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.