This is a bug fix release for Pinta 3.0

Thanks to everyone who contributed translations, filed bugs, made packages, and everything else!

Fixed

• Fixed a packaging issue for the macOS arm64 build which caused many icons to disappear (#1605)
• Fixed an issue where hiding a panel did not cause other panels to expand into the available space (#1472, #1500)
• Fixed incorrect behavior of the Atkinson method in the Dithering effect (#1489)

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This is a bug fix release for Pinta 3.0

Thanks to everyone who contributed translations, filed bugs, made packages, and everything else!

Fixed

• Fixed an error when loading the add-in repositories (#1547, #1542)
• Fixed a bug in the Levels dialog where the Red and Blue toggles were reversed (#1551)
• The Vulkan DLL is now bundled with the Windows installer, which fixes errors on startup for certain systems (#1497, #1530)
• Fixed performance issues when opening a large number of files (#1574, #1578)

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This is a bug fix release for Pinta 3.0

Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release:

• @cameronwhite
• @JGCarroll
• @Lehonti
• @UrtsiSantsi

And thanks to everyone who contributed translations, filed bugs, made packages, and everything else!

Added

• Added an option (View -> Show/Hide -> Menu Bar) to switch to a menu bar layout instead of a header bar (#781, #1418)
• Pinta now configures a compatibility version number for add-ins, to support running add-ins built against older versions such as Pinta 3.0 (#1379, #1389)

Changed

• Improved the sizing of the toolbox icons, particularly for high DPI displays (#1374)
• The text tool now uses the system's default font rather than being hardcoded to Arial, which may not exist on some systems (#1422, #1421)
• Updated translations

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the toolbar's height could change when switching tools (#1370, #1391)
• Fixed potential crashes when adjusting the brush width (#1340)
• Fixed a bug on Windows where Pinta did not use the system's language for translations (#1473, #1493)

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Credits

This is a major new release of Pinta, with large changes to its architecture including porting to GTK4 and libadwaita. Using GTK4 also required porting Pinta to use a new library (Gir.Core) for C# bindings to GTK and other GObject libraries, so special thanks goes to @badcel and the @gircore contributors for their excellent work on that project!

This release also coincides with a new and improved project website, contributed by @rolandixor !

Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release:

• @cameronwhite
• @evgeniy-harchenko
• @f-i-l-i-p
• @khoidauminh
• @Lehonti
• @logiclrd
• @Matthieu-LAURENT39
• @potatoes1286
• @ptixed
• @solarnomad7
• @TheodorLasse
• @yarikoptic
• @zWolfrost

Also, thanks to everyone who contributed translations, filed bugs, made packages, and everything else!

Added

• Ported to GTK4 and libadwaita
• Upgraded the minimum required .NET version to 8.0
• Added an arm64 installer for macOS (Apple silicon)
• Restored support for add-ins, which had been disabled in Pinta 2.0 due to technical limitations
• Added a preference (in the View menu) for switching between a dark or light color scheme
• Added an improved color picker dialog (#570, #761, #1025)
• Added a canvas grid with customizable size, replacing the previous pixel grid (#1028, #1105)
• Added ability to choose tile type (#1051) and edge behavior (#1141) in tile reflection effect
• Added a new "Dithering" effect (#457)
• Added "Voronoi Diagram" effect (#692)
• Ported "Vignette" and "Dents" effects from Paint.NET 3.36 (#881, #885)
• Added "Feather Object" effect (#886, #953)
• Added "Align Object" effect (#936, #961)
• Added "Outline Object" effect (#971)
• Added support for exporting to portable pixmap (.ppm) files (#549)
• Added a nearest-neighbor resampling mode when resizing images (#596)
• Added support for customizable gradients in the fractal and clouds effects (#578, #678, #683)
• Added a new Offset Selection option to the Edit menu to expand or contract the current selection (#661, #740, #746)
• The Windows build of Pinta now supports loading .webp images (#770)
• Improved zooming behavior with trackpads, including support for the pinch to zoom gesture (#634, #715)
• The Windows installer is now signed, thanks to the support of SignPath (#1054)
• The brush size and line width settings for many tools can now be adjusted with the [ and ] keyboard shortcuts (#796, #1155)

Changed

• Due to API changes in GTK4, the File -> New Screenshot option now invokes platform-specific tools (the XDG screenshot portal on Linux, and the screenshot tool on maCOS). This is currently unsupported on Windows
• When building Pinta using the Makefile, 'dotnet publish' is now run during the build step rather than the install step.
• Added a "Reseed" button for the random noise used by several effects (such as "Add Noise" and "Frosted Glass"). Previously, the noise pattern changed every time the effect was computed (including when other parameters were changed).
• Saving an image already saved in a format that supports multiple layers to a format that does not support layers will now explicitly prompt the user to flatten the image before saving, rather than silently flattening it (#909)
• The add-in manager dialog now filters out old versions incompatible with the current version of Pinta, or new addins requiring future version of Pinta (#1580205)
• The tool windows on the right side of the dock layout can now be completely hidden (#1179)

Fixed

• Twist effect applied locally based on selection instead of entire image (#1089)
• Zoom blur effect now zooms inside the image's bounds instead of way outside of them (#1125)
• Fixed issues where the system language settings on macOS did not properly take effect in Pinta (#1976178)
• Fixed an issue where the Pan tool's cursor could show up as a missing icon (#2013047)
• Fixed errors when saving a file that was opened with a missing or incorrect extension (#2013050)
• Fixed a bug where certain layer opacity settings could be incorrectly rounded (#2020596)
• Fixed bugs in the shape tools and the Lasso Select tool which prevented the last row and column of the image from being used (#467)
• Fixed issues where the Curves dialog could not easily edit existing control points (#1973602)
• Fixed a bug where dragging a control point in the Curves dialog could unexpectedly erase other control points (#1973602)
• Improved error handling when loading incompatible add-ins (#2047274)
• The Clone Stamp tool no longer resets the destination offset after each stroke (#2031257)
• Fixed potential errors when pasting in the text tool if the clipboard didn't contain text (#2047495)
• The text tool now supports pre-editing to display the intermediate characters entered by an input method (#2047445)
• Fixed layout issues in the effect dialogs (#2049937)
• Fixed a bug where the Flip Horizontal / Vertical items in the Image menu incorrectly activated the Layer menu's flip actions (#2051430)
• Fixed a bug where the uninstall Makefile target did not remove icons (#792)
• Fixed a potential crash on some platforms when entering characters in the text tool using an input method (#722)
• The angle picker widget now supports fractional angles (#807)
• Fixed issues with restoring saved settings in the Eraser tool (#839)
• Fixed dragging issues in the Curves adjustment dialog with modifiers such as Num Lock active (#871)
• Fixed a bug where the file picker dialogue would open the wrong directory after a failed save (#914)
• Fixed unexpected drawing behavior when using semi-transparent colors with the Paint Brush tool (#941)
• The Text tool now supports configuring whether antialiasing is enabled (#935)
• Fixed various artifacts in the shape tools, particularly with larger brush widths (#733, #955)
• Fixed an issue where the text tool did not immediately redraw after changes to the font or color of unfinalized text (#952, #975)
• Fixed an issue where the text tool could unexpectedly redraw existing text with the latest palette color, or fail to finalize uncommitted text (#1097, #1176)
• Fixed a bug where cut / paste operations did not behave as expected with complex selections (#951, #978)
• Fixed transparency behavior for several effects (#1184, #1229)
• Fixed issues with the Soften Portrait effect where the Softness and Lighting parameters had no effect (#1217)

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This is a beta release for further testing of Pinta 3.0 before the upcoming release

• See the changelog for a list of changes in Pinta 3.0
• Known issues:
  • #1192

This is a maintenance release for Pinta 2.1, which adds support for building against .NET 8 (replacing .NET 7) and fixes a couple bugs with the macOS package.

Thanks to everyone who contributed translations, filed bugs, made packages, and everything else!

Changes

• Support building against .NET 8 (replacing .NET 7) in addition to .NET 6

Bug Fixes

• Fixed AppStream validation errors in xdg/pinta.appdata.xml
• Fixed issues where the system language settings on macOS did not properly take effect in Pinta (#1976178)
• Fixed issues on macOS with loading webp images (#770)

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This is a bug fix release for Pinta 2.1.

Thanks to everyone who contributed translations, filed bugs, made packages, and everything else!

Changes

• Updated translations

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the Save As file dialog failed to open when using the file chooser portal (e.g. for sandboxed Snap or Flatpak packages), if the image's file type did not support exporting (e.g. SVG) (#2002021)
• Fixed a potential error when opening or closing Pinta, if the last dialog directory setting was an empty string (#2002188, #2001734)
• Fixed error messages when dragging and dropping to open a file (#2003384)
• Fixed an issue where the tab labels could not shrink, limiting the minimum size of the window (#2006572)
• Fixed errors on Windows when opening non-ASCII file paths through the "Open With" context menu (#2006974)

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Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release: @cameronwhite, @jpobst, @JanDeDinoMan, @MrCarroll, @supershadoe, @Zekiah-A, @Zeti123

Thanks to everyone who contributed translations, filed bugs, made packages, and everything else!

For Linux users, updated Flatpak and Snap packages should be available shortly after the release.

New Features / Improvements

• Updated icons to symbolic SVG icons, which are more usable for dark themes and high-res screens (#204, #207, #1738106, #1909573)
• Added "Transparency Mode" to the Gradient tool
• The selection move handles and shape control point handles are now much easier to use when working on zoomed in or small images (#211, #223, #1173756, #1958924, #1958920)
• The File -> New Screenshot command now uses the XDG screenshot portal if available. This fixes issues with taking screenshots under Wayland (#218, #1955841)
• Improved canvas rendering performance (#209, #210)
• Added support for loading files from virtual filesystems such as Google Drive mounts (#215, #1958763)
• Improved support for .ora files
  • Hidden layers are now round-tripped correctly for .ora files (#1377566)
  • When saving a .ora file, a flattened image (mergedimage.png) is now included in the archive. This is required by the spec to accomodate viewer software (#1377566)
• Image or palette files that have an unknown extension but have valid contents can now be loaded (#1679570)
  • The file dialog also now uses MIME types on Linux and macOS, allowing valid image files with unknown extensions to be included in the image file filter (#216)
• Updated the application icon (#220)
• WebP support
  • For Linux users, webp-pixbuf-loader is now a suggested dependency to enable WebP support in Pinta
  • webp-pixbuf-loader is now included with the macOS package for WebP support. This is not yet included with other packages, such as Snap, Flatpak, and the Windows installer.
• Upgraded to .NET 7
  • Building against .NET 6 (LTS) is still supported. When building from the tarball, .NET 6 will be used if .NET 7 is unavailable

Changes

• Pinta now uses the standard GTK about dialog
• The Line / Curve tool no longer requires pressing Ctrl to start drawing a shape when the mouse is outside the canvas (#1999997)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the default linear gradient was reflected rather than clamped
• The gradient tool now updates correctly when drawing transparent colors. Previously, old results were visible under the transparent color (#1937942)
• The history panel is now more readable when a dark theme is used (#207)
• Fixed an issue where the Cairo surface for live effect previews was not always disposed (#206)
• Fixed errors that could occur if a selection existed but had zero area (e.g. after inverting a full selection) (#1754440)
• Fixed an issue on Windows where the ruler's text did not render correctly (#212)
• Fixed a regression from Pinta 2.0 where the rulers did not draw a marker for the current mouse position (#214)
• Improved the zoom tool's rectangle zoom when working with smaller images
• Fixed a potential crash when opening / adding an image after actions in the layer list panel (#1959598)
• Fixed an issue where the "All Files" filter in the Open File dialog ignored files with no extension, and did not work in the macOS native file chooser (#1958670, #1679570)
• Fixed a crash in the text tool when pressing Ctrl+X without a selection (#219, #1964398)
• The application icon now appears correctly on KDE Wayland sessions #1967687
• Fixed an issue where the selection could be invalid after undoing a rotation #1975864
• Fixed a bug where the selected layer could be changed while updating the layer list widget #1965101
• Fixed a bug in the shape tools where changing the shape type did not always take effect (#235, #238, #1993332, #1635902)
• Fixed an issue on macOS where toolbar drop down button menus items could not be selected properly
• Pinta now always saves files to the exact file name chosen by the native file dialog, without e.g. appending a default extension. This fixes issues where files saved through desktop portals could be lost (#1958670)
• Fixed a bug where an empty dash pattern resulted in nothing being drawn (#1973706)
• Fixed issues where certain dash patterns did not draw correctly (#1959032)
• Fixed a bug where pasting into a new image could occasionally zoom the new image to 1% (#1959673)

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This is a bug fix release for Pinta 2.0.

Thanks to everyone who contributed translations, filed bugs, made packages, and everything else!

Changes

• Updated translations

Bug Fixes

• When the Windows installer is run in silent mode, fixed an issue where Pinta was automatically launched after installation
• Fixed a macOS packaging issue that caused copy/paste operations to fail (#1957814)

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This is a bug fix release for Pinta 2.0.

Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release: @cameronwhite, @jpobst

Thanks to everyone who contributed translations, filed bugs, made packages, and everything else!

Changes

• 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)
• Updated translations

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a missing file (installer/linux/install.proj) from the release tarball that caused the install build step to fail
• Fixed a bug where opening a large number of tabs could cause the window's width to expand (#1956182)
• Fixed a bug that could cause a border to appear around the image when zoomed in far enough to require scrolling
• Fixed an issue where tool shortcuts could be affected by Num Lock being enabled (#1093935)
• Fixed an issue where the credits text in the About dialog was aligned incorrectly (#1956168)

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