Download Paint.NET 3.22 beta 1

A new Paint.NET beta release was released yesterday. This photo editing program owes its name to the fact that it is developed in C#, and version 2.0 of the .NET Framework is therefore required to run the program. Paint.NET is in terms of functionality between the Paint included with Windows and professional commercial programs such as Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop. Not bad for a program that is offered for free. Upgrading to this version can be done from within the program itself (provided ‘Also check for beta releases’ is enabled), or a 1.49 megabyte web installer can be used. this page are downloaded. The biggest change in version 3.22 is the addition of a filter that can remove noise from an image. The full changelog of this release looks like this:

New:

• “Reduce Noise” effect.

Changed:

• Ctrl+W will now close Paint.NET if zero images are open.

Fixed:

• In Windows XP, when launching web content, sometimes Internet Explorer was used instead of the user’s chosen default browser.
• Unfocus was not handling alpha values ​​properly.
• Brightness / Contrast adjustment was only displaying its text in English.
• The /auto parameter for the installer now correctly allows for an automated installation. This was inadvertantly broken in 3.20.

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