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Pinta for Mac

Open source drawing and editing.

Free
In English
Version 3.1
3.0
Based on 3 user rates

Pinta overview

Pinta is a free, open source program for drawing and image editing.

Its goal is to provide users with a simple yet powerful way to draw and manipulate images on Linux, Mac, Windows, and BSD.

What’s new in version 3.1

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 configuration properties (CaptionAttribute, MaximumValueAttribute, ...) are now in the Pinta.Core assembly and the Pinta.Core namespace (#1665)
  • Methods RegisterEffect, UnregisterInstanceOfEffect, RegisterAdjustment, and UnregisterInstanceOfAdjustment in EffectsManager are now generic (#1678)
  • Removed use of deprecated Gtk.FontButton (#1421)
  • View menu moved from hamburger menu to dedicated button (#1428, #1471)
  • Updated the application icon on macOS to better match the platform's icon style guidelines (#1572)
  • Removed the blend mode parameter from the Clouds effect. The replacement workflow is to create a new layer and configure the layer's blend mode (#1695)
  • Transparent palette colors are now drawn against a checkerboard pattern for improved visibility (#1759)
  • Saving an image with multiple layers to a format that does not support layers will now warn the user that the image is being flattened (#1856, #1283)
Fixed
  • Fixed a bug where cancelling the color picker dialog could still update the palette colors (#1390, #1411)
  • The text tool's "Normal and Outline" mode now draws the outline behind the text to avoid obscuring it (#1423, #1426)
  • Improved the handling of negative angle values in the Rotate / Zoom Layer dialog (#1142, #1440)
  • Fixed incorrect behavior with transparent colors in the Gradient tool (#1552, #1543)
  • Fixed issues where the layer widget did not show the correct selected layer when switching documents (#1602, #1573)
  • Fixed toolbar layout issues with displaying the cursor position and selection size (#1429, #1540)
  • Fixed a potential hang when switching the active layer in a tool with uncommitted edits (#1463, #1660)
  • Fixed a bug in the text tool where Ctrl+A only selected starting from the current line (#1698)
  • The icon and window title now appear correctly on KDE Wayland sessions (#1419)
  • Fixed bug where the text tool could incorrectly display a default cursor (#1707)
  • Fixed drifting when holding Shift while expanding a rectangle selection using the vertical or horizontal handles (#1733)
  • Fixed issue where icons were missing from the top bar (#1814)
  • Fixed a potential error in the text tool when pressing Left at the beginning of a line (#1824)
  • Fixed issues where mouse button releases were not correctly registered in certain situations (#1456, #1891)
  • Fixed bug where copying did not include unfinalized text (#1666, #1894)
  • Fixed issues with missing translations for libadwaita dialogs on macOS (#1877, #1417)
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Pinta for Mac

Free
In English
Version 3.1

What users say about Pinta

terapinsurr
By terapinsurr on Feb 20 2022 for v.1.6

Reliability: 1.0

Crashes constantly. In one day I lost time and progress to crashes multiple times. Just use any of the many good alternatives and save yourself time and problems.

Other user ratings:

Value | 3.0
Ease of use | 3.0
Features | 1.0
Customer support | 1.0
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marygiordanos
marygiordanos
Jun 22 2020
1.6
0.0
Jun 22 2020
0.0
Version: 1.6
Hello! I recently switched from Windows to Mac and have been looking for something to replicate the paint bucket fill feature in Paint. I read some suggestions online and downloaded Pinta as it seemed like the most basic app I could see, which appealed to me as I am specifically looking for just this feature. After installation I tried to open it and it promoted me to download the mono.framwork, which I did following the link and I understand I downloaded the most recent version. After download completed I installed it and tried again to open Pinta but now it just crashes as soon as I try to open it... doesn't actually open at all. Can anyone help me? I'm wondering if I should remove this and the mono framework from my system (if I can even figure out how to do that), but still hopeful there might be a simple way to solve this. Any help would be appreciated!
Beetle52
Beetle52
Jun 4 2020
1.6
4.0
Jun 4 2020
4.0
Version: 1.6
Works for me..
GymW
GymW
Jul 25 2018
1.4
0.0
Jul 25 2018
0.0
Version: 1.4
The required Mono Framework is no longer available, at least from the link in the App.
Sandro-Bilbeisi
Sandro-Bilbeisi
Jan 28 2013
1.4
0.0
Jan 28 2013
0.0
Version: 1.4
Also works with slightly lower system specs: works fine on Mac OS X 10.5.8 (MacIntel) with MonoFramework-MRE-2.10.9_10.macos10.xamarin.x86
troopforce
troopforce
May 4 2012
1.3
4.0
May 4 2012
4.0
Version: 1.3
crashed on .png
Beetle52
Beetle52
Jun 4 2020
4.0
Jun 4 2020
4.0
Version: null
troopforce
troopforce
May 4 2012
4.0
May 4 2012
4.0
Version: null
Macee
Macee
Nov 12 2011
1.0
Nov 12 2011
1.0
Version: null