v1.6 [Mar 20, 2015]
- Redesigned shape tools (demo video): The Line tool now supports drawing curves and arrows, Shapes remain editable after being drawn, All shape tools now support drawing dashed lines.
- All selection tools now support the Union, Exclude, Xor, and Intersection modes.
- New community add-in repository - add-ins can be installed through the Add-in Manager dialog (via the Add-ins menu).
- Redesigned New Image dialog, which includes presets, orientation and background options, and a thumbnail preview of the image.
- The toolbox and color palette now have a flexible layout and can expand horizontally, making them significantly more usable on small screens.
- When launching Pinta from the command line, the standard --version and --help options are now supported.
- Fixed a number of issues with the text tool’s support for Unicode text.
- Fixed a number of issues with undoing selections.
- Fixed a number of untranslatable strings throughout Pinta, and the zoom toolbar’s percentages are now formatted using the current locale.
- The text tool now supports the standard shortcuts for toggling bold (Ctrl+B), italic (Ctrl+I), and underline (Ctrl+U), and all of the text can be selected with Ctrl+A.
- Fixed a potential crash after undoing a text action.
- Fixed a crash when holding both the left and right mouse buttons with the Pencil tool.
- Fixed issues with zooming in very far on large images.
- Fixed a potential crash when exiting Pinta.
- Fixed issues with the toolbar’s state (hidden vs. visible) not being preserved after re-opening Pinta.
- Fixed several bugs where undo did not work correctly for the Freeform Shape tool.
- Fixed a bug where resizing a selection allowed the selection to grow beyond the edge of the canvas.
- The selection handles are now larger and easier to click.
- Fixed bugs where using the Recolor tool after the Line/Curve tool resulted in odd behavior.
- The error dialog now includes a link to the bug tracker.
- Improved the error message when opening an unsupported file format.
- Fixed an issue where cancelling the saving of a jpg image made it appear that the image had actually been saved.
- Auto-hiding now works correctly for the history and open images pads.
- Auto Crop now works correctly if there is an active selection.
- The progress dialog is now modal.
- The Backspace and Delete keys are now usable when editing text fields in the toolbar.
- Improved the readability of the text cursor against dark backgrounds.
v1.4 [Oct 19, 2012]
-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.
-New image flattening functionality breaks saving functionality.
-Many effects do not work with Gtk# 2.12.11.
-Clicking text tool can crash OSX. (fixed in Mono 2.11.4)
-New layer with Text object does not put text on this new layer.
-Opening TGA files created by Pinta does not work on Linux.
-Using 'cut' in text object does not delete text.
-Two undo actions required to fully undo after pasting an image.
-Crashes when using copy/paste in Pinta.
-Exception in Text Tool when attempting to select beyond end of string.
-Exception when saving ORA file on Mac.
-Disabling the "Default Tools" extension crashes Pinta.
-Undo using CTRL+Z not working if this is the first action in new image.
-Undo is broken for cropping or resizing the canvas (regression).
-Crash when disposing the ResizeHistoryItem (regression).
-Inverting colors overwrites transparency with white pixels.
-Move pixels tool corrupted by scrolling.
-After pasting from clipboard in a image, pasted selection dissapears.
-Chinese characters can not be typed in Text tool.
-Incorrect behavior of Undo command when editing text.
-Can not change input method in Text tool for non-English language.
-/usr/bin/pinta has wrong path in it for some Linux x86_64 systems.
-Undo using Text object displays letter z in text instead of undoing.
-Can't enter the '<' character using text tool.
-Drawing near the right or bottom edges sometimes causes the border to disappear.
-Broken licence headers in some files.
-Layer opacity isn't blended with transparent background.
-Copy and paste does not work for Text object.
-Diacritics not working in text tool.
-Drag and drop a picture from Desktop to launcher doesn't open the picture.
-Dialog "Could not open file" inconsistent with other Pinta dialogs.
-The todo.txt file includes a broken link.
-Ruler units option not displayed after Pinta restarts.
-The order of tools windows is not optimal.
-Large file/layer names don't fit into window.
-Three small inconsistencies in Help | About window.
-Shortcuts for Auto Level and Black and White adjustments are broken.
-When no image is available some options are not grayed out.
-Escaping window if file type is not recognized.
-Compose key doesn't work on text input.
