Download Paint.NET 4.0.4 build 5442 beta
A beta release of Paint.NET version 4.0.4 has been released. As the name suggests, this program needs the .Net framework to do its job. It started as a study assignment for Washington State University, to replace the Paint included with Windows, but now contains a lot of functionality that we also see in more extensive, commercial packages. Version 4.0 works a lot faster, especially on multicore processors, but has at least Windows 7 as a system requirement. Version 4.0.4 includes various performance improvements and bug fixes.
New:
- Added a ‘Fill’ property to the Paintbrush tool
faster:
- Move Selected Pixels has been significantly optimized.
- Magic Wand Tool has been significantly optimized.
- Working with aliased selections (“aliased selection quality” in the toolbar) has been significantly optimized.
- Edit->Copy and Edit->Copy Merged are now up to 2x faster.
- Drawing when a selection is active; clipping performance is now improved.
Fixed:
- The Text tool no longer produces terrible looking text when using Smooth rendering mode without antialiasing.
- The Gear shape had a few glitches.
- Using a Fill pattern w/ the Paint Bucket would sometimes produces misaligned or “corrupt looking” results.
- The alignment of the menu buttons in the top-right was off by 2 pixels, causing them to look weird at high-DPI.
- The zoom buttons in the status bar would not recognize clicks unless the main window was already in focus. (more info).
- Some incorrect errors about requiring Windows 7 SP1 when launching the installer from something like an old version of WinZip.
- Edit->Clear Selection and Edit->Cut were filling with transparent black (#00000000) instead of transparent white (#00FFFFFF). This caused some discrepancies compared to older versions of Paint.NET.
- Pressing Ctrl+A when a drawing tool was active would sometimes incorrectly show a tinted selection.
- Text in the title bar was not visible when using a 3rd party Aero theme with black titlebars.
Version number | 4.0.4 build 5442 beta |
Release status | beta |
Operating systems | Windows 7, Windows 8 |
Website | Paint.NET |
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File size |
6.23MB |
License type | Freeware |