#1909807, #1909664)</li><li>A GTK version of 3.24.21 or higher is recommended. Earlier versions have a bug with changing the file filter in the Save As dialog (#1909807)</li><li>On macOS, the menu now appears in the global menu bar instead of the application window</li><li>Changed the text tool to use the standard GTK font chooser widget (#1311873, #1866653, #890589)</li><li>Changed several tools to use spin buttons rather than editable combo boxes for e.g. selecting brush sizes (#1186516)</li><li>The Open Recent menu item was deprecated in GTK3 and has been removed, but similar functionality is available in the file dialog's Recent section</li><li>Support for add-ins has been removed, but may return in a future release (#1918039)</li><li>The Windows and macOS installers now bundle all necessary dependencies. Separately installing GTK and .NET / Mono is no longer required.</li><li>Added a status bar widget containing the position / selection information, zoom, and the color palette (#154)</li><li>Changed the tool palette to be a single column (#155)</li><li>Added recently used colors to the color palette widget (#154)</li><li>Tools now save their settings for the next time Pinta is opened (#178)</li><li>The primary and secondary palette colors are now saved in the application settings (#171)</li><li>The canvas can now be panned by clicking and dragging with the middle mouse button (#176, #1883629)</li><li>On macOS, keyboard shortcuts now use Command instead of Ctrl</li><li>The macOS installers are now signed and notarized</li></ul>Changes<ul><li>The Paste Into New Image action no longer creates several unnecessary history items (#170)</li><li>Performance improvements for the paint bucket and magic wand tools (#159)</li><li>Performance improvements for the selection tools when interactively adjusting the selection</li><li>Removed the Images pad, which is obsolete now that tabs are used (#153)</li></ul>Bug Fixes<ul><li>Fixed several Unicode-related issues in the text tool (#1422445)</li><li>Fixed issue on macOS where Pinta could launch in the wrong language (#1900310)</li><li>Improved the UX of the Close and Save As confirmation dialogs (#1909576, #1909688)</li><li>Fixed a bug where the Pan tool did not work if scrolling could only occur in the Y direction (#1909910)</li><li>Fixed issues where the zoom level was not maintained when resizing an image (#1889673)</li><li>Fixed an issue where opening a file URI from the command line did not work (#1908806)</li><li>Fixed an issue where hiding a layer could leave the selection still visible (#1907987).</li><li>Fixed issues with the text tool and certain input methods (#200, #1350349)</li><li>Fixed an issue where the text tool's font settings were incorrect after undo operations (#201, #1910495)</li><li>Fixed the Copy Merged action's behaviour for non-rectangular selections (#1363388)</li></ul>

New Features / Improvements<ul><li>The canvas can now be scrolled horizontally by holding Shift while using the mouse wheel (#141)</li><li>The primary and secondary palette colors can now be swapped by pressing X (#147)</li><li>Added a more user-friendly dialog when attempting to open an unsupported file format (#143, #1856821)</li><li>Zooming in and out can now be done without pressing the Ctrl key (#150)</li><li>Arrow keys can be used to move by a single pixel in the Move Selected Pixels and Move Selection tools (#1906141)</li><li>Shift can now be used to constrain to a uniform scale when scaling using the Move Selected Pixels tool (#138)</li><li>The About dialog now allows easily copying the version information to the clipboard for use when reporting bugs (#1924249)</li></ul>Changes<ul><li>Fixed inconsistent behavior when switching between tools that share the same shortcut, such as the selection tools (#144, #1558767)</li><li>Improved error messages when the user does not have read or write permissions for a file (#1715150)</li><li>The appdata file is now installed to `/usr/share/metainfo` instead of the legacy path `/usr/share/appdata` (#186)</li><li>Tooltips for tabs now show the full file path instead of only the file name (#187)</li></ul>Bug Fixes<ul><li>Fixed a bug where Auto Crop could incorrectly remove an additional pixel on the bottom and right side of the image. (#1191390)</li><li>Fixed a bug where drawing a single pixel with the Pencil tool used black instead of the palette color (#1897245)</li><li>Fixed issues with the zoom controls when using a French locale (#1464855)</li><li>Fixed invalid URLs in `pinta.appdata.xml` (#140, #145)</li><li>Added missing release notes to `pinta.appdata.xml` (#142)</li><li>Fixed a regression introduced in Pinta 1.7 that could produce blurred pixels when using the Move Selected Pixels tool (#1904304).</li><li>Fixed a bug where the Rotate / Zoom Layer dialog could leave the layer in a state where all future actions were also transformed (#1905176).</li><li>Fixed a bug where the document might not be marked as modified after certain undo / redo actions (#1905165).</li><li>Fixed a bug where the Move Selected Pixels tool did not handle transparent pixels correctly (#1905706).</li><li>Fixed a bug where deselecting via a single click in the select tool could cause bugs with undoing earlier history items (#1905719).</li><li>Fixed a bug where the initial corner of a rectangle shape could be cut off (#1922470).</li><li>Fixed a bug where the text tool was not correctly clipped against the selection (#1910511).</li><li>Improved handling of memory allocation failures for large images (#776346).</li><li>Fixed a bug where the shape tools did not redraw after changes to the fill style until the cursor entered the canvas (#1937921).</li><li>Fixed a crash when opening an invalid palette file (#146, #1890450).</li></ul>

New Features / Improvements<ul><li>Added a tab view to switch between images. The tabs can also be docked side-by-side or pulled into new windows. (#94).</li><li>The Rotate / Zoom dialog now supports zooming and panning (#1252756).</li><li>Added a Smooth Erase tool, which is enabled using the Type menu on the Erase tool's toolbar (#110).</li><li>The Pencil tool can switch between different blend modes (#124, #1688743).</li><li>Added support for JASC PaintShop Pro palette files (#126).</li><li>The transform tools can now rotate in fixed increments by holding Shift (#134).</li><li>The Move Selected tool can now scale by holding Ctrl (#138).</li><li>Dragging and dropping a URL (e.g. image from a web browser) to download and open the image is now supported (#80, #644123).</li><li>Performance improvements when interacting with selections, particularly for large images (#1428740).</li><li>The Rectangle Select tool now shows different arrow cursors at each corner of the selection (#1188143).</li><li>A new user guide has been written for the Pinta website! Thanks to @jeneira94, @akaro2424, and @anadvu for their contributions!</li></ul>Changes<ul><li>UI improvements to the New Image dialog (#99, [1424547).</li><li>The Rotate / Zoom dialog now rotates in-place instead of changing the layer's size.</li><li>Cairo blend operations are now used instead of PDN's managed blend modes (#98, #1248933, #1091910).</li><li>The tool windows can now only be closed with the View -&gt; Tool Windows menu, as it was easy to accidentally close them without knowing how to recover them (#1428720).</li><li>The shortcut for the Intersect selection mode is now Alt + Left Click instead of using Shift, which had caused conflicts with holding Shift to constrain the selection to a square (#1426660).</li></ul>Bug Fixes<ul><li>Fixed many issues where selection changes did not update correctly (#1438022, #1188924, #1429830, #1098137, #105).</li><li>Fixed incorrect behaviour when using the Shift key to constrain to a square or circle in the Rectangle and Ellipse tools (#1452607).</li><li>The option to expand the canvas when pasting an image now only changes the canvas size in the dimension where the pasted image is larger (#1883623).</li><li>Fixed a bug where Auto Crop used the current layer instead of the entire image when deciding what to crop, and takes the selection into account (#1434928, #1434906).</li><li>Fixed potential crashes when switching tools without any open documents (#1425612).</li><li>Fixed a potential bug where the OK button in the New Image dialog could be incorrectly disabled (#1430203).</li><li>Fixed a crash when clicking on the Open Images pad after closing all images (#1430789).</li><li>Fixed a bug where the Levels dialog closed unexpectedly when clicking on one of the color checkboxes (#1435045).</li><li>The outline width settings on the Text Tool''s toolbar now only show up if they are relevant to the stroke style being used (#1426663).</li><li>Fixed a potential crash creating gradients (#1446217).</li><li>Fixed issues where the selection handles disappeared after pressing Delete (#1424629).</li><li>Fixed several transparency-related issues with premultiplied alpha (#109, #113, #114, #117, #125).</li><li>Corrected display problems in the Move Selected Tool and live previews for effects (#115).</li><li>Add-ins can now load icons correctly (#116).</li><li>Fixed strange behaviour when the width or height of a drawn rounded rectangle is 0 (#112).</li><li>Fixed issues with the text tool on OSX (#1425749).</li><li>Fixed inconsistent labels in the UI (#1579033).</li><li>Fixed issues with the zoom tool under certain locales (#139, #133, #1464855).</li><li>Fixed issues when drawing on very zoomed-in images (#129, #133).</li><li>Fixed issues where brushes could draw outside the selection (#1775709).</li><li>Fixed issues with the docking library (#832395).</li><li>Fixed a bug where undoing a history item could set the background palette color to the foreground color (#1888131).</li><li>Fixed issues where the zoom level was not maintained when undoing a Crop to Selection (#1888885).</li><li>Fixed an error on newer Mono versions when opening URLs via the menu items under the Help menu (#1888883).</li><li>Fixed some occasional crashes on dragging and dropping or pasting into a new image (#1838620, #1508777).</li><li>Fixed issues where using the Rectangle Select tool after the Move Selection or Move Selected Pixels tools did not update correctly (#1889647, #1473430, #1889774).</li></ul>

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