Software update: Paint.NET 2.1 beta 1

Paint.NET version 2.1 beta 1 was released a few days ago. This program is intended as a replacement for the MS Paint included with Windows and is being developed in C# by some people from Washington State University in collaboration with Microsoft. The software only works under Windows XP or 2000 and of course it will .NET FrameWork should be installed. The final version of Paint.NET 2.1 is on the roadmap for the middle of next month, here are the changes in this version:

Paint.NET 2.1 beta 1

• Magic wand is back and it works great
• Paint bucket now fills with brush patterns
• Much higher quality rendering when zoomed-out
• Background layer is no longer “locked”
• Selections work better now, especially when zoomed in
• Many bug fixes
• Faster startup performance

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