What to Expect in Pinta 0.4
Posted by lucidfox.org
at 22:32, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
The next version of the Pinta image editor is still quite far away apparently (this depends on the project leader, Jonathan Pobst), but here’s a sneak peak of what to expect (and what is currently landed in git):
- Support for opening and saving in OpenRaster (.ora), a simple multi-layered bitmap format compatible with Krita, MyPaint, and GIMP (with a plugin).
- Saving in BMP, ICO and TIFF in addition to the already supported JPEG and PNG.
- Docking tool windows.
- Better, non-pixelated resize algorithm.
- Improved text tool, with full Unicode input and no more pesky squares.
- Zoom by mouse wheel and hotkeys.
- Better GNOME integration: toolbar respecting system settings, and open/save dialogs remembering the directory and file name and suggesting the Pictures directory by default.
- And bugfixes, of course!
Pinta looks really cool. Lets hope it becomes default in Ubuntu sometime.
I think with a little bit of work this could be a fantastic app to take the place of Gimp in the next Ubuntu release. I’ve got two friends to drop pirating Photoshop and Windows by introducing them to Paint.Net and then Ubuntu and Pinta.
Just goes to show, most people want a decent app, but they don’t want/need the kitchen sink software like Gimp/Photoshop.
Поддержка ORA — это очень, очень хоро?о. Спасибо!