| Version | Change log |
| Pinta 3.1.1 Jan 10, 2026 |
Added: Implemented a new axonometric grid (View > Canvas Grid... > Show Axonometric Grid) (#1438, #1541) Rewrote the canvas widget to improve performance and memory usage issues for zoomed-in images (#1020, #1485) Added a new Cells effect (#1589) Added a polygon selection mode to the Lasso Select tool (#1725, #1096) The Gradient tool now provides handles for adjusting the gradient length and direction (#1533, #1773) The "About" dialog now includes links to the issue tracker and discussion forum (#1343) When compiling Pinta, the GirCoreSource MSBuild property can be set to easily build Pinta against a local build of gir.core for easy debugging (#1403) Keyboard shortcuts are now displayed on all toolbar button tooltips (#1408, #1432) Added a right click menu for layers, containing actions that can be applied to the selected layer (#1588) The Dithering effect can now use Pinta's current palette in addition to the effect's preset color palettes (#1594) Random seed values for effects can now be directly controlled, in addition to use the Reseed button (#1592, #1591) Support for color picking in SimpleEffectDialog. Useful for add-in developers (#1611) The text tool now supports using Ctrl+Backspace to delete words (#1680) Added a Windows ARM64 installer (#1699, #1378) The selection of an area on the canvas is now being projected and highlighted on the rulers (#1723) The selection outline is now animated for improved visibility (#1521, #1829) Added a Radius Percentage parameter to the Twist effect (#1739) The Splatter brush can now repeatedly draw while holding the mouse down (#1817) Changed: Packaging changes: Updated dependencies to require GTK 4.18+ and libadwaita 1.7+ Pinta now consistently uses an application ID of com.github.PintaProject.Pinta, which previously had been applied in patches for downstream packages (#1706, #1419) Breaking API changes for add-ins will require add-ins to be rebuilt against Pinta 3.1: Attributes used for effect configuratio |
| Pinta 3.1 Dec 28, 2025 |
Added: Implemented a new axonometric grid (View > Canvas Grid... > Show Axonometric Grid) (#1438, #1541) Rewrote the canvas widget to improve performance and memory usage issues for zoomed-in images (#1020, #1485) Added a new Cells effect (#1589) Added a polygon selection mode to the Lasso Select tool (#1725, #1096) The Gradient tool now provides handles for adjusting the gradient length and direction (#1533, #1773) The "About" dialog now includes links to the issue tracker and discussion forum (#1343) When compiling Pinta, the GirCoreSource MSBuild property can be set to easily build Pinta against a local build of gir.core for easy debugging (#1403) Keyboard shortcuts are now displayed on all toolbar button tooltips (#1408, #1432) Added a right click menu for layers, containing actions that can be applied to the selected layer (#1588) The Dithering effect can now use Pinta's current palette in addition to the effect's preset color palettes (#1594) Random seed values for effects can now be directly controlled, in addition to use the Reseed button (#1592, #1591) Support for color picking in SimpleEffectDialog. Useful for add-in developers (#1611) The text tool now supports using Ctrl+Backspace to delete words (#1680) Added a Windows ARM64 installer (#1699, #1378) The selection of an area on the canvas is now being projected and highlighted on the rulers (#1723) The selection outline is now animated for improved visibility (#1521, #1829) Added a Radius Percentage parameter to the Twist effect (#1739) The Splatter brush can now repeatedly draw while holding the mouse down (#1817) Changed: Packaging changes: Updated dependencies to require GTK 4.18+ and libadwaita 1.7+ Pinta now consistently uses an application ID of com.github.PintaProject.Pinta, which previously had been applied in patches for downstream packages (#1706, #1419) Breaking API changes for add-ins will require add-ins to be rebuilt against Pinta 3.1: Attributes used for effect configuratio |
| Pinta 3.0.5 Nov 25, 2025 |
Fixed: Fixed several icons which did not display properly with GNOME 49 (#1812, #1814) |
| Pinta 3.0.4 Oct 7, 2025 |
Fixed errors with saving JPEG files using the glycin pixbuf loader Fixed a few SVG icons which did not display properly in GTK 4.20 |
| Pinta 3.0.1 Jun 9, 2025 |
Added: Added an option (View -> Show/Hide -> Menu Bar) to switch to a menu bar layout instead of a header bar (#781, #1418) Pinta now configures a compatibility version number for add-ins, to support running add-ins built against older versions such as Pinta 3.0 (#1379, #1389) Changed: Improved the sizing of the toolbox icons, particularly for high DPI displays (#1374) The text tool now uses the system's default font rather than being hardcoded to Arial, which may not exist on some systems (#1422, #1421) Updated translations Fixed: Fixed an issue where the toolbar's height could change when switching tools (#1370, #1391) Fixed potential crashes when adjusting the brush width (#1340) Fixed a bug on Windows where Pinta did not use the system's language for translations (#1473, #1493) |
| Pinta 3.0 Apr 14, 2025 |
Added: Ported to GTK4 and libadwaita Upgraded the minimum required .NET version to 8.0 Added an arm64 installer for macOS (Apple silicon) Restored support for add-ins, which had been disabled in Pinta 2.0 due to technical limitations Added a preference (in the View menu) for switching between a dark or light color scheme Added an improved color picker dialog (#570, #761, #1025) Added a canvas grid with customizable size, replacing the previous pixel grid (#1028, #1105) Added ability to choose tile type (#1051) and edge behavior (#1141) in tile reflection effect Added a new "Dithering" effect (#457) Added "Voronoi Diagram" effect (#692) Ported "Vignette" and "Dents" effects from Paint.NET 3.36 (#881, #885) Added "Feather Object" effect (#886, #953) Added "Align Object" effect (#936, #961) Added "Outline Object" effect (#971) Added support for exporting to portable pixmap (.ppm) files (#549) Added a nearest-neighbor resampling mode when resizing images (#596) Added support for customizable gradients in the fractal and clouds effects (#578, #678, #683) Added a new Offset Selection option to the Edit menu to expand or contract the current selection (#661, #740, #746) The Windows build of Pinta now supports loading .webp images (#770) Improved zooming behavior with trackpads, including support for the pinch to zoom gesture (#634, #715) The Windows installer is now signed, thanks to the support of SignPath (#1054) The brush size and line width settings for many tools can now be adjusted with the [ and ] keyboard shortcuts (#796, #1155) Changed: Due to API changes in GTK4, the File -> New Screenshot option now invokes platform-specific tools (the XDG screenshot portal on Linux, and the screenshot tool on maCOS). This is currently unsupported on Windows When building Pinta using the Makefile, 'dotnet publish' is now run during the build step rather than the install step. Added a "Reseed" butt |
| Pinta 2.1.2 Apr 20, 2024 |
Changes Support building against .NET 8 (replacing .NET 7) in addition to .NET 6 Bug Fixes Fixed AppStream validation errors in xdg/pinta.appdata.xml Fixed issues where the system language settings on macOS did not properly take effect in Pinta (#1976178) Fixed issues on macOS with loading webp images (#770) |
| Pinta 2.1.1 Feb 26, 2023 |
Changes Updated translations Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where the Save As file dialog failed to open when using the file chooser portal (e.g. for sandboxed Snap or Flatpak packages), if the image’s file type did not support exporting (e.g. SVG) (#2002021) Fixed a potential error when opening or closing Pinta, if the last dialog directory setting was an empty string (#2002188, #2001734) Fixed error messages when dragging and dropping to open a file (#2003384) Fixed an issue where the tab labels could not shrink, limiting the minimum size of the window (#2006572) Fixed errors on Windows when opening non-ASCII file paths through the “Open With” context menu (#2006974) |
| Pinta 2.1.2 Apr 20, 2024 |
Changes Support building against .NET 8 (replacing .NET 7) in addition to .NET 6 Bug Fixes Fixed AppStream validation errors in xdg/pinta.appdata.xml Fixed issues where the system language settings on macOS did not properly take effect in Pinta (#1976178) Fixed issues on macOS with loading webp images (#770) |
| Pinta 2.1.1 Feb 26, 2023 |
Changes Updated translations Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where the Save As file dialog failed to open when using the file chooser portal (e.g. for sandboxed Snap or Flatpak packages), if the image’s file type did not support exporting (e.g. SVG) (#2002021) Fixed a potential error when opening or closing Pinta, if the last dialog directory setting was an empty string (#2002188, #2001734) Fixed error messages when dragging and dropping to open a file (#2003384) Fixed an issue where the tab labels could not shrink, limiting the minimum size of the window (#2006572) Fixed errors on Windows when opening non-ASCII file paths through the “Open With” context menu (#2006974) |
