Pinta is an open-source, cross-platform bitmap image drawing and editing program inspired by Paint.NET, a similar image editing program which is limited to Microsoft Windows.[3] Pinta has more features than Microsoft Paint. Compared with open-source image editor GIMP, Pinta is simpler and has fewer features.[4]
Features
Pinta is a bitmap image editor with many features typical of image editing software including drawing tools, image filters and colour adjustment tools.[4] The focus on usability is reflected in several of the main features of the program:
Unlike some simple image editing software, Pinta also features support for image layers.[5]
History and development
Development of Pinta began in February 2010 and was driven by Jonathan Pobst, then working at Novell.[6][7] In September 2011 Pobst announced that he was no longer interested in developing Pinta.[8] A new group of developers continued the project.[4][9]
Pinta is written in C# and uses the GTK+ toolkit and the cairo library. The code adjustment and effect filters, originally came from Paint.NET but otherwise the project is original code.[7]
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Release date
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Major changes
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| 0.1
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February 7, 2010
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Initial release
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| 0.2
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March 15, 2010
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Improved layer and history windows; zoom, paint bucket, color replacer, line, and pan tools; live preview for layer changes; multithreading support for effects and adjustments
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| 0.3
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May 3, 2010
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Live preview for adjustments and effects; pixel-precise zoom; gradient, magic wand and text tools; 26 new effects ported from Paint.NET
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| 0.4
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July 6, 2010
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Internationalization support; docking windows; OpenRaster support; saving in BMP, ICO and TIFF formats in addition to JPEG and PNG
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| 0.5
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November 2, 2010
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Multiple image support; TGA format; palette editing; more languages; bug fixes
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| 0.6
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January 11, 2011
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53 bug fixes; improvements to the "History" feature stability; rewritten text tool
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| 0.7
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March 2, 2011
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Text outline support; more bug fixes
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| 0.8
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March 31, 2011
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Bug fixes
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| 1.0
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April 27, 2011
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First stable version;[5][10] 6 bug fixes
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| 1.1
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November 13, 2011
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Several improvements and bug fixes, first release with new maintainers[11]
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| 1.2
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April 22, 2012
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Individual layers can now be rotated arbitrarily; tools have specific mouse cursors; improving gradient tool; image autocrop; added image preview to the images pad; bug fixes[12]
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| 1.3
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April 30, 2012
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Bug fixes[13]
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| 1.4
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September 27, 2012
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Magic Wand tool selection modes; new layer blending modes; copy/paste support for the text tool.[14]
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| 1.5
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May 24, 2014
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Re-editable text; Mouse cursors now resize based on the active brush size; The Move Selection and Move Selected tools can now rotate the selection using the right mouse button; Added an Invert Selection command; New or redesigned mouse cursors for every tool; Improved OS X integration (file associations and improved dock integration); Redesigned Windows installer, which automatically downloads and installs the correct version of GTK# and the .NET Framework if necessary; Improved JPEG Compression Dialog (remembers previous settings and has the OK button as the default control); The Open File dialog now shows image previews for ORA files, as well as any file formats provided by add-ins[15]
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| 1.6
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March 1, 2015
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Re-editable shapes; Union, exclude, xor, and intersection selection modes; Add-in repository; numerous bug fixes[16]
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| 1.7
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August 4, 2020
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UI improvements; Tab view to switch between images, Dragging and dropping a URL to open image; Zooming and panning supports; Performance improvements when interacting with selections; numerous bug fixes[17]
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| 1.7.1
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November 20, 2021
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Canvas can be scrolled horizontally, primary and secondary palette colors can be swapped, numerous bug fixes and minor improvements. Likely to be the final GTK2-based release.[18]
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/ 26 February 2023
