New version of a leightweight raster Paint.NET-like editor called Pinta was released.

Changes:

• three new tools: Gradient Fill, Magic Wand and Text;
• 25 new filters:
  • blurs: Fragment, Motion Blur, Radial Blur, Surface Blur, Unfocus, Zoom Blur;
  • distortions: Bulge, Frosted Glass, Pixelate, Polar Invertion, Tile Reflection, Twist;
  • noise: Add Noise, Median, Reduce Noise;
  • photo: Red Eye Removal, Sharpen, Soften Portrait,
  • rendering: Clouds, Julia Fractal, Mandelbrot Fractal, Edge Detect, Emboss;
  • stylization: Outline, Relief;
• preview on canvas for filters was implemented;
• better view scaling;
• pixel grid view was added.

You can view screenshots of the new features here.

Developers now think that with Pinta being so close to feature parity with Paint.NET they can focus on bugfixing and smaller fearures from now on.

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