Pinta (software)
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| developer | Cameron White, Robert Nordan, Olivier Dufour |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| Current version |
1.7 ( August 4, 2020 ) |
| operating system | Windows , macOS , Linux |
| programming language | C # (GTK #) |
| category | Graphics software |
| License | MIT license |
| German speaking | Yes |
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Pinta is a free image editing program for the Windows , macOS and Linux operating systems . The appearance and operation of Pinta are strongly based on the freeware program Paint.NET . Compared to GIMP , Pinta is lighter in weight, easier to use and has fewer features. Pinta is implemented in the C # programming language and uses the GTK + GUI toolkit and the Cairo graphics library . Parts of the source code , especially the code for image adjustment and filters, come from Paint.NET.
The idea for the program came from Novell employee Jonathan Pobst.
Range of functions
Pinta is a raster graphics editor with the usual functions of image processing including drawing functions, filters and tools for color correction.
The main usability features include:
- Undo function ( undo ) without restriction,
- multilingual user interface,
- Customizable toolbars that can also be disconnected as separate windows.
In contrast to some other, simpler graphics programs, Pinta supports working with several image layers .
history
Pinta development began in February 2010 and was led by Jonathan Pobst, who was then at Novell . In September 2011, Pobst announced that he was no longer interested in developing Pinta. A new development team continued the project and is actively developing the software. Now in 2018, the further development appears to have come to a standstill.
Versions
| version | Publication date | Changes |
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| 0.1 | February 7, 2010 | First publication |
| 0.2 | March 15, 2010 | Improvement of layers and history, live preview for layer changes, multithreading for effects and corrections |
| 0.3 | May 3, 2010 | Live preview effects and corrections, 26 effects ported from Paint.NET |
| 0.4 | July 6, 2010 | Support for internationalization, dockable windows, OpenRaster support, saving in the formats BMP , ICO and TIFF as a supplement to JPEG and PNG |
| 0.5 | November 2, 2010 | More languages, bug fixes |
| 0.6 | January 11, 2011 | Bug fixes, improved history, rewritten text tool |
| 0.7 | March 2, 2011 | Bug fixes |
| 0.8 | March 31, 2011 | Bug fixes |
| 1.0 | April 27, 2011 | First stable release |
| 1.1 | November 13, 2011 | Bug fixes |
| 1.2 | April 22, 2012 | Layers can now be rotated individually, special mouse pointers for tools, improved color gradient tool, automatic cropping |
| 1.3 | April 30, 2012 | Bug fixes |
| 1.4 | September 27, 2012 | Magic wand selection tool, copy and paste for the text tool |
| 1.5 | May 24, 2014 | subsequently editable text; new mouse pointers that change size depending on tool size; Inversion of the selected area possible; new installer for Windows, which also installs GTK and the .NET Framework as required ; improved dialog for JPEG compression, improved file open dialog |
| 1.6 | March 1, 2015 | Forms tools newly developed, community add-in repository |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Contact - Pinta
- ↑ Release 1.7 . August 4, 2020 (accessed August 14, 2020).
- ↑ Release Notes 1.7 . August 4, 2020 (accessed August 16, 2020).
- ^ Pinta Brings Paint.NET's Just-Enough Image Editing to Every Computer
- ↑ a b c Image Editing Is a Snap With Pinta , LinuxInsider, July 3, 2012.
- ↑ Source: heise-online.de https://www.heise.de/download/product/pinta-71488 , checked on September 11, 2017.
- ↑ Version 1.0 of Pinta Paint.NET clone released , The H Open, May 3, 2011.
- ↑ Jonathan Pobst: Introducing Pinta , February 7, 2010.
- ↑ Thom Holwerda: Introducing Pinta, a Gtk + Clone of Paint.NET , OSNews, February 8, 2010.
- ↑ Development Ceases On Open Source Graphics App 'Pinta' , OMG Ubuntu, September 6, 2011.
- ^ Pinta Revived, New Release Planned , OMG Ubuntu, September 12, 2011.