Software update: Paint.NET 4.0 build 5064 alpha 2

The second alpha release of Paint.NET version 4.0 has been released. As the name suggests, this program needs the .Net framework to do its job. It started out as a study assignment for Washington State University, to replace the Paint supplied 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 does have at least Windows 7 as a system requirement. The main improvements in this release can be found below.

Changes between the previous alpha build (5034) and this one (5064):

• “Auto-hide taskbar” was not working while paint.net was maximized and the foreground application
• Arrow keys were not working with the Move tools until after you had used the mouse
• Drawing on an invisible layer was visible while drawing
• The bracket keys [ and ] were not working to adjust the brush size
• Save Configuration was not remembering what settings were used for saving
• The Magic Wand and Paint Bucket tool’s handling of transparent pixels was broken
• Clicking on taskbar image thumbnails did not work to activate the application if you clicked on the image that was already active within paint.net
• Some translations were crashing (eg Russian)