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The third beta release of version 3.5 of the photo-editing program Paint.NET was released on Tuesday. Paint.NET requires at least version 3.5 SP1 of the .NET Framework and therefore only works on Windows XP or higher. Updating is preferably possible from within the program itself, but downloading is also an option option. In version 3.5, the user interface has been refreshed. For example, there are new icons and it can use Aero on Windows Vista and 7. There are also several new effects, the program starts up faster and the text tool has been completely rewritten. Here’s what’s changed in the program since the second beta:

Changes/fixes since version 3.5 Beta 2:

• Fixed a performance glitch with some tools, where the action and subsequent undo/redo would be slow.
• Improved temporary memory usage of commands in the Image menu.
• Reduced disk space use by about 12MB by using NTFS compression on installation files used for staging (.MSI) and diagnostics (.PDB).
• Fixed many tools’ clipping, with respect to an active selection.
• Improved compression for PDN files.
• Fixed many small miscellaneous crashes and glitches.