Software Update: Paint.NET 4.1.2

Version 4.1.2 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 CorelDRAW. 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 4.0.18, the program is also available via the Windows Store offered, however, a small fee is charged for that version. The release notes for this release can be found below.

Paint.NET 4.1.2 is now available

This is a small update that improves startup performance, fixes some bugs, and addresses two security vulnerabilities. Administrators who manage deployments of Paint.NET are urged to begin updating immediately. Details of CVE-2018-18446 and CVE-2018-18447 are pending publication.

Changes:

• Improved startup performance if “a lot” of effect plugins are installed. More optimizations are coming in the next update.
• Fixed: Pixel grid no longer draws some dots darker than others at some zoom levels, as reported here.
• Fixed: Radial Blur was not handling alpha correctly
• Fixed: IndirectUI ColorWheel swatch is now rendered correctly (without the fading alpha gradient)
• Fixed: The tooltip describing the shortcut key for tools now indicates how many times to press the key (eg, press S four times for Magic Wand selection)
• Fixed: Pressing Escape to deselect now works with all tools (this bug was introduced in v4.0)
• Fixed: Images with variable alpha were not displaying correctly at some zoom levels. They were “too dark” in translucent regions. Reported here.
• Fixed: For the Store release, launching with the paintdotnet: protocol no longer shows an error if no parameters are provided.
• Fixed a crash for some effects that were rendering too quickly
• Fixed a bug in the Image->Resize dialog where the asterisk and the note about which resampling mode was being used, eg “* Bicubic will be used,” weren’t going away or updating correctly
• New: Added a /set:SETTING=VALUE command-line parameter. This is specifically useful for disabling hardware acceleration if the app won’t start or you can’t reach the Settings dialog. This is also necessary for the Store release whose virtualized registry cannot be edited. To launch the Store version with hardware acceleration disabled, go to Start -> Run and type in “paintdotnet:/set:UI/EnableHardwareAcceleration=false” (without quotes) and press OK
• New: Added detection for when “Diebold Warsaw” is causing Paint.NET to crash. The error message will indicate this cause.
• Fixed: Addressed CVE-2018-18446.
• Fixed: Addressed CVE-2018-18447.