Download Paint.NET 4.0.16

Version 4.0.16 of Paint.NET has been released. This drawing and image editing program bridges the gap between the Paint supplied with Windows and expensive but very extensive programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Coral Draw. Since version 4.0, the program performs a lot better, especially on multicore processors, but has at least Windows 7 as a system requirement. Since version 4.0.14, the following two improvements have been made:

Paint.NET 4.0.16 is now available
This is a hotfix for a crash that results from copying images from some web browsers. Unfortunately this seems to be the result of a bug in either the .NET Framework or Windows. I’ll try to follow up with folks at Microsoft when I have some time to do so.

Changelog:

• Fixed a crash or hang that sometimes happens when copying images from Internet Explorer, Edge, or Firefox, and then using File->New or Edit->Paste in paint.net.

Paint.NET 4.0.15 is now available
This is a hotfix that fixes a crash in the Magic Wand tool.

The only change since 4.0.14 is this:

• Fixed a crash in the Magic Wand tool if it was used twice in a row with a selection mode other than Replace.

Technically, it’s not “twice in a row” that causes the crash. It’s actually just using the Magic Wand tool, with a selection mode other than Replace, on any selection that is “pixelated”. There are two common sources of pixelated selections: the Magic Wand tool, and the Rectangle Select tool. “Pixelated” selections are comprised solely of straight horizontal or vertical segments whose endpoints are at integer coordinates. This distinction is important because there are some great optimizations you can take advantage of when the data fits into this limitation. Sadly, one of my optimizations fell over in 4.0.14.