23-04-2021

Pinta For Mac Review



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  1. Pinta is a free, open source drawing/editing program modeled after Paint.NET. Its goal is to provide users with a simple yet powerful way to draw and manipulate images on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
  2. Aug 05, 2020 Pinta is a free, open source drawing/editing program modeled after Paint.NET. Its goal is to provide users with a simple yet powerful way to draw and manipulate images on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
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Paint.NET is a powerful image editing package originally created by the team involved in the development of Windows' Paint tool. Despite these humble beginnings, Paint.NET has gained something of a following, and Pinta is another image manipulation program based on Paint.NET.

Pinta is a free, open source drawing/editing program modeled after Paint.NET. Its goal is to provide users with a simple yet powerful way to draw and manipulate images on Linux, Mac, and Windows. Use easy drawing tools to draw freehand, lines, rectangles, ellipses, and more.

The application has been designed with a range of levels of ability in mind. Experienced user will be able to jump right in and start using some of the more advanced tools, but the learning curve for beginners is gentle and intuitive.

As with Paint.NET, users are encouraged to experiment with their creativity, and this is made possible thanks to the inclusion of an unlimited level of undoing, as well as the ability to work with an unlimited number of layers. This, combined with dozen of built in special effects and filters, means that it is possible to create impressive works of art from scratch, or work with existing images such as photos.

All of the basic drawing and editing tools you would expect to find in a mature image editing package are to be found here, and when it comes to interface customisation, Pinta is incredibly flexible. Each of the various toolbar, windows and panels can be placed almost anywhere within the program window, or transformed into a floating window. Anyone who regularly works with different platforms will appreciate the fact that Pinta is available not only for Windows, but also Linux and Mac.

Please note, Mac users will need to download and install a copy of Mono (http://www.go-mono.com/mono-downloads/download.html), while Windows users will need to install Gtk# (http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/gtk-sharp/gtk-sharp-2.12.9-2.win32.msi) in order to use Pinta.

Verdict:
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A powerful and flexible image editor that rivals many commercial tools. Well worth checking out.

After more than a year and a half, a new Pinta version was released yesterday, getting add-in support along with other new features and a huge list of bug fixes.

Pinta is a drawing / image editor which was initially based on Paint.NET, available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X, designed to serve as an alternative to more advanced applications like GIMP, for casual users. The application features drawing tools, unlimited layers and undo history, includes over 35 image effects and adjustments and can be configured to use a docked interface or multiple windows.

The most important new feature in Pinta 1.5 is the addition of add-in support. Users will be able use the Add-in Manager (available in the Add-ins menu) to browse and install add-ins which can provide additional effects, tools, brushes and and file formats.

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Currently, there are no add-ins for Pinta (other than the default/core ones), but its developers are in the process of setting up a community add-in repository which will be included by default in future Pinta releases. Developers who are interesting in contributing add-ins for Pinta should check out THIS page.

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  • Re-editable text;
  • Mouse cursors now resize based on the active brush size;
  • The Move Selection and Move Selected tools can now rotate the selection using the right mouse button;
  • Added an Invert Selection command;
  • New or redesigned mouse cursors for every tool;
  • Improved JPEG Compression Dialog (remembers previous settings and has the OK button as the default control);
  • The Open File dialog now shows image previews for ORA files, as well as any file formats provided by add-ins;
  • Users can use the Add-in Manager (under the Add-ins menu) to browse and install add-ins;
  • More than 90 bugs were fixed in this release, including:
    • Fixed a crash when the Pixel Grid was turned on for very small images;
    • Fixed a bug in the text tool that caused font variants (e.g. Segoe Black and Segoe Condensed) to not work correctly;
    • Fixed a bug that caused the Rectangle Select markers to still be visible after undoing a selection;
    • Fixed a bug that caused the Rectangle Select markers to still be visible after undoing a selection;
    • Fixed a bug that caused part of the image to be lost when pasting a large image onto a smaller canvas;
    • Fixed a bug where using the Backspace key in the text tool while inside a selection would fill the selection instead of deleting a character;
    • Fixed a bug where some icons would not display correctly with GTK# 2.12.20;
    • Fixed several bugs when running Pinta with newer versions of Mono.Cairo (such as on Ubuntu 14.04).

For a complete changelog, see THIS page and for a complete list of bug fixes, see THIS.

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Install the latest Pinta in Ubuntu / Linux Mint

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Ubuntu / Linux Mint (and derivatives) users can install the latest Pinta by using its official PPA. The PPA provides the latest Pinta 1.5 for Ubuntu 14.10, 14.04, 13.10 and 12.10. There are no Pinta 1.5 packages (Pinta 1.4 is available though) for Ubuntu 12.04!

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Add the PPA and install Pinta using the following commands:

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Report any bugs you may find @ Launchpad.