The Pinta 1.7 graphic editor has been published, acting as an analogue of Paint.NET

Five years since the last release formed release of an open raster graphics editor Pinta 1.7, which is an attempt to rewrite the Paint.NET program using GTK. The editor provides a basic set of options for drawing and image processing, focusing on novice users. The interface is simplified as much as possible, the editor supports an unlimited rollback buffer, allows you to work with multiple layers, and is equipped with a set of tools for applying various effects and adjusting images. Pinta Code spreads under the MIT license. The project is written in C# using Mono and Gtk# wrapping. Binary assemblies prepared by for Ubuntu, macOS and Windows.

In the new release:

• Added the ability to edit multiple images in different tabs. The contents of the tabs can be docked next to each other or undocked into separate windows.
• Support for zooming and panning has been added to the Rotate / Zoom dialog.
• A soft cleanup tool has been added, which can be enabled via the Type menu in the cleanup toolbar.
• The Pencil tool has the ability to switch between different blend modes.
• Added support for JASC PaintShop Pro palette files.
• The transformation tool provides the ability to rotate by a fixed amount if you hold down the Shift key while rotating.
• Support for zooming while holding down the Ctrl key has been added to the Move Selection Tool.
• Added support for moving a URL from the browser in drag&drop mode to download and open the image specified in the link.
• Improved performance when selecting areas in large images.
• The rectangular area selection tool provides the display of different cursor arrows in different corners.
• Added an AppData file for integration with some Linux application directories.
• Posted user guide.
• Improved the interface of the dialog for creating a new image.
• The Rotate / Zoom dialog provides rotation in place without changing the size of the layer.
• For blending, operations from the Cairo library were used instead of PDN.
• It now requires at least .NET 4.5 / Mono 4.0 to work. For Linux and macOS, Mono 6.x is highly recommended.

Source: opennet.ru