Pinta (software)
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| Original author | Jonathan Pobst |
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| Initial release | February 7, 2010 |
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| Written in | C# (GTK#) |
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| Operating system | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows |
| Platform | Mono/GNOME |
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| Available in | Multilingual (55 languages) |
| Type | Raster graphics editor |
| License | MIT |
| Website | pinta-project |
Pinta is an open-source, cross-platform bitmap image drawing and editing program inspired by Paint.NET, a similar image editing program which is limited to Microsoft Windows.[2] Pinta has more features than Microsoft Paint. Compared with open-source image editor GIMP, Pinta is simpler and has fewer features.[3]
Features
[edit | edit source]Pinta is a bitmap image editor with many features typical of image editing software including drawing tools, image filters and colour adjustment tools.[3] The focus on usability is reflected in several of the main features of the program:
- Unlimited undo history.[4]
- Multiple language support.
- Flexible toolbar arrangement, including floating as windows or docking around the image edge.
Unlike some simple image editing software, Pinta also features support for image layers.[4]
History and development
[edit | edit source]Development of Pinta began in February 2010 and was driven by Jonathan Pobst, then working at Novell.[5][6] The first stable release was in April 2011.[4] In September 2011 Pobst announced that he was no longer interested in developing Pinta.[7] A new group of developers continued the project.[3][8] Version 1.6 brought improved shape tools and union, exclude, xor, and intersection modes.[9] Version 1.7 was the final release on GTK2.[10] Version 2.0 added a status bar widget, an improved text tool, and various quality-of-life improvements alongside the port to GTK3 which brought various improvements to Wayland support, performance improvements, and better support for HiDPI displays. [11] On April 12, 2025, Pinta 3.0 was released, which brought improvements to the color picker dialog, added various new filters, restored support for add-ins, and other various quality-of-life improvements along with the port to GTK4 and Libadwaita.[12]
Pinta is written in C# and uses the GTK+ toolkit and the cairo library. The code adjustment and effect filters originally came from Paint.NET but otherwise the project is original code.[6]
See also
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