Pinta

This release includes many new features and improvements, as well as over 50 bug fixes:

New Features / Improvements:

• 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.

Bug Fixes:

A full list of bug fixes is available at https://launchpad.net/pinta/+milestone/1.6.

• 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