All notable changes to this project (beginning with version 1.7) will be documented in this file.
Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release:
- @cameronwhite
- @jpobst
- @JanDeDinoMan
- @MrCarroll
- @supershadoe
- @Zekiah-A
- 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 are now much easier to use when working on zoomed in or small images (#211, #223, #1173756)
- 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)
- Improved support for
.ora
files - 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)
- Pinta now uses the standard GTK about dialog
- 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
2.0.2 - 2022/01/13
Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release:
- @cameronwhite
- Updated translations
- 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)
2.0.1 - 2022/01/06
Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release:
- @cameronwhite
- @jpobst
- 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
- Fixed a missing file (
installer/linux/install.proj
) from the release tarball that caused theinstall
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)
2.0 - 2021/12/31
Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release:
- @cameronwhite
- @jpobst
- @darkdragon-001
- @thekolian1996
- @iangzh
-
Ported to GTK3 and .NET 6
- 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.
- Improved support for high-DPI displays.
- The platform-native file dialogs are now used (#1909807, #1909664).
- 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).
- On macOS, the menu now appears in the global menu bar instead of the application window.
- Changed the text tool to use the standard GTK font chooser widget (#1311873, #1866653, #890589)
- Changed several tools to use spin buttons rather than editable combo boxes for e.g. selecting brush sizes (#1186516).
- 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.
- Support for add-ins has been removed, but may return in a future release (#1918039).
- The Windows and macOS installers now bundle all necessary dependencies. Separately installing GTK and .NET / Mono is no longer required.
-
Added a status bar widget containing the position / selection information, zoom, and the color palette (#154)
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Changed the tool palette to be a single column (#155)
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Added recently used colors to the color palette widget (#154)
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Tools now save their settings for the next time Pinta is opened (#178).
-
The primary and secondary palette colors are now saved in the application settings (#171).
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The canvas can now be panned by clicking and dragging with the middle mouse button (#176, #419, #1883629).
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On macOS, keyboard shortcuts now use Command instead of Ctrl.
-
The macOS installers are now signed and notarized.
- The Paste Into New Image action no longer creates several unnecessary history items (#170).
- Performance improvements for the paint bucket and magic wand tools (#159).
- Performance improvements for the selection tools when interactively adjusting the selection.
- Removed the Images pad, which is obsolete now that tabs are used (#153).
- Fixed several Unicode-related issues in the text tool (#1422445).
- Fixed issue on macOS where Pinta could launch in the wrong language (#1900310).
- Improved the UX of the Close and Save As confirmation dialogs (#1909576, #1909688).
- Fixed a bug where the Pan tool did not work if scrolling could only occur in the Y direction (#1909910).
- Fixed issues where the zoom level was not maintained when resizing an image (#1889673).
- Fixed an issue where opening a file URI from the command line did not work (#1908806).
- Fixed an issue where hiding a layer could leave the selection still visible (#1907987).
- Fixed issues with the text tool and certain input methods (#200, #1350349).
- Fixed an issue where the text tool's font settings were incorrect after undo operations (#201, #1910495).
- Fixed the Copy Merged action's behaviour for non-rectangular selections (#1363388).
1.7.1 - 2021/11/20
Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release:
- @cameronwhite
- @jpobst
- @darkdragon-001
- @JamiKettunen
- @thekolian1996
- @tdgroot
- @nikita-yfh
- @pikachuiscool2
- @yaminb
- @dandv
- @City-busz
- @jefetienne
- The canvas can now be scrolled horizontally by holding Shift while using the mouse wheel (#141)
- The primary and secondary palette colors can now be swapped by pressing X (#147)
- Added a more user-friendly dialog when attempting to open an unsupported file format (#143, #1856821)
- Zooming in and out can now be done without pressing the Ctrl key (#150).
- Arrow keys can be used to move by a single pixel in the Move Selected Pixels and Move Selection tools (#1906141).
- Shift can now be used to constrain to a uniform scale when scaling using the Move Selected Pixels tool (#138).
- The About dialog now allows easily copying the version information to the clipboard for use when reporting bugs (#1924249).
- Fixed inconsistent behavior when switching between tools that share the same shortcut, such as the selection tools (#144, #1558767)
- Improved error messages when the user does not have read or write permissions for a file (#1715150).
- The appdata file is now installed to
/usr/share/metainfo
instead of the legacy path/usr/share/appdata
(#186). - Tooltips for tabs now show the full file path instead of only the file name (#187).
- Fixed a bug where Auto Crop could incorrectly remove an additional pixel on the bottom and right side of the image. (#1191390).
- Fixed a bug where drawing a single pixel with the Pencil tool used black instead of the palette color (#1897245).
- Fixed issues with the zoom controls when using a French locale (#1464855)
- Fixed invalid URLs in
pinta.appdata.xml
(#140, #145) - Added missing release notes to
pinta.appdata.xml
(#142) - Fixed a regression introduced in Pinta 1.7 that could produce blurred pixels when using the Move Selected Pixels tool (#1904304).
- Fixed a bug where the Rotate / Zoom Layer dialog could leave the layer in a state where all future actions were also transformed (#1905176).
- Fixed a bug where the document might not be marked as modified after certain undo / redo actions (#1905165).
- Fixed a bug where the Move Selected Pixels tool did not handle transparent pixels correctly (#1905706).
- Fixed a bug where deselecting via a single click in the select tool could cause bugs with undoing earlier history items (#1905719).
- Fixed a bug where the initial corner of a rectangle shape could be cut off (#1922470).
- Fixed a bug where the text tool was not correctly clipped against the selection (#1910511).
- Improved handling of memory allocation failures for large images (#776346).
- Fixed a bug where the shape tools did not redraw after changes to the fill style until the cursor entered the canvas (#1937921).
- Fixed a crash when opening an invalid palette file (#146, #1890450).
1.7 - 2020/08/04
Thanks to the following contributors who worked on this release:
- @cameronwhite
- @jpobst
- @don-mccomb
- @jeneira94
- @akaro2424
- @anadvu
- @miguelfazenda
- @skkestrel
- @codeprof
- @hasufell
- @Mailaender
- @averissimo
- @tdaffin
- @Shuunen
- @jkells
- @scx
- @albfan
- @rajter
- @dandv
- @jaburns
- @aivel
- A new user guide has been written for the Pinta website! Thanks to @jeneira94, @akaro2424, and @anadvu for their contributions!
- Added a tab view to switch between images. The tabs can also be docked side-by-side or pulled into new windows. (#94).
- The Rotate / Zoom dialog now supports zooming and panning (#1252756).
- Added a Smooth Erase tool, which is enabled using the Type menu on the Erase tool's toolbar (#110).
- The Pencil tool can switch between different blend modes (#124, #1688743).
- Added support for JASC PaintShop Pro palette files (#126).
- The transform tools can now rotate in fixed increments by holding Shift (#134).
- The Move Selected tool can now scale by holding Ctrl (#138).
- Dragging and dropping a URL (e.g. image from a web browser) to download and open the image is now supported (#80, #644123).
- Performance improvements when interacting with selections, particularly for large images (#1428740).
- The Rectangle Select tool now shows different arrow cursors at each corner of the selection (#1188143).
- Added an AppData file for integration with some Linux app stores (#121).
- .NET 4.5 / Mono 4.0 are now required.
- Mono 6.x is strongly recommended for Mac and Linux users.
- UI improvements to the New Image dialog (#99, [1424547).
- The Rotate / Zoom dialog now rotates in-place instead of changing the layer's size.
- Cairo blend operations are now used instead of PDN's managed blend modes (#98, #1248933, #1091910).
- The tool windows can now only be closed with the View -> Tool Windows menu, as it was easy to accidentally close them without knowing how to recover them (#1428720).
- 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).
- Fixed many issues where selection changes did not update correctly (#1438022, #1188924, #1429830, #1098137, #105).
- Fixed incorrect behaviour when using the Shift key to constrain to a square or circle in the Rectangle and Ellipse tools (#1452607).
- 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).
- 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).
- Fixed potential crashes when switching tools without any open documents (#1425612).
- Fixed a potential bug where the OK button in the New Image dialog could be incorrectly disabled (#1430203).
- Fixed a crash when clicking on the Open Images pad after closing all images (#1430789).
- Fixed a bug where the Levels dialog closed unexpectedly when clicking on one of the color checkboxes (#1435045).
- 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).
- Fixed a potential crash creating gradients (#1446217).
- Fixed issues where the selection handles disappeared after pressing Delete (#1424629).
- Fixed several transparency-related issues with premultiplied alpha (#109, #113, #114, #117, #125).
- Corrected display problems in the Move Selected Tool and live previews for effects (#115).
- Add-ins can now load icons correctly (#116).
- Fixed strange behaviour when the width or height of a drawn rounded rectangle is 0 (#112).
- Fixed issues with the text tool on OSX (#1425749).
- Fixed inconsistent labels in the UI (#1579033).
- Fixed issues with the zoom tool under certain locales (#139, #133, #1464855).
- Fixed issues when drawing on very zoomed-in images (#129, #133).
- Fixed issues where brushes could draw outside the selection (#1775709).
- Fixed issues with the docking library (#832395).
- Fixed a bug where undoing a history item could set the background palette color to the foreground color (#1888131).
- Fixed issues where the zoom level was not maintained when undoing a Crop to Selection (#1888885).
- Fixed an error on newer Mono versions when opening URLs via the menu items under the Help menu (#1888883).
- Fixed some occasional crashes on dragging and dropping or pasting into a new image (#1838620, #1508777).
- Fixed issues where using the Rectangle Select tool after the Move Selection or Move Selected Pixels tools did not update correctly (#1889647, #1473430, #1889774).
- Adjusted
Pinta.Install.proj
to simplify installing to a custom prefix (#781836).